Much criticised, the United States is attempting to keep the Jeddah peace talks on track by broadening its mediation efforts to secure a ceasefire. To this end, it has also rung the changes in its own team.
An administrative blunder temporarily prevented two Congolese ministers from boarding a flight to Paris despite possessing diplomatic passports.
US attempts to mediate between ECOWAS and the Nigerien junta have irritated some west African countries. A situation that has not been helped by parallel efforts by Algeria.
The listing and trading exchange has selected the start-up Bamboo to create a digital platform for banks and brokers, elevating its founder Richmond Bassey to a key position in the country's financial ecosystem.
The elderly owner of a gold mining plot who went missing just after leasing her plot to Karebe Gold Mining has been found. With the family at loggerheads over who was responsible for her disappearance, the story has taken a political turn.
The Angolan state diamond mining company Endiama, which is struggling to find sufficient outlets for its diamonds, is hoping for help from the Chinese market.
A few months ago, Société de ciment de Madagascar, a subsidiary of banker Bernard Koné Dossongui's Atlantic Financial Group, moved into the cement business, creating competition for Cementis.
Algerian and Moroccan diplomats followed the recent Senate elections in France with a certain interest. The upper house has in recent years become a favourite focus for lobbying by the two rival countries.
The Tunisian infrastructure minister is under pressure from Kais Saied to speed up several key road projects that have fallen behind schedule.
