Germany, which had made Niger the hub for its activities in the Sahel region, is following events in the country anxiously following the 26 July putsch.
A string of oversights, including the contamination of the crime scene and failure to collect DNA evidence, has complicated the inquiry into the death of the ex-minister, who was murdered in his car in mid-July.
An audio recording, purportedly of a discussion between Gabonese opposition politicians Albert Ondo Ossa and Alexandre Barro-Chambrier, led to Libreville's foreign minister asking the Ivorian ambassador to explain himself.
Conakry has demanded payment of a debt dating from 2006 for the sale of the state's shares in Societe Miniere de Dinguiraye to Crew gold, the former owner of the mine that sold it in 2010 to Alexei Mordashov's group.
There is much speculation as to the future of Macky Sall when he steps down as president after the February 2024 election. One option could be an African Union role at the G20.
Bobi Wine, Samia Suluhu, Olusegun Obasanjo and Chris Coons are among the many high-profile names in Raila Odinga's impressive address book. But despite this, the unsuccessful candidate in Kenya's 2022 presidential election is struggling to find international allies in his fight against his victorious rival, William Ruto.
The tender for Eritrea's first solar power plant has been launched.
The US cybersecurity expert is poised to start promoting Luanda's interests in the US.
Tunisian lawyer Brahim Belghith is awaiting a ruling by the court in September on his challenge to the legality of certain political decisions taken by Kais Saied.
Cevital CEO Malik Rebrab plans to carry out a profound restructuring of the Algerian agri-food giant, reversing the centralised development strategy followed by his father, Issad Rebrab.
