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DRC
Kinshasa spares no expense to back players in 2026 World Cup

Having already lavishly rewarded its national team for qualifying for the World Cup, the Congolese authorities now want to build on that success by mobilising substantial financial resources.

Algeria
Sonatrach leadership grounded ahead of Houston energy summit

Noureddine Daoudi, chief executive of the hydrocarbons giant Sonatrach, will ultimately not attend the Offshore Technology Conference 2026 in the United States owing to administrative constraints.

DRC
CENI electoral commission still severely cash-strapped

According to its annual report, CENI only raised half the money it asked for last year, which meant it had to cancel several local elections. It must also contend with increasingly ageing infrastructure.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda
Cairo woos Kampala to counter Addis

As the Ethiopian government launches tenders for three new dams on the Blue Nile, Egypt is manoeuvring to pull Uganda out of Ethiopia's orbit – and to paralyse the future Nile Basin Commission from within.

Central African Republic
Former François Bozizé adviser makes comeback to the mining scene

The Indo-Pakistani businessman Saifee Durbar, previously deputy foreign minister under the ex-head of state, has for the past year been seeking investors for two iron ore mining projects.

Morocco
Businessman Sébastien de Montessus puts final seal on Luc Gérard Nyafé's mining career

Led by the former French CEO of Endeavour Mining, the Emirates-based Ayrad Group is to take over the reins of Compagnie Minière de Touissit, run until 2024 by the Belgian-Congolese entrepreneur, former ambassador-at-large for Félix Tshisekedi.

South Africa
PetroSA ready to forgo $10.8m debt owed by Namibia's UAG Investments

For two years, the state-owned company has been waiting for the payment of several million dollars from a Namibian company to which it sold liquefied petroleum gas. Yet it does not intend to initiate debt collection proceedings, much to the dismay of its employees.

Africa
AU health body chief in the crosshairs of the Commission

Criticised since taking charge of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Congolese doctor Jean Kaseya is facing fresh allegations brought to the attention of the chair of the African Union Commission.

Cameroon
ICC Paris ruling pushed to end of year in Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore dispute

Expected in March, the decision regarding the mining project straddling Cameroon and Congo has been postponed again until the end of the year due to new information provided by Yaoundé.

Sudan
Ceasefire talks grind forward between warring parties ahead of Berlin conference

The regular army and its paramilitary foes are each working separately on the plan proposed by the Quad, which calls for a 90-day ceasefire and the demilitarisation of certain areas. However, numerous obstacles remain, whilst clashes continue.

Palace Intrigues
Patrick Pouyanné, Daniel Chapo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Jean-Noël Barrot

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

MozambiqueTotalEnergies boss meets Daniel Chapo in Brussels

CongoFleet of planes mobilised for Sassou-Nguesso's election campaign

CARFrench foreign minister's rocky visit to Bangui