By choosing a diplomat already familiar with the continent to head the foreign ministry's Africa department, Doha hopes to beef up relations that are still a work in progress.
Increased attacks against defence and security forces in the separatist provinces of western Cameroon have prompted the military high command to open talks with armoured vehicle manufacturer Duma Engineering and missile manufacturer MBDA.
Though member countries of ECOWAS once again demanded Alpha Condé be authorised to leave the country at its 12 December summit, Mamadi Doumbouya's junta is keeping him under house arrest as they look, among other issues, into his finances.
AfriNIC, which manages the continent's IP address pool, has crossed swords with Hong Kong entrepreneur Lu Heng, who is suspected of selling addresses to non-African clients. His companies, Cloud Innovation and Larus, have hired an American law firm to represent them in the United States.
Already under threat from the forthcoming reshuffle, Patrick Achi's government ministers are no longer able to sign agreements with subcontractors and private operators without getting presidential approval first.
Tenemakan Gold, which has been mining gold in Mali, wants to dig up even rarer and more precious metals in the platinum family.
The United States was the first to take punitive measures against Khartoum after the 25 October coup d'état. The State Department has since made the return of its aid conditional on the implementation of a four-phase plan.
The presidential candidate, snubbed by Washington, is hoping to gain international stature by securing the support of the continent's heavyweights. Uhuru Kenyatta is backing his approaches to foreign embassies.
The transformation of the SADC parliamentary forum into a fully fledged regional parliament with legislative powers, discussed for years, is expected to be completed by 2022. Behind the scenes, the administrative and legal work is progressing at a rapid pace.
The British government is taking the case filed by an environmental NGO over its $1.15bn loan to TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG mega-project very seriously.
LARMO, Libya's public agency in charge of recovering Libyan funds abroad, has called on law firms Holland & Knight and Baker & Hostetler to summon eight banks in New York in a bid to recover billions of dollars in missing assets, allegedly embezzled under Gaddafi's regime.
Following Paris, Rome will have to organise the next international conference dedicated to Libya. The date of this conference, which will take place under the leadership of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, has not yet been set and is still dependent on the progress of the electoral process.
