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In Focus | Africa
With anonymous emails, audits and counter-audits, the campaign for control of Africa's skies has turned into a pitched battle

The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Asecna) manages many airports on the continent. © Asecna/YouTube

The campaign for the upcoming election of a new director general at African air navigation security agency ASECNA, which runs numerous airports but is also a key power hub on the continent, has turned into no-holds-barred trench warfare.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
Kosmos finds itself at heart of joint development zone project

Future drilling projects have placed the US oil company Kosmos Energy in the position of go-between in negotiations between the governments of São Tomé and Equatorial Guinea.

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Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business

West Africa

Guinea
World Bank takes interest in Robert Friedland's Nimba iron ore project

Executive Co-Chairman Ivanhoe Mines, Robert Friedland. © RODRIGO GARRIDO/Reuters

MIGA, the World Bank agency for foreign investment, is considering contributing to the financing of the Nimba iron ore project, which could prove crucial for the Guinean economy but also for the preservation of biodiversity.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia, Uganda, United States
How US steers Uganda's AMISOM activities

Soldiers from the Uganda People's Defense Force deployed with AMISOM in Somalia. © DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

To better counter Al-Shabaab attacks, the United States is overseeing Uganda's military deployment in AMISOM, including by providing training and equipment.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Kenya
Jimmy Wanjigi makes a comeback at State House

After three years in the political wilderness, the Kwacha Group chief has returned to the limelight as Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga's go-between.

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Kenya
Military unplugs Rumuruti solar farm project

The Kenyan Air Force's security fears have caused delays for Kenergy Renewables' PV plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Old hand returned to helm of anti-corruption body as Masisi strives to gloss over problems

Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

In an effort to dampen criticism of DCEC's perceived lack of independence, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has made the third change in three years at the top of the agency. The "new" boss is none other than Tymon Katlholo, who ran it for more than a decade at the turn of the millennium.

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Angola
Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

The American supermajor Chevron is gearing up to conduct fresh drilling at its 20-year-old Block 14 in Angola's Tombwa-Lândana development zone, which includes the fields of Kuito, Benguela, Belize, Lobito and Tomboco.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Libya
Sarraj-Bashagha split driven by US-Turkey spat over ceasefire

The head of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez Sarraj. © Reuters

The ceasefire announced by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj has prompted a break with his interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, who was sacked on 28 August. Sarraj enjoys the support of Washington, while Bachagha - the guarantor of Misrata's interests - seems to have won the backing of Anakra.

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Algeria
Tebboune loyalist Youcef Cherfa shakes up capital's public services

Appointed on 25 January as wali of Algiers by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Youcef Cherfa has begun to make his mark on the many public industrial and commercial establishments (EPICs) placed under his authority.

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