The national airline's senior management team has been revamped after the resignation of its long-serving CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam. Several people close to Gebremariam have paid the price.
Two Emerati firms, Al Asma and Adnoc are desperately trying to clinch contracts to supply state oil company Sonahydroc with petrol and diesel, but the authorities are dragging their feet.
Following a poor result in the municipal elections back in January, the president's inner circle is secretly working on a fresh strategy for the parliamentary elections at the end of July.
Over the past few months, the ministry of mines has been drafting amendments to the country's mining code.
In the wake of France's presidential election, the future of the Elysée Palace's diplomatic cell has will not be decided until the beginning of July.
Delegates from member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have met in Kenya to discuss the worsening drought in the region. Governments are calling for more funding, while donors admit that attempts so far to resolve the situation have failed.
Businessman Wilhelm Shali, owner of Shali Group Holdings, is ramping up his copper exploration campaign north of the Sperrgebiet diamond region, where an open-pit mine is planned.
Mozambique: Involved in the 'pacification' of the troubled province of Cabo Delgado, the Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (FADM) have just received between 100 and 150 military trucks to help transport troops.
Toufik Hakkar's 'busy schedule' has so far prevented him from receiving one of the most important foreign investors in Algerian oil and gas. The country's exports to Spain have meanwhile dropped dramatically.
The trading company Al Ghurair Resources, the second largest importer of wheat to Algeria and a frequent bidder for contracts in Egypt and Sudan, is banking on cereals from the Americas to replace supplies from Ukraine, where it had a subsidiary.
The non-replacement of the US ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome, whose mandate ended in April, has not prevented the State Department from further boosting the security of its mission in Tunis.
