President Tshisekedi's strategic adviser Vidiye Tshimanga has been secretly caught on film meeting two fake investors on several occasions. Parts of these recordings have been made public and they cast an unflattering light on the practices, and also the tensions, within the president's office.
Emirati port operator DP World is disgruntled by its Swiss rival MSC's move to renovate the Matadi river port in the DRC. The government is hoping the two companies can share the site peacefully.
Expected next week in New York for the annual United [...]
As jihadist groups intensify their push towards the countries of the Gulf of Guinea, the Senegalese president is banking on the DRN intelligence agency to contain the threat. The DRN, which was caught off guard by major riots last year, is also expected to anticipate any unrest in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
The speaker of the Ivorian parliament, Adama Bictogo, is to [...]
France's Cour des comptes is helping its Kenyan counterpart, the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) to fight corruption, at least until the end of 2022. #Kenya
The president, who has been on the receiving end of recent tensions between Zimbabwe and South Africa, has bent over backwards to put on a brave face for ZANU-PF leaders in Harare. A rapprochement between Harare and Botswana in the face of a South African feud that is likely to endure.
The law firm has brought in a specialist in financing and energy contracts with ready access to a flourishing network across West and Southern Africa.
The 2022 Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo, slated for 21-25 September at Waterkloof airbase on the outskirts of Pretoria, will host a strong showing of Turkish firms.
At the urging of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the emir of Qatar is once again trying to facilitate reconciliation in Libya. He has proposed a power-sharing arrangement between Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and the speaker of the eastern parliament Aguila Salah Issa, but the latter has yet to be convinced.
The Libyan prime minister tried to prevent the Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily from being appointed right up until the last minute. On 1 September, he addressed a letter to the Security Council in which he stressed his "reservations" about the appointment.
After nine months of negotiations, the European Union and Algieria late last month finalised a revised version of their association agreement covering the period 2021-2027
