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DRC
Tshisekedi heads to Israel to talk security and business

The Congolese president is due to visit Israel from 24 to 27 October. His first visit to the Holy Land will be dominated by security and political issues.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2021

Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference.

Mozambique
Maputo wants to make better use of its surplus electricity

The Mozambican authorities have secured funds from the Swedish government ($17m) and the German development agency KfW ($21.2m) to finance the construction of a national control centre for the electricity transmission network.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 18.10.2021

In Focus | Africa
TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné's management charms shareholders but frazzles executives

Since he took the TotalEnergies helm in 2015, Patrick Pouyanné has ruled with a highly centralised management style that has drawn few complaints from shareholders but has sparked dissent, dissatisfaction and early departures among his exhausted executives.

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2021

French Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné.

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

Emmerson Mnangagwa knows that in order to get Western sanctions lifted he needs to give his country's strategic tobacco sector a facelift. To this end he sent his top lieutenants to sweet talk international NGOs at a special SADC meeting.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.10.2021

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Mozambique
Military engineer CADG hopes to build garrisons in Cabo Delgado

Specialising in engineering projects in conflict zones, CADG is set to carry out programmes for the Mozambican army.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 30.09.2021

Spotlight | Mozambique
Angola provides air transport for SADC operation in Cabo Delgado

The SADC member countries fighting terrorist groups in Cabo Delgado province have each taken on a different role in the operation. Angola has been tasked with delivering equipment to the troops on the ground.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.09.2021

Mozambique, Rwanda
Kagame and Nyusi stage 'pacification' show for media in Cabo Delgado

This weekend the Mozambican armed forces are preparing to take a group of international journalists to Cabo Delgado, where an Islamist insurrection has been simmering since 2017.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2021

Inner circles | Mozambique
Foreign forces struggle to establish communications with Mozambican army top brass

The speedy start of Rwandan army operations in Cabo Delgado has finally enabled Mozambique to reclaim the territories it had lost. The government's other military partners were not given the same opportunities to bring their troops into the conflict so quickly, however, and are struggling to establish contact with Mozambican army command structure which has been entirely reorganised by Filipe Nyusi.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.09.2021

Inner circles | Botswana
Race for top job at De Beers diamond offshoot Debswana heats up

The De Beers-Botswana state JV, which represents a third of the country's GDP, is looking for a new boss and with the company in the process of renegotiating its diamond sales contract, the choice of CEO is tangled with political considerations.

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2021

The Jwaneng diamond mine,operated by Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government.

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Kinshasa's failed bid to win the post of executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community is not going down well in Congolese circles of power. Critics say President Tshisekedi had no strategic plan to bag the top job.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2021

Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

After the Rwandan army's successful intervention, the division of labour between the various troops deployed in the troubled Cabo Delgado region seems to have become clearer.

Subscribers only Politics 31.08.2021

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies veteran picked to reignite gas project

The rapid progress of the Rwandan army's intervention in the Cabo Delgado Province has led to a growing sense of optimism by the French oil and gas major, which could speed up the timetable for the resumption of its work.

Subscribers only Energy 30.08.2021

Maxime Rabilloud, head of TotalEnergies Mozambique.

Botswana
Masisi shakes up presidential office with Sebetela appointment

President Mokgweetsi Masisi's decision to appoint a chief of staff may be a strategic move but it threatens to step on the toes of his other cabinet members.

Subscribers only Politics 18.08.2021

Boyce Sebetela has been appointed Chief of Staff in the Office of the President the 1st of August.

Mozambique
Rwandan soldiers move in to allow TotalEnergies to resume work

The Rwandan soldiers deployed to Cabo Delgado have already fired shots at the Islamist-linked group whose actions forced TotalEnergies to bring the construction of its gas liquefaction facility to a standstill.

Free access Energy 28.07.2021

Africa
Algeria braces for tough battle over AU commissioner seat in N'Djamena October summit

Algeria and African Union members' diverging views on a growing number of issues promise to complicate matters further regarding the country's bid for the AU education commissioner post, set aside for a North African country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.07.2021

Mozambique, Rwanda
Rwanda's second reconnaissance mission in Pemba continues in Nacala as SADC gets restless

The Rwandan army's mission in Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, which had been shrouded in mystery and which went on for longer than expected, ended on 8 July. The 30 soldiers sent there on reconnaissance have retreated to Nacala for a few days.

Subscribers only Politics 12.07.2021

Eswatini, SADC
SADC split on response to Eswatini political crisis

As riots against King Mswati III rage on, Botswana's Mokgweetsi Masisi, who will head SADC's security arm until August, is trying to show a proactive attitude. Not all his neighbours share his approach.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.07.2021

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

On 25 June, SACU's executive secretary, Paulina Elago of Namibia, addressed a virtual meeting of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, to offer assistance in the implementation of the new pan-African free trade agreement.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.07.2021

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

With Angola's regional influence having faded in the twilight years of the Dos Santos era, President Lourenço has been working hard to recover lost ground by finding key regional appointments for his diplomats and spymasters.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.07.2021

Mozambique
Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

Rwandan army officers have made a number of trips to the northern Mozambican gas-producing province. They are looking into how they might intervene against the violent armed groups operating there.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.06.2021

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Southern African Development Community

DRC
Tshisekedi heads to Israel to talk security and business

Mozambique
Maputo wants to make better use of its surplus electricity

In Focus | Africa
TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné's management charms shareholders but frazzles executives

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

Mozambique
Military engineer CADG hopes to build garrisons in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Mozambique
Angola provides air transport for SADC operation in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique, Rwanda
Kagame and Nyusi stage 'pacification' show for media in Cabo Delgado

Inner circles | Mozambique
Foreign forces struggle to establish communications with Mozambican army top brass

Inner circles | Botswana
Race for top job at De Beers diamond offshoot Debswana heats up

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies veteran picked to reignite gas project

Botswana
Masisi shakes up presidential office with Sebetela appointment

Mozambique
Rwandan soldiers move in to allow TotalEnergies to resume work

Africa
Algeria braces for tough battle over AU commissioner seat in N'Djamena October summit

Mozambique, Rwanda
Rwanda's second reconnaissance mission in Pemba continues in Nacala as SADC gets restless

Eswatini, SADC
SADC split on response to Eswatini political crisis

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

Mozambique
Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

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Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Southern African Development Community

DRC Tshisekedi heads to Israel to talk security and business

Mozambique Maputo wants to make better use of its surplus electricity

In Focus | Africa TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné's management charms shareholders but frazzles executives

SADC, Zimbabwe Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

Mozambique Military engineer CADG hopes to build garrisons in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Mozambique Angola provides air transport for SADC operation in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique, Rwanda Kagame and Nyusi stage 'pacification' show for media in Cabo Delgado

Inner circles | Mozambique Foreign forces struggle to establish communications with Mozambican army top brass

Inner circles | Botswana Race for top job at De Beers diamond offshoot Debswana heats up

DRC Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Mozambique In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

Spotlight | Mozambique TotalEnergies veteran picked to reignite gas project

Botswana Masisi shakes up presidential office with Sebetela appointment

Mozambique Rwandan soldiers move in to allow TotalEnergies to resume work

Africa Algeria braces for tough battle over AU commissioner seat in N'Djamena October summit

Mozambique, Rwanda Rwanda's second reconnaissance mission in Pemba continues in Nacala as SADC gets restless

Eswatini, SADC SADC split on response to Eswatini political crisis

SADC SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

Inner circles | Angola Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

Mozambique Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

DRC
Tshisekedi heads to Israel to talk security and business

Mozambique
Maputo wants to make better use of its surplus electricity

In Focus | Africa
TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné's management charms shareholders but frazzles executives

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

Mozambique
Military engineer CADG hopes to build garrisons in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Mozambique
Angola provides air transport for SADC operation in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique, Rwanda
Kagame and Nyusi stage 'pacification' show for media in Cabo Delgado

Inner circles | Mozambique
Foreign forces struggle to establish communications with Mozambican army top brass

Inner circles | Botswana
Race for top job at De Beers diamond offshoot Debswana heats up

DRC
Kinshasa's failure to bag SADC job marks fresh diplomatic defeat

Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies veteran picked to reignite gas project

Botswana
Masisi shakes up presidential office with Sebetela appointment

Mozambique
Rwandan soldiers move in to allow TotalEnergies to resume work

Africa
Algeria braces for tough battle over AU commissioner seat in N'Djamena October summit

Mozambique, Rwanda
Rwanda's second reconnaissance mission in Pemba continues in Nacala as SADC gets restless

Eswatini, SADC
SADC split on response to Eswatini political crisis

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

Mozambique
Rwandan army goes on reconnaissance in Pemba