With its ability to sell fertiliser in the United States hampered by a federal investigation, phosphate giant OCP is responding to criticism point by point and has hired an army of lobbyists to promote its products to American farmers.
The decrees of application for the new law on local content, which have been long awaited by the Senegalese oil industry, are now ready. Their publication has been delayed, however, by a battle for control of local content between the presidency and the oil ministry.
The future of the Sendou coal-fired power station is now in the hands of the Senegalese courts, which may opt to revise the time frame accorded to its operator to pay off its creditors.
After the coup d'état of 18 August in Mali, the UN Panel of Experts for Mali was tasked with gauging the new authorities' will to implement the Algiers accord. In the event of obstruction, those now in power in Bamako know that the United Nations is serious about imposing sanctions.
Running for re-election, President Alassane Ouattara has been dangling state campaign subsidies in front of his rivals and bringing pressure to bear from neighbouring states to persuade opponents such as Henri Konan Bédié to take part in the election.
With two weeks to the presidential election to go, US President Trump has played his ace card to get Sudan to recognise Israel. Aware that the stakes go far beyond its borders, the Sudanese leaders remain divided.
The Ukrainian military manufacturer Techimpex and its sister company Nova Technology have entered into talks with Egypt and Uganda over the possibility of supplying their armies with modernised Soviet armoured vehicles.
Commercial ties between the United Kingdom and Madagascar are continuing to shrink and Rio Tinto, the last British flagship present in Madagascar, is struggling to remain on good terms with the administration of President Andry Rajoelina.
Even though Angola's growing season is already under way, the government has only now finally decided to launch a public tender for the importation of fertiliser and seeds.
The World Bank's arbitration arm has suspended the Tunisian state v. ABCI Investments proceedings over BFT to give the parties a month to find an amicable settlement starting 19 October.
bdelmadjid Attar, who became energy minister on 23 June, is no longer holding back in private in his criticism of Sonatrach chairman and chief executive Toufik Hakkar.
Business France has organised a workshop for 3 November for manufacturers seeking to establish themselves in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) health sector in North Africa.
Having until now confined its operations to Morocco, where its facilities are generating some 95 MW, Jet Energy is seeking new solar power business opportunities in French-speaking Africa.
