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Zambia
Lusaka stands up to Washington in health deal negotiations

The government has stated that it will not sign a health agreement if it is conditional on a second trade-off involving critical minerals.

Liberia
Monrovia seeks first sovereign rating in bid to attract investment

President Joseph Boakai's new special investment adviser is travelling abroad extensively to attract investors. He is counting on a sovereign assessment by the major rating agencies in order to convince them.

The New Guard
Benin, Mozambique, Cameroon

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

BeninMylène Flicka, a rising star of digital strategy

MozambiqueRassina Farassi, leading primatologist

CameroonKimberley Ntsimi, discreet presidential adviser

Sudan
General Burhan lays out his conditions before Washington

The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces has agreed to be part of the diplomatic initiative put forward by the United States, but not at any cost. He outlined his expectations to Donald Trump's Africa adviser, Massad Boulos.

DRC
M23 military leader sanctions officers responsible for looting and embezzlement

General Sultani Makenga has been punishing his senior men involved in offences committed in areas under the movement's control. High-ranking officers and even his own brother have already been thrown into prison for short sentences.

DRC
Kinshasa about to finalise "deal" with Washington

Several Congolese officials will soon make their way across the Atlantic to continue negotiations on a bilateral agreement. Its signature is slated for the same time as that of the peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda at a ceremony at the White House in late August or early September.

South Africa
Ramaphosa's US special envoy trip to Washington still pending

Mcebisi Jonas has still not been introduced to the American authorities. The special envoy to the United States is currently content to lobby from afar to push South Africa's proposals to limit the impact of tariff hikes.

Mozambique
Oil waste management company Moz Environmental under pressure in Cabo Delgado

The Mozambican subsidiary of the French group Séché is feeling the heat from the gas province authorities who are set on closing down its waste treatment plant.

Botswana
Businessman Bame Pule seeks government's good graces with local investments

Under the scrutiny of the new authorities for his role in the mining negotiations with HB Antwerp and De Beers, the advisor of former president Masisi has taken a majority stake in a leading hospital.

DRC, Rwanda
Tensions mount over Trump's roadmap to end war in the east

The US president is aiming for the swift signing of agreements with Kinshasa and Kigali to bring peace in the DRC. But behind the scenes, negotiations are stalling on several points.

DRC
US billionaire Erik Prince's firm hiring former French soldiers for security contract

A mysterious recruiter is touring the networks of former French servicemen, particularly from the elite French Foreign Legion, to offer them a project in the DRC.