Russia, a long-time supporter of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, wants to clinch its rapprochement with the "transitional" authorities in Tripoli. The idea is to curtail US influence, get prepositioned in the oil game, and preserve military gains.
The French pilot sued Africa Intelligence after we published an investigation into his activities and African clients, including the presidency of Gabon. The court of appeal has upheld a lower court's dismissal of the claims.
DRC's army, a public prosecutor, and a provincial mining ministry all want to investigate a Chinese firm whose trucks laden with copper and cobalt ore were this week accused of trying to leave the country irregularly.
The contract signed in December last year by Kinshasa and DP World goes beyond building a deepwater port at Banana. Its provisions also cover the river port of Matadi, at the risk of irking the players - Abu Dhabi Ports, Qatar and Bolloré - in the running for the deal to modernise the site.
Prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra's dismissal was a victory for those members of the president's entourage who fought hard to see him go. But their triumph may be shortlived as his successor Félix Moloua has a very similar profile to that of his predecessor.
Paris is trying to work out how to deliver hundreds of its old armoured personnel carriers to the armies of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and others. The EU may help finance the plan, but this is still far from certain.
The New York trial between Nigeria's NNPC and the US and Norwegian oil majors Chevron and Equinor over the distribution of profits on OML 128 changed hands at the end of January.
Military equipment broker Gaby Peretz has turned to the US courts to confirm an arbitration award made in his favour in 2017 by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
A subsidiary of the Kuwaiti firm banked on a local ally with close government ties to prevail in a fierce battle to feed thousands of workers on the Tilenga project and maintain their living quarters.
Koome has appointed people on good terms with the executive to a committee that presents to President Kenyatta the names of judicial officials deemed worthy of state honours.
The leaders of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church (EOTE) met with the president of the Tigray region and of the Tigray People's Liberation Front Debretsion Gebremichael on 6 February.
Afriroc Mining is the latest investment by influential tycoon Ramachandran "Ram" Ottapathu, CEO and owner of Choppies Group, one of Southern Africa's leading retailers.
President Kaïs Saïed has issued the decrees for the organisation of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). However, no venue has yet been assigned to host the event, which is scheduled for August in Tunis.
With the help of ADIT, Franco-Italian shipping company Corsica Ferries has been trying for months to open a direct line between Toulon and Béjaïa, a city east of Algiers. So far, they've had little success.