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Brazil's state-owned Petrobas is making a comeback in oil exploration in Africa. A host of countries are jockeying to attract the oil giant, which has however reportedly reduced its investment budget for 2025 by several billion dollars.
Africa may not be high on the Democrat candidate's list of priorities, but her advisers are starting to think about a strategy for the continent in the event that she wins on 5 November. Her approach is unlikely to depart radically from the Biden administration's.
Since July, Cameroonian diplomats have been pushing for economist Albert Zeufack to take over the presidency of the African Development Bank, instead of the former BEAC governor whom N'Djamena is supporting.
Since Patrice Talon's former adviser was detained in late September, his supporters have been trying to find a response. With just 18 months to go to the presidential elections, however, all the would-be candidates are wary.
The French group is still suffering the consequences of selling its large-format stores to Intermarché and Auchan. The companies running its franchises in Africa want to terminate their contracts and move to competitor Coopérative U, which offers a wider range of products at a lower price.
The Nigerian president and the UK prime minister held discreet talks at 10 Downing Street in early October. Since July, Britain's new Labour government has stepped up its contacts with Nigeria, where the UK foreign secretary is expected on 4 November.
Botswana's president hopes to be returned to office this week. In the run-up to the 30 October elections, he has ordered spending taps to be kept open despite budgetary red flags and falling revenues in the diamond sector.
In the wake of the Élysée's recognition of ‘Moroccan sovereignty' over the disputed territory and Emmanuel Macron's recent trip to Morocco, the two countries are due to discuss how to revise an autonomy plan first proposed in 2007.
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