President Félix Tshisekedi's nascent new administration is already causing ructions within the ruling coalition, whose cohesion will be put to the test in a vote scheduled for today in the National Assembly.
Appointed in the early days of Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's regime, Vice-President Joseph Owondault Berre has struggled to establish himself, with several members of the Transitional Council thinking of parting company with him.
Having lost Senegal's presidential election, former PM Amadou Ba wants to forge an alliance with ex-National Assembly speaker Moustapha Niasse ahead of parliamentary elections. Both men are now keen to distance themselves from the outgoing president.
Washington accuses authorities in Abidjan of having flouted rules when moving residents ahead of work to improve a key artery.
Coffee is Uganda's second-largest source of foreign currency and its economic lifeblood. Kampala, in the throes of a diplomatic reorientation, wants to boost exports to its new allies: Russia, Turkey and Serbia.
The Malagasy government has given its all-clear for Madagascar Mining to export gold. Its CEO, Molou Navazaly Rossanaly, has also won a tender with the World Bank to produce solar power.
The current managing director of the company that runs Ivato International Airport in Antananarivo is leaving to join the competition.
French strategy consultancy, economic intelligence and lobbying specialist ESL & Network has appointed a new head of the group's operations in the kingdom.
The Senegalese subsidiary of Moroccan microfinance group AMIFA is set to join microcredit platform Sunu Nafa,
