In western Kenya, the Chemase goldmine is attracting the interest of private and political actors. An explosion there in January crystallised tensions between UK firm Karebe Gold Mining, three of whose employees died, and a group of well-connected Kenyan miners.
The US is set to finance a programme to build mobile military camps for the Central African Republic army. The $10m contract is expected to be awarded to the French company Itaresam.
Responsible for the tightening of local content rules at Equatorial Guinea's hydrocarbons ministry, the director general in charge of this portfolio since 2018, Jacinto Nguema Owono, has just been replaced following a change of minister
Mamadou Antonio Souaré was marginalised by the ruling junta and dispossessed of his lucrative betting company Guinée Games last August. He is hoping that the recent creation of a gambling regulator will help him get it back.
Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, in post since 2021 and whose ambition to become prime minister was thwarted, is now facing a revolt within his ministry.
The Kenyan president has proposed that his country host the headquarters of the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area, which, once three more states ratify a deal struck in 2015, will group 29 African countries.
Egypt's Elsewedy Electric is winning contract after contract in Angola. Those contracts alone account for a third of Egypt's annual exports to sub-Saharan Africa, making the southern African country a key economic partner.
Foreign Affairs Minister Tete António is scheduled to travel to the Comoros at the end of this month to discuss the unrest in eastern DRC.
Fouad Ali el-Himma, who was noticeably absent from the many royal activities held in Morocco during the month of Ramadan, is due to return to the fray today.
As media outlets critical of his administration come under increasing pressure, the Tunisian president is considering setting up a dedicated government department, such as existed during the Ben Ali era.
While the vast urban build in Boughezoul is back on the cards thanks to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and rising oil and gas prices, it is running far behind schedule. The minister in charge has yet to pick a property developer for the project due to a lack of credible candidates.
