A review of the socio-economic and humanitarian situation in the northern province has rattled the energy firms involved in the Afungi peninsula in Mozambique, where the future liquefaction trains will be located. They fear they will face increased costs if its recommendations are implemented.
The Indonesian oil group Pertamina's international arm Maurel & Prom (M&P) announced on 13 June that it was still in the running to purchase deposits owned by Carlyle in Gabon.
The Emirates are targeting Cameroon as a new investment destination for its companies. Walid Hareb Al Falahi, CEO of the UAE Trade Center, was in Yaoundé this month to try and forge business links there.
The launch of the Sangomar oil project could be a few weeks late, which is unlikely to please Macky Sall. The Senegalese president is counting on oil industry successes to justify his bid for a third term.
L'avocat franco-congolais Brice Nzamba organisera un séminaire sur l'alternance démocratique au Sénégal. Prévu pour le 17 juin, il doit se tenir au Sénat.
Former Beninese president Thomas Boni Yayi, who is mediating in Guinea on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will be in Conakry from 18 to 21 June.
Select Security & Services (S3), a small private security company, is hoping that its two new partners will help it win contracts with the US army base in Djibouti.
Mining companies are upping the pressure on the Kenyan authorities to lift the moratorium on new licences, but the government is insisting on conducting a more detailed audit of the sector first.
The Chamber of Mines is dead set against the new tax regime parliament is about to ratify. It includes a sharp increase in taxes for the mining industry.
The National Oil Corp chairman has been reshuffling the boards of the group's most important subsidiaries and promoting associates of General Khalifa Haftar, who is now more than ever in control of Africa's largest oil reserves.
