The president and his deputy are continuing their purge of the tea sector, from which executives close to the Uhuru Kenyatta administration are continuing their exodus. The Kenya Tea Development Agency consortium is now in the firing line.
The Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe, Patrice Trovoada, travelled to N'Djamena on 18 July to meet President Mahamat Idriss Deby, known as 'Kaka'.
The company has opened a new office in Senegal to give it a stronger presence in West Africa as it expands its operations there.
The Singaporean mining logistics giant has partnered with Guinean mining companies Kimbo and GIC to help it meet growing Chinese demand. Its Chinese rival COSCO, in partnership with Chalco and SD Mining, is also present in the region.
A busy roadmap awaits the top general chosen by the Burundian president.
Zambian Energy Minister Peter Kapala and Bradford Machila, adviser to President Hakainde Hichilema, were on a trip to Angola mid-July to study the possibility of Lusaka's participation in Sonangol's refinery project at Lobito.
The Moroccan prime minister has reached the halfway point in a series of regional conferences for party cadres. He is hoping to persuade them to defend more proactively the government's track record, which is currently under fire.
Le fils de Khalifa Haftar, Khaled Haftar, a pris le commandement d'une nouvelle "Unité de sécurité" forte de centaines d'hommes et équipée de véhicules blindés et de systèmes anti-aériens.