Total is hoping to set up a logistics base in Mayotte for its Mozambican offshore operations. The French island for its part is looking at the bigger picture and dreams of becoming the major's permanent rear base in the Indian Ocean.
Michel Thierry Atangana, a French businessman of Cameroonian origin who spent 17 years behind bars in Cameroon, is battling Yaoundé to extract 57bn CFA francs (€86m) in compensation over a decades-old financing mechanism.
As it updates the feasibility study for its Gabonese gold project Etéké, the Moroccan miner Managem is also considering whether to continue with the project or look for an exploration partner.
President Mahamadou Issoufou's chosen heir, former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, has secured the all-important support of Seini Oumarou and his MNSD party in return for promising Oumarou the position of speaker in the National Assembly.
Defence service providers Barbaricum and Yorktown will help acclimatise US special forces before they head to the Sahel.
The lawyers of the Portuguese construction giant have provided a version of the facts that disputes the claim it illegally removed people living along the Tororo-Kamidini road.
While he waits for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Djibouti head of state Ismail Omar Guelleh is desperately looking for a challenger so as not to run alone in the 9 April election he counts on delivering him a fifth term in office.
After putting on the charm to rally Kenyatta clan buddies to his presidential cause, deputy president William Ruto is now trying to win over the Kalenjin businessmen that had offered their unwavering support to former president Daniel arap Moi.
The work carried out by the Italian firm Maire Tecnimont to improve the performance of the country's only oil refinery will not be complete by mid-2021 as planned.
As the Southern African Development Community deals with its biggest security crisis of the past decade, Botswana has shown its aspirations by launching the race for the organisation's next secretary general with the nomination of its candidate:
Emmanuel Macron's visit to Angola and South Africa planned for the first quarter of 2021 has been postponed to late March at the earliest.
The Tunisian army wants to use American funds to acquire F16 combat aircraft but President Kaïs Saïed will need to agree terms with the new Biden administration.
By reviving efforts to stage a referendum on constitutional reform, the heads of the Tobruk House of Representatives and the High Council of State are trying to keep control of the crisis exit process even if it means undermining plans to hold elections at the end of 2021.
