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Spotlight | Mozambique, United Kingdom
Total's block 1: Exports minister Stuart ready to plant Union Jack in Mozambican LNG

As a member of the Commonwealth, Mozambique could find itself a prime target of a post-Brexit UK in search of trade opportunities. Yet the Minister for Exports and head of UK Export Finance has found himself stuck between entrepreneurs and NGOs warning against the environmental impact of gas rigs.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Houphouet-Boigny's jeweller to relaunch diamonds by year-end

After a hiatus of more than 45 years, semi-industrial diamond production in Ivory Coast is due to resume at the end of the year with Transactysglasol, a company founded by Christian Abadie, jeweller to the country's first president and now headed by Nicolas de Lesguern, operator of gold mines in Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Mining

Sahel
Rome poised to join counter-terrorism task force Takuba

Italy is expected to deploy several dozen of its special forces in Liptako-Gourma as part of the European task force Takuba in the first quarter of 2021.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Ivory Coast, United States
US to bankroll counter-terrorism academy with Paris

Recent Jihadist attacks in Ivory Coast have revived interest in the international counter-terrorism academy project initiated by France during François Hollande's tenure, with the US now ready to get involved.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa, Canada
Canadian "Warren Buffett" excludes his banks from deal for big new African investment group

Canadian financier Prem Watsa, who heads the giant Fairfax investment group, announced plans to bring fellow investment giant Helios into the capital of his African subsidiary, Fairfax Africa, on 10 July. Fairfax Africa will divest itself of its struggling African banks, however, before Helios proceeds with its investment.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Head of State Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.

Kenya
Kenyatta won't let Ruto take helm of his media empire

Deputy President William Ruto's communication plan for Mediamax has one major problem: President Uhuru Kenyatta is refusing to sell his shares

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Limpopo park provides discreet transit route for Dyck Advisory Group

Lying conveniently on the South African border, Limpopo National Park is a key transit area for former colonel Lionel Dyck's operations in Mozambique. The supply route may be relatively unobtrusive, but is raising hackles in Pretoria.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

DRC, South Africa
Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

South Africa, which is counting on output from the Congolese mega-dam to alleviate its troubled electricity public utility Eskom, is nonetheless sceptical of Kinshasa's ability to carry out the project.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Business

Africa, Mozambique, United States
From Cabo Delgado to the Sahel, Crisis Response embedded in Washington's African strategy

Texan defence contractor Crisis Response Co, which already has an extensive presence in Africa, is to strengthen its intelligence-gathering capacities in Mozambique for the US while it continues to expand in West Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

North Africa

Morocco
Minister of Interior Abdelouali Laftit slams Alj clan's control of employers' association

The "Sardine King" Saïd Alj is being dragged in the conflict between the Minister of Interior and his nephew Chakib Alj, who chairs Morocco's employers' body.

Subscribers only Business

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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