UNSMIL has succeeded in getting new crisis exit negotiations under way on the back of the ceasefire negotiated between eastern strong man Haftar and the city of Misrata. The question of how to demilitarise Syrte and Jufra axis has still to be resolved, however.
Miners operating in Africa and potential funders were brought together in Beijing at the initiative of British consulting firm VSA Capital and South Africa's Moshe Capital, with guidance from Koala Mining Review, a sector influencer on the WeChat network.
The Texan firm SparkCognition, which is already involved in the technical oversight of BP and AkerBP's oil facilities in Europe and North America, is now training its sights on Africa.
The Congolese authorities are looking to create institutions dedicated to urban planning in Kinshasa, where urbanisation has become uncontrollable and chaotic in recent decades.
Under pressure from the authorities for several months, the Franco-Singaporean joint venture Arise Mauritanie, which is constructing and will run the new container terminal at the Port autonome de Nouakchott, has finally reached a deal.
The pandemic has forced CNPC to scale down its projects, which in turn has dashed the ruling party's hopes that it might benefit from the Chinese major's oil investments during the presidential election campaign.
Le Département de la défense américain a lancé le 26 octobre une présollicitation visant à fournir des services de BTP pour aborder la phase principale des travaux de la base aérienne de Kainji, au Nigeria.
In late September Tayo Oviosu, the Nigerian boss of one of Africa's leading online payment platforms, Paga, announced that he had relocated his Mauritian offices to the United Kingdom.
Behind the scenes, President Uhuru Kenyatta is having to prepare himself for the departure of Kinuthia Mbugua, one of his most valued advisors who is also the State House comptroller. He is fearful that this will trigger a mass exodus as his term in office draws to a close and his allies gear up for the post-Kenyatta era.
As the new member of the Pensana board, Baroness Northover should prove to be a real asset for the Longonjo project, both on account of her British parliamentary contacts and her experience of working with the authorities in Luanda.
Having negotiated a rescheduling of its debts with China Development Bank and obtained nearly a billion dollars from the IMF, Angola is relying on a top team of consultants to handle dealings with its two other Chinese creditors as well as auditing its external debt and developing trade with the United States.
The north-western Morocco water supply plan unveiled in January this year is being put into action with the launch of feasibility studies for dams in the arid eastern Rif, where water shortages have fuelled protests.
Prince Moulay Abdelaziz Senoussi is keeping his morale up despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who has already tested positive for Covid-19, arrived on October 28 at 9 pm local time at [...]