The planned merger between BP and ENI has put Total under pressure but the French major, which has been Angola's leading producer since 2013, does not intend to give up its position easily.
Residents who live near the lucrative Lubumbashi cobalt slag heap have complained to the governor of Haut-Katanga province about pollution from the fumes coming out of the plant on the site.
Political uncertainty in the wake of Idriss Déby's death could shed doubt over the World Bank's fledgling half-billion-dollar electrification scheme.
While in Paris to attend the French summit on African financing on 18 May, the DRC's top intelligence staff met with their French counterparts to further strengthen security cooperation between the two.
Appointed on 17 May to the board of Rainbow Rare Earths, American diplomat J. Peter Pham is due to travel to Burundi this week to further the company's projects there.
The giant Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has mounted a charm offensive to persuade Ghana's navy to buy its patrol boats rather than those of France's Ocea. Accra plans to acquire 8 offshore patrol vessels.
Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo has placed his supporters in most of the departments responsible for mining but the head of the key mining geology bureau has still to be appointed. Junior mines minister Aimé Zongo has his own ideas about the best person for the job.
Equatorial Guinea's bigwigs hoped until the very last minute that the summit on African economies in France would be an opportunity for the country's probable future leader to shine on the world stage.
During last week's conference in Paris, the German group began advanced talks with the delegation from Sudan, where the government has made the development of photovoltaic energy production a priority.
Chinese ambassador Guo Xiaomei is mounting a diplomatic offensive to forge ties with Rajoelina's government and his IRD party.
Tunisia's cash-strapped government has tasked DLA Piper law firm with the global coordination of procedures to recover the ill-gotten assets of ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's family.
Agriculture and fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch has beefed up his staff by hiring Yasser Mohammed Sbihi away from the local branch of the Boston Consulting Group.
