For the second time since 2016, Mozambique has frozen its repayments to investors who bought in to its $900m eurobond.
In a delicate situation with the banks over its debts, Tullow Oil, the junior with the most extensive assets on the continent, is faced with some tough and urgent decisions.
Canadian group Sarmin Mining appears to have gold mining on the agenda with the opening of Sarmin Gold Corp and Sarmin Goldfields Exploration in Mauritius.
Guinea-Bissau's new president is making overtures to Turkey and the Emirates but is also looking to mend his relations with Portugal... and even play the role of mediator in Libya.
The Canadian courts and the AGM of Robex Resources have nipped in the bud a revolt by a group of shareholders who had called into question the governance of the firm, which operates the Malian gold mine of Nampala.
Despite the terrorist threat, Australia's Golden Rim is managing to raise financing for its Kouri gold project in eastern Burkina Faso, in part thanks to the reputation of mining magnate Adonis Pouroulis.
Mining company Metallon Corp, which was founded by South African businessman Mzi Khumalo, has just become the leading shareholder in Nigerian oil junior Lekoil.
To support the United Nations mission in Mali, a Portuguese C295 plane will soon be transporting troops and merchandise as well as conducting reconnaissance patrols
Following the death on 8 July of the Ivorian prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Alassane Ouattara is set to appoint his replacement early next week.
Several key French diplomatic posts in Africa are going to change hands, including in Conakry, Bangui and Addis Ababa. There are changes afoot too in the Africa Department. The latest developments.
GE, which has not established a presence in Sudan following the trade and business embargo imposed on the country by the US from 1997 to 2017, has gone into partnership with Monitor Power Systems to build a thermal power station.
The influential wife of Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch, Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, is increasing the capital of her holding company Aksal to build a new mall in Rabat and one in Marrakesh.