The deposits that Gabon's national oil company acquired from the US trader last year are turning out to be not as productive as expected.
Plans to hold the Rassemblement des Entrepreneurs Francophones, a forum for business owners from French-speaking African nations, in June in Brazzaville have been upset by a rival event by the Economic Community of Central African States’ (CEEAC) business council.
Camair-Co, which has replaced Cameroon Airlines, is suing US aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Pratt & Whitney over a 1995 crash. It is claiming €164m in damages.
Several South African defence companies presented their catalogue of military equipment to an Ivorian delegation visiting Johannesburg.
Guinea wants to ensure the US company Orion, which is selling its shares in Bel Air, does not leave an environmental mess behind. Conakry will also expect the buyer to participate in a refinery project in the country.
Faced with the imminent announcement of a government led by General al-Burhan, the Rapid Support Forces have organised an event in Nairobi. Leading Sudanese political figures have been invited to this Kenyan-backed gathering.
The former Kenyan president, a mediator for the conflict in DR Congo, was removed at the last moment from the list of participants at an AU Peace and Security Council meeting. Tensions with his successor, William Ruto, are complicating a sluggish DR Congo mediation process.
Rothschild & Co bank is about to announce the candidates shortlisted for the purchase of Shell's 600 petrol stations in South Africa. The commodity trading giant Gunvor has joined forces with Sipho Maseko's company to make a bid.
The European aircraft manufacturer is in talks with the Libyan airline and is also negotiating maintenance contracts for planes that it recently sold to other operators in the country.
