The Italian oil company ENI is in open conflict with the government in Accra and may decide to pull out of the country.
By targeting one of the emblematic figures of the Central African Republic conflict - livestock minister and former rebel leader Hassan Bouba - the Bangui special criminal court has thrown a spanner into an already uneasy mix of peace deals, jittery financial backers and Russian mercenaries.
The political void created by the death of the president and patriarch Idriss Déby has enabled new players to take in hand the most lucrative sector of the local economy.
British private security giant G4S and American subcontractor Relyant have applied to help the UN reinforce its strategy to keep its soldiers in Mali safe from improvised explosive devices.
As a result of the dispute between the company and its subcontractor MCI, a court in Conakry has ordered exit bans and seizures of all of Monaco Resources' assets at the port and on the road to the company's bauxite mine in Guinea.
Haranga is trying to relist on the Australian stock exchange, banking on investor interest in its West African gold licences and in its Saraya uranium project. Saraya once belonged to UraMin, the company at the heart of a scandal involving Areva.
Aware that control of the skies is its main, if not only, asset in the face of the Tigrayan TPLF-led assault, the Ethiopian federal government has bought drones from various suppliers as well as hastily refurbished its attack aircraft.
Volker Perthes, head of UNITAMS (United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan) will soon submit a status report to the United Nations Security Council.
To help with its debut in the copper industry, Max Power, the Mauritian company controlled by Dutch wealth manager Gregory Elias, has called on Leonard Makwinja's expert advice. The Bostwanan consultant is a veteran mining parastatals executive.
As the US attempts to restore ties with the Mozambican army, Russia's deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov has offered Maputo Moscow's help in training the country's soldiers. Despite the official withdrawal of the paramilitaries from Wagner in 2020, Russian soldiers have never completely vacated Mozambican soil.
A thwarted candidate in the upcoming Libyan presidential election, Saif Al Islam Gaddafi can still rely on former members of his father's clan who have remained loyal to him to keep alive his international profile.
Mohammed VI's army is about to place a second order for armed Bayraktar TB2 drones manufactured by Turkey's Baykar as tensions mount with Western Sahara and neighbouring Algeria. Other suppliers are being solicited too.
