ENI has since 2020 been fighting against an injunction to unite its producing Sankofa offshore field in Ghana with the non-producing Afina field operated by local firm Springfield E&P, which is close to the government.
The multinational commodities trader is embroiled in a legal fight with one of its former ore suppliers in the DRC over a delivery that was allegedly never made. The case has prompted the authorities to take a closer look at Traxys's activities in the country.
On the Ivorian president's orders, Prime Minister Patrick Achi is taking steps to open up the drinking water market, currently dominated by the French company's subsidiary SODECI.
Senegalese customs have bought a batch of 100 French- and Chinese-made observation drones from the Dakar firm GSO Senegal. They will be deployed to monitor movements along the Malian border and to crack down on smuggling.
In early May, the Dutch embassy in Cotonou discreetly hosted a seminar on the future of democracy in West Africa.
Nairobi has put its full weight behind Nancy Karigithu's campaign to become the IMO's next secretary-general. This entails building on its alliances and presenting Kenya as an African maritime powerhouse.
Fresh outbreaks of violence in western Ethiopia are threatening to jeopardise a second round of talks that was expected to start on 28 May between negotiators from the Ethiopian government and the separatist Oromo Liberation Army.
Seeking to set in train a political dialogue, the EU's former ambassador in Pretoria recently tested the waters in South Africa and Tanzania before travelling to Maputo and Cabo Delgado. His initiative is by no means an isolated one.
Farming cooperatives run by former soldiers are poised to receive an initial consignment of tractors, which will be assembled in the country thanks to the Emirati investor.
The Moroccan group is to start producing recycled cobalt in July at its plant near Marrakesh in partnership with Swiss trading giant Glencore. It is also finalising studies into the production of cobalt sulphate for use by Renault in the manufacture of its electric batteries.
