Nairobi is beginning to bow to repeated requests from Uganda to allow its state-owned oil company to use Kenya's pipeline. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is running to chair the AU Commission, is playing peacemaker.
The head of the OIF club of French-speaking nations, Louise Mushikiwabo, wants member countries to play their part alongside Kenya in resolving the security crisis on the Caribbean island.
Belgian diplomat Bernard Quintin is one of those in the running.
The diplomatically isolated Niger junta is hoping that it can attract funds from the Gulf. It recently sent a delegation to Doha to that end.
The company has just won a major contract for the Baleine field operated by Italian oil major ENI, thanks to its ties to entrepreneur Ahmed Cissé, the well-connected head of Ivory Coast's employers' organisation.
Six regional development authorities that rack up almost $2bn of debt every year with little to show for it are to come under close scrutiny. Nairobi is keen to persuade the International Monetary Fund, which approved a new $938m facility last year, that it's serious about budget cuts.
Saudi Arabia is about to name an ambassador, but still hasn't chosen a location for its embassy. The process is lagging, as tension abounds between Luanda and Riyadh.
Russia has for several weeks been acting as an intermediary between its client Algeria and its protégé Mali, whose relations are decidedly chilly.
An advance team of DRC officials might head to Rabat in the next few days to prepare a possible visit by President Félix Tshisekedi, in the wake of his February phone call with King Mohammed VI.
