As Ethiopia's public debt weighs increasingly heavily on its public finances, the committee which will negotiate a reduction of its debt under the aegis of the Paris Club has still not been constituted. It is set to be one of the first to test the new debt treatment rules negotiated last year by China and the G20.
Swiss trading giant Glencore, which has been trying to extricate itself from the country for nearly two years, is still hopeful that it can find a buyer for its Mangara and Badila fields.
The relationship between the two oil companies has deteriorated to the point of them almost coming to blows during a stakeholder meeting.
The position of the chief of staff of the president's office, who enjoys the support of first lady Chantal Biya, seems to be under threat. Until now, he has always managed to save his skin.
RA International, which specialises in conflict zone logistics, is boosting its presence in the Central African Republic.
Amid raging debate over what is seen as the exorbitant cost of state institutions, the National Assembly refuses to comment on the remuneration of the members of its office
The Equatorial Guinean president has yet to respond to a request for accreditation from the EU's new ambassador to Malabo as European states close their embassies in the country one after the other. Only France and Spain have resisted the pressure and kept their representation there.
UNESCO is concerned about the consequences for biodiversity from iron ore mining in Guinea's Nimba mountains. The company that owns the site plans to submit the first version of its study in 2022. This study is supposed to explain how to develop the site without causing any damage to the area.
Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo had a long telephone conversation in early July, the first in years. Africa Intelligence reveals the content of the exchange.
The second phase of filling the vast Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam started on 5 July. Egypt, which failed to convince the UN to take up the issue, is doing all it can to get the UAE strongman to block Addis.
The constitutional referendum supported by the president and his nemesis-turned-protégé was blocked by the High Court. Their legal counsel do not believe that they will be able to prevail in the Court of Appeal.
The Brazilian president was hospitalised at the time of the Luanda summit and was represented by his deputy, Hamilton Mourão. But he had in fact decided not to attend weeks earlier amid a diplomatic spat over an evangelical church with his Angolan counterpart.
Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Presidential Council number two Abdullah al-Lafi, and Libya's Muslim Brotherhood leader Ali Sallabi are all hoping to cut short Mangoush's term of office. She does however retain US support.
Two days after hotel group Accor announced it was inaugurating its Fairmount Taghazout Bay hotel on 9 July, the hotel's owner, agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch set about reorganising his hotel and property plans in southern Morocco.
