The European Council may soon lift its sanctions on certain leading Zimbabwean figures, including the current vice president Constantino Chiwenga. These sanctions have been a source of tension between Brussels and SADC member states.
There was no tailing off of Cameroon's spending on anti-Covid-19 measures in 2021.
Equipped with a brand new digital platform for processing foreign trade operations, the Guinean state intends to finally implement a rule that has been in place for several years requiring revenue from exports, especially gold, to be repatriated.
Following the coup of 24 January, the Guinea-Bissau president would like to establish himself as the natural go-between for the regional organisation and the new strongmen in Ouagadougou.
After steering the oil cartel through the Covid-19 crisis, outgoing secretary-general Mohammed Barkindo will soon return to his native Nigeria. Many speculate that he may move into politics.
The essayist and consultant Jacques Attali has long been a favoured adviser of Kazakhstan, a country shaken earlier this month by a palace revolution. Now it is the turn of the Ivorian prime minister Patrick Achi to enlist his help.
Earlier this week rebels from Tigray launched an offensive in the Afar region, alleging the population there had provoked them repeatedly.
In a report to the African Union's Peace and Security Council, Bankole Adeoye has recommended the institution play a greater role in international mediation efforts to resolve the crisis in Sudan. So far these efforts have been led almost exclusively by UN Special Representative Volker Perthes.
Beijing is pushing ahead with its policy of providing military equipment by donating 160 Dongfeng trucks to the army, having already supplied two vessels to the Djibouti navy last year. However, this strategy could be harmful to Djibouti, which is trying to realign itself with the West on both economic and security matters.
A lack of fresh money and the departure of its co-founder has dealt the final blow to Azinam, which was founded in 2012 to explore the waters of southern Africa.
The state-owned mining company Epangelo is gearing up to conduct its own explorations for this mineral used in the nuclear industry and for which global demand is expected to rise.
An end to subsidies, the use of foreign loans, an increase in non-oil revenues: with his back to the wall, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants to carry out far-reaching economic reforms in the space of a few months.
With the departure of Nadia Akacha, the quarrel between two factions has ended in victory for Minister of the Interior Taoufik Charfeddine. For months, he has been trying to remove his rivals.
