The Tunisian president, who has instigated a wave of judicial investigations since his power grab in July 2021, is exasperated behind the scenes at the poor returns they have produced.
Total Centrafrique, the largest company in the country, had not been paying taxes. At the same time, the government had been racking up debt with the group bought by corporate banker Enguerrand Rochefort.
The Anglo-French oil company has told the Kinshasa government that it is withdrawing from a call for tenders to explore two onshore blocks in Kongo-Central, having found them to have "insufficient" potential.
Debates in the Nigerian House of Representatives are in full swing over the 2024 budget which minister Edun is hoping to finance with an African Development Bank loan, likely to be a lot smaller than the $1bn his ministry first announced.
The difficult marketing campaign for the 2023-2024 harvest is undermining cooperation between the two West African giants in the sector.
The Ivorian president, who got rid of one of the most senior officials in his office as well as his prime minister in recent weeks, now plans new personnel changes at the upper echelons of state.
The flamboyant politician, who was ousted from the Kenyan capital's governorship in 2020 on a range of charges, is trying to overturn a Supreme Court decision before the East African Court of Justice. But this case, like others, is behind schedule.
More than a year after a peace deal that ended [...]
The UK mining group looked set to become a key player in Madagascar's gemstone sector until its talks with the government were abruptly interrupted amid accusations of bribery and corruption. Africa Intelligence has had access to documents that retrace the chronology of the negotiations and reveal details of a project whose future is highly uncertain.
The call issued by the parallel authorities in the Cyrenaica region for foreign companies to help rebuild the coastal city of Derna, which was devastated by Storm Daniel in September, will boost the business dealings of the Military Investment Authority.
