Legislative plans to regulate the sale of carbon credits are proliferating across Africa, with encouragement from around the world. The recent Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi sought to define a common continental position ahead of the COP 28 in November.
The government installed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brings in new faces from the Gabonese expatriate community, as well as former heavyweights from the Omar Bongo era. The aim is to consolidate the authority of the country's new strong man.
Liberia's opposition Unity Party is mobilising its US networks in the runup to next month's general elections. The party has set up a branch in Philadelphia to boost fundraising.
The Senegalese state-owned company has acquired 51% of an affiliate of an Ivorian group involved in road safety.
After the violence that broke out in the Amhara Regional State late month, Abiy Ahmed's government has seen a wave of defections to which it has responded with an overhaul of the political and security line-up.
Botswana is to extend the operating licence of the Lerala diamond mine owned by the multi-millionaire former majority shareholder in Viber, despite his company not having restarted operations there since it bought the mine in 2019.
The son of General Khalifa Haftar, Siddiq Haftar, is touring European capitals.
Food processing firm Cevital is taking advantage of exemptions granted by Algiers to export sugar to Libya again.