The French major has decided to help Mozambique tackle rampant drug trafficking in gas-rich Cabo Delgado, where narcotics fund Islamist insurgents.
Rio Tinto, which is in dispute with Beny Steinmetz over the loss of its mining rights on blocks 1 and 2 on the Simandou iron ore project, has been stung by an attempt by the Israeli businessman to bring up another affair involving alleged bribery on its part for mining rights on blocks 3 and 4 at Simandou.
The US military firm Relyant Global will soon be providing training and support to Niger's special intervention battalions on behalf of the US government. These elite units will play a key role in the fight against Islamist terrorism in the Sahel region.
As ECOWAS puts pressure on the putschists to appoint a civilian to lead the transition period, two names keep popping up. Expect a compromise in the coming days.
The unit which handles the close protection of President Alassane Ouattara and his advisers will shortly benefit from the presence of Angolan trainers in addition to its usual French and Israeli mentors.
After Senegal, Liberia and Guinea, the jewel of Spain's electricity industry, Elecnor, is continuing its expansion in West Africa by setting up a subsidiary in Ivory Coast.
The Rwandan authorities have decided to cut the country's power output by a quarter and compensate the loss with the commissioning of a 70 MW peat-fired power plant.
The South Sudan head of state is suffering from increasingly acute paranoia. He has replaced most of the national oil company's board members with loyalists of his own in a move destined to ensure he has complete control of the oil sector, which is the state's main source of revenue following the recent civil war.
For the past two months Moscow has opposed the appointment a French diplomat as the head of UNITAMS, the UN mission established to help steer Sudan through a period of political transition.
Criticised by its neighbours for doing little, the Zimbabwean government is looking for international partners to help it design an anti-smuggling system at the border.
Karim Younes, who was appointed ombudsman of the Republic in February to defuse popular unrest, has no say in the appointment of his local delegates, many of whom are supporters of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The French president has moved Paul Soler, his erstwhile main advisor on Libyan affairs, to Jordan, giving more control to diplomatic advisor Patrick Durel.
