Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir is waging an underground war against Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is protecting his ally, the National Oil Corp boss Farhat Omar Bengdara. At stake is control of the country's oil revenues.
Joseph Pagop Noupoué's dismissal as head of Ernst & Young's Cameroon subsidiary continues to cause turmoil. Two factions are vying for control of the company - and taking legal action to get it.
Since October, on several occasions, US nationals have been stopped by border police at Bangui-M'Poko airport upon attempting to enter the Central African Republic.
During a visit to Nigeria's economic capital with French business leaders to promote trade, Olivier Becht had private meetings with some of the country's wealthiest individuals.
Former mines minister Ahmed Kanté now heads GIC, a mining company which controls a major bauxite mining project in Boké. He is having to defend himself, however, against an accusation that he abused the confidence of his former Russian partner, Alexander Zotov.
The Israel-Hamas war has reawakened deep divisions in Kenya's political circles and, after a string of diplomatic blunders, the government has had to spell out its position to ambassadors in Nairobi.
After a four-year moratorium, the issuing of new mining permits has revived the debate between the different stakeholders in the sector. Local communities are demanding a fairer share-out of revenues and professional opportunities.
The international secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Oslo is expecting to receive an application from Namibia soon.
Ahmed Lahlimi, the head of Morocco’s Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP), will step down in the coming weeks from the post he has held since his appointment by King Mohammed VI in 2003.