Liberian President George Weah still hasn't made a decision regarding renegotiation of ArcelorMittal's railway monopoly, even though a report on the issue was submitted a month ago. That delay is causing concern for mining operators, and Washington.
The Republic of the Congo has submitted to the investigative magistrate in charge of investigating potential rigging of the arbitration pitting Congo against creditor Commisimpex the testimony of a former finance minister who was in office in the early 1990s.
Quentin Teisseire, the French foreign ministry's deputy director for Central Africa, will travel to Kinshasa this week.
The Russian firm, faced with insecurity in Burkina Faso, Western sanctions hitting its gold exports, and deteriorating relations with the ruling junta, has found a buyer for its Taparko mine. The group is now looking for candidates for its Bissa and Yimiougou sites.
The Indian mining company's perceived failure to deliver on its contractual obligations led Conakry to hand over the construction and management of river and maritime port infrastructure to a Moroccan firm.
The East African Community is currently considering Somalia's application to join the regional bloc, even though it has yet to finalise DR Congo and South Sudan's membership. The regional mechanisms already in place are showing the limits of their effectiveness.
Pending a return of budget support to Ethiopia through the EU's Multi-Annual Financing Framework, the release of a new package of so-called "special measures" is being negotiated in Brussels.
Harare is preparing to withdraw the Todal platinum project from the Kazakh Eurasian Resources Group. The most likely scenario is a takeover of the asset by Kuvimba, a holding company that is already struggling to raise funds because of its alleged links to businessman Kuda Tagwirei, who is under US sanctions.
The brother of UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan is poised and ready to acquire the plot of land on which ex-President Hosni Mubarak's headquarters stood until 2011. The Emirati royal family has reportedly conditioned this acquisition on other investments to come.
A delegation from the French Senate was supposed to travel to Rabat at the end of this month, but the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs decided otherwise. This is a clear sign of tension between France and Morocco.