Since he took the TotalEnergies helm in 2015, Patrick Pouyanné has ruled with a highly centralised management style that has drawn few complaints from shareholders but has sparked dissent, dissatisfaction and early departures among his exhausted executives.
The heads of Sudanese intelligence agencies are expected in Paris at the end of this week to discuss questions of security with their French counterparts and the ministry of foreign affairs.
ExxonMobil is locked in a dispute with its employees over the details of their move to Savannah Energy. The crisis has reached such proportions that the US oil company has been forced to close one of its sites in Chad.
In 2020, the agreement signed by AJN Resources to buy part of the DRC's state-run company Sokimo's shares, was the talk of the town. Though the storm has passed, the situation remains unclear.
The case brought by former US army veteran Darryl Lewis against two #DRC senior officials who served under president Joseph Kabila for alleged torture has been closed.
Breaking news published on 08/10/21 at 17:00 p.m. - Congo lodged a complaint against "persons unknown" on 7 October, accusing the president of the tribunal that arbitrated Commisimpex's 2013 claim against the state, of having ties to Hojeij's company.
In mid-September, the Mauritanian Armed Forces took delivery of two microlight aircraft produced by French company G1 Aviation. This donation was financed by the European Union as part of a programme to support the army.
Faced with an increasing number of militia groups, Ivory Coast has just ordered tethered surveillance balloons for its border with Burkina Faso from French company A-NSE. The Bundeswehr also just ordered balloons from A-NSE to protect its new military base in Tillia, Niger.
Tanzania's nearly idle uranium sector could soon get a boost from Australian junior Gladiator Resources, which has plans to move in next to the only other explorer in the country, Rosatom.
The freshly-founded security and intelligence firm headed by two businessmen with contacts in the highest ranks of the ruling Frelimo party are seeking a contract with the country's army.
In South Africa, the courts just ruled in favour of French Framatome in its 2018 case against South Africa state power company Eskom.
The South African state-owned arms company Denel, which is in dire financial straits, is facing a series of summonses from unpaid suppliers. At the same time it's awaiting a possible rescue plan from the Department of Public Enterprises.
After having long worked for the Gaddafi regime, Geneva-based Tunisian consultant Sami Jallouli has joined forces with two other creditors of Libya to seize the National Oil Corp's shares in Mabruk Oil Operations, a joint venture between the NOC and France's TotalEnergies.
