The United States, faced with competition from Russia, is rolling out its security strategy in Libya. The US firm Amentum is working to professionalise armed groups in Tripoli.
The Congolese president was counting on his trip to Azerbaijan last week to secure major contracts. In the end, the visit merely led to the signing of three agreements related to oil, diplomacy and the environment.
The influence of Pastor Roland Dallo, of whose Pentecostal church Félix Tshisekedi is a follower, is growing at the start of the president's second term in office. Some followers might get key political and security jobs.
Gunvor has offered $950m in an attempt to stymie the agreement between GOC and Vitol over Carlyle's assets. However, Vitol has also put a lot of money on the table.
Since an initial high-profile repatriation flight in September, the United States has continued to deport Senegalese nationals, a growing number of whom enter the US illegally. It is an issue new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his teams will need to get on top of it straight away.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is set to name a Chadian lawyer and African Development Bank veteran as resident coordinator in Ivory Coast.
Kenya, where tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft operate, wants to keep its own digital tax in place for now instead of adopting the OECD's new global minimum rate on corporate profits.
The Sino-Botswana company Unik Construction Engineering has begun building a water transmission network and reservoirs in the Leribe district, in the north of Lesotho.
The Canadian head of Aya Gold & Silver believes he can find a major copper deposit in Morocco by investing in exploration. He has been discussing his plans with other mining sector figures like Robert Friedland and Mark Bristow.
