The outgoing Kenyan administration is keen to speed up negotiations with its US counterparts before Uhuru Kenyatta's mandate ends. Despite sending a delegation to Kenya in early May, the US is stalling for time.
Shortly after being inaugurated president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed made personal phone calls to four African heads of state.
After pondering over the matter for several months, the State Department has just selected Mike Hammer's replacement as US ambassador to the DR Congo, Africa Intelligence can reveal.
Since the spring, Coumba Dioukhané has been in charge of communications for Congolese prime minister Anatole Collinet Makosso
A handful of African heads of state are expected to be heavily involved in the African Union counter-terrorism summit, which Teodoro Obiang Nguema will host in Malabo from 25 to 28 May.
The US Army is returning to Somalia after Joe Biden reversed his predecessor Donald Trump's decision to withdraw. Private operator MAG Aerospace will help with the redeployment by coordinating the surveillance drones.
Manicaland, a Zimbabwean province with an as yet unrealised mining potential, has attracted keen interest from Canadian company Zephyr Minerals, which expects to obtain an exploration permit there shortly and has an option to buy a majority stake in an existing operation.
Announced in February, the proposed 50m-rand gift has sparked a row with the opposition and a legal battle. The whole affair has lifted the veil over dealings between Pretoria and Havana.
Sungara Energies, which is owned by state-owned Namibian company Namcor, Britain's Sequa Petroleum and consulting company Petrolog, hopes to complete its acquisition of a 10% stake before the end of the third quarter.
Eight years after fighting ravaged Tripoli's international airport, the insurance syndicate has bowed to pressure from the Libyan agency in charge of recovering assets abroad, LARMO, with the support of the UK-based Libya Consultancy.
Having appointed her chief of staff and her Africa adviser, the new French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has just picked her North Africa and Middle East adviser.
With the delivery of eight RQ-20 Pumas bought with US funds, the Tunisian army now hopes to order other small observation drones. But the renewal of its combat fleet and training aircraft is at a standstill and hinges on Tunis improving its links with the Biden administration.