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Spotlight | Cameroon
Macron reacts to military rapprochement with Moscow

Cameroon's President Paul Biya (left) with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Lyon in October 2019. © Maxime Jegat/Photo PQR/Le Progrès/MaxPPP

In late April, Cameroon signed a new military cooperation agreement with Moscow, prompting an immediate diplomatic reaction from France. Christophe Bigot, Africa director at the foreign ministry, travelled in person to Yaoundé, and at one point a visit by Emmanuel Macron was even envisaged.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Trafigura plays catch-up on cobalt and copper with two deals worth a billion dollars

Having already secretly signed a $400m financing deal with the Chinese firm Chengtun, which has taken over Nzuri Copper's mines, the Genevan trader Trafigura is now set to finalise a deal with Chemaf first announced in late January.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

Angola, DRC
Cameroonian set to be new World Bank rep in DRC and Angola

Chief economist for the Africa region of the World Bank Albert Zeufack. © @BM_Afrique/Twitter

The country director of the World Bank in the DRC will soon step down. According to our sources, he will be replaced by a Cameroonian, whose nomination has yet to be endorsed by the bank's board of directors.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

West Africa
After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

The Atlanta-based soft drinks giant has already severed its ties with Castel in Ivory Coast and a number of other African countries, and is now about to do the same in Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Odinga goes for goal to boost his base

Raila Odinga (blue hat) with President Uhuru Kenyatta (in red on his right) at the Moi International Sports Centre on 8 May 2022. © Africa Intelligence

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga, who is in trouble with his coalition, is making an increasing number of appearances with his allies at sporting events.

Subscribers only Politics

Italy, Kenya
Telespazio bags deal to provide services for Italy's Malindi spaceport

The Brioglio Space Center, Malindi (Kenya). © Brioglio Space Center/Facebook

Telespazio, a joint venture between Italian electronics giant Leonardo and France's Thales, has been picked to provide in-orbit satellite control and maintenance services for four years for the Broglio Space Center in Kenya, a complex managed by the Italian space agency.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana, South Africa
Opposition political figure spearheads Moopetsi Mining's move into Gaborone

Based in Limpopo in South Africa, the mining services firm Moopetsi Mining has set up shop in Gaborone in partnership with the former youth league president of the centrist Alliance for Progressives party, Jacob Kelebeng.

Subscribers only Mining

South Africa
Parliamentary committee chairs still in post despite damning Zondo report

The African National Congress leadership has taken no concrete steps to urge three MPs to step down from their key roles even though they have been named in the explosive corruption investigation.

Subscribers only Politics

Angola
WM-DC Resources ejected from ENI's Cabinda North block

WM-DC Resources, an Angolan company recently excluded from the Cabinda North exploration block, is owned by a close associate of Angolan former vice-president Manuel Vicente.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Morocco
From Ritz-Carlton to Namaskar, cracks appear in Zenagui clan's luxury hotel empire

Namaskar palace, Marrakesh. © Dorin Marius Balate/Alamy Stock Photo

Ex-tourism minister Yassir Zenagui and his brothers are struggling to achieve their grand ambitions in the luxury tourism sector and could even end up losing the Ritz-Carlton overlooking the royal golf course in Rabat. Though he remains an adviser to Mohammed VI, Zenagui's star at the palace has faded.

Subscribers only Business

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