Business in Ghana is dismal: production is low and exploration at a standstill. Companies are becoming more vocal about their exasperation with the state and some are even pulling out entirely.
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Officially, there are around 800 Russian officers and troops in the Central African Republic. That doesn't include "civilians" under contract to Russia's defence ministry or operators of the command systems imported from Moscow.
The bill to introduce a toll for entering Lubumbashi that sparked a public outcry in October has been presented again to transporters, who have decided to fight back.
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Mining Breaking news, published on 04/06/21 at 12 p.m. - Gabon's foreign affairs minister met his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian this morning, as part of president Ali Bongo's recent diplomatic drive which includes applying for Commonwealth membership but also forging closer ties with Russia.
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The Nigerian state-owned company has published the list of firms who will get crude oil in exchange for petroleum products. As usual, established companies rub shoulders with unknown firms that have close links to the government.
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Energy African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.
Since being sworn in as Niger's president on 2 April, Mohamed Bazoum has made several highly symbolic adjustments.
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The Kenyan leader would rather deal with Somalia's prime minister than its president. He is now threatening to completely close Kenya's airspace to flights from the neighbouring country, even those on humanitarian missions.
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Politics The new president has made developing the gas sector, largely ignored by her predecessor John Magufuli, a priority of her five-year term in office.
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Energy The five Horn of Africa countries - Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan - could be in line for financing to the tune of $1.035bn from the World Bank.
Libertarian financiers who want to build cities run by private companies are increasingly interested in Africa, where they hope to seduce national governments with their utopian projects.
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Business To counter his reputation of being soft on graft, a year ahead of the next election the president and his PR team have mounted a major media campaign, including a flashy TV documentary, around several high-profile sackings.
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Politics At the end of May, Chinese construction firm Henan Guoji bought up all the stock in the Intaka real estate project, in which Fundo para o Fomento de Habitaçao (FFH), a parastatal fund had until then been a partner.
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Business When questioned recently in parliament as to why Zambia is failing to reach output of one million tonnes of copper each year, the country's Minister of Mines Richard Musukwa assured it would be achieved by 2024.
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Mohammed VI's political adviser Fouad Ali El Himma beat the king's foreign affairs advisers to the punch when he initiated the confrontational approach currently being taken by Morocco on Western Sahara. He is also set to outflank his great rival, the king's private secretary Mounir El Majidi, on reforming the TV broadcasting sector.
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Politics The Libyan prime minister has asked the French group Denos to once again take over the running of the Benghazi Medical Center, but an old debt has complicated the plan. Airbus, Bolloré and Idemia are meanwhile trying to revive the contracts promised by previous Libyan governments.
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