The US super major is quietly working to unload its marginal assets. It has a long way to go before it succeeds.
The Congolese company Sud South has won the contract to manage the future Musompo mining trading centre in Lualaba province. It has forged partnerships with better-known specialist companies to help it carry out its task.
Deprived of World Bank funding for two years for circumventing tender rules in Madagascar, French construction group Colas also caved in to pressure from the Gabonese authorities and agreed to reduce the cost of renovating the sole access road to Libreville.
The great number of political and military protagonists invited to Qatar could end up derailing the meeting between the rebel groups. By inviting so many to the table, President Mahamat Idriss Déby is seeking to dilute the process to try to keep control over events as long as possible.
Originally scheduled for 23 December, the visit to Bangui of Angolan and Rwandan foreign ministers Tete António and Vincent Biruta will take place this Friday 14 January.
ECOWAS has slapped sanctions on the junta in Mali over delayed elections, and now the G5 Sahel military alliance, of which Mali is a member, is about to decide what action to take. Bamako has already been blocked from taking over the G5 rotating presidency.
Mauritian businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor, who runs the Sendou coal-fired power station (125 MW), has accused the Senegalese authorities of preventing the site from being connected to the national electricity grid.
Turkish manufacturer Katmerciler is struggling to finalise the sale of 20 Hizir armoured vehicles and a dozen logistic support units to the Gambian authorities, as negotiations stall over the question of how to finance them.
The former minister and ambassador is now a member of Uganda's ruling NRM party's executive committee, but he is still in charge of the country's relations with China.
The explosive "Zondo report" reveals that ex-president Zuma informed Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe that the Gupta family were launching a pro-Zuma newspaper at his instigation. The Gupta siblings are being sought by South African authorities on corruption charges.
Osino Resources' purchase of the Ondundu project, previously explored by B2Gold, combined with the latter's entry into the Canadian junior's capital, puts it in pole position in the race to open the country's next gold mine.
In the last few weeks, PM Abdelhamid Dabaiba has managed to win the support of several armed groups to keep him in his post, even though his mandate has technically expired. Among these groups are the Misrati brigades.
The T-7 Red Hawk, developed by the US plane maker in partnership with Saab, has just gone into production. It could well win over the Tunisian air force, which quickly needs a successor for its Czech L-59Ts.
