The Congolese army is using new Emirati-made armoured vehicles to bolster its defences around the city of Goma, which is surrounded by M23 rebels. Cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Kinshasa has increased in recent months.
Chad's transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby is exploiting his Ivorian connections to support Abbas Mahamat Tolli's bid to be the next president of the African Development Bank.
Despite several nominations, no Nigerian artists won a statue at the 2023 Grammy Awards, much to the irritation of Hannatu Musawa. Whether the cradle of Afrobeat will be part of the new African Grammy Awards is now hanging in the balance.
Four Senegalese MPs linked to the ruling party asked the Paris PR firm Smart Consulting to help set up meetings recently with French journalists in Paris to try to justify Macky Sall's postponement of the presidential election.
The Kenyan brewery is keen to maintain financial headroom amid challenging financial times. The second half of 2023 saw the firm's profits fall by more than 20%.
The coffee sector has struggled to find funding since recent reforms sidelined multinational traders. Meanwhile, the government is having a hard time selling its own proposals.
Despite some successes in the cultural sphere, Moscow is struggling to develop better trade relations with Mozambique. Some Russian companies are nevertheless managing to prosper.
As Teheran tries to develop its business networks in Africa, an Iranian shipping company has quietly started calling at ports under the control of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army.
The newly appointed foreign minister is set to meet his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on 25 February. After months of frosty relations between the two countries, it's a highly symbolic visit and one that could pave the way for Emmanuel Macron's trip to the kingdom.
