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WEBSep 24, 2024 · South AfricaEx-US attorney general Eric Holder, MTN's favourite lawyer. Business, Diplomacy 19.07.2024. With its Iranian subsidiary accused of violating US anti-terrorism laws, the South African telecoms giant has once more called on the law firm where Holder works. The affair is unfolding against a backdrop of tensions between Pretoria and ...
Algeria/Nigeria : Equinor initiates drastic downsizing in Africa
WEB1 day ago · The Norwegian major Equinor, of which Anders Opedal is president and CEO, is looking to progressively withdraw from the continent and in particular from Nigeria and Algeria, where it has longstanding ties. Of its five African bases, only Angola, where the company acquired a 40% stake in two new oil exploration blocks (46 and 47) last year, is ...
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WEBSep 30, 2024 · Your daily foray into Africa's circles of power. Africa Intelligence brings you exclusive coverage of the major political, economic and diplomatic issues at stake on the African continent, identifying power players on the rise and low-frequency signals on the horizon. Peruse our daily story summaries to get the …
Libya Battle for seats on CBL's new, more powerful board
WEB1 day ago · Since the 30 September consensus over Naji Issa as the new governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), ongoing negotiations are now focused on the composition of the board. The stakes are high this time. In the interest of shifting some power away from the governor, the members of this new board will …
DR Congo, Uganda, South Africa and Ghana - Africa Intelligence
WEBAug 24, 2024 · Africa, Uganda Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation. The usually travel-shy Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni went to Congo on 11 February to meet Denis Sassou Nguesso. The trip, which also took him to Dakar, was prepared by Jean-Yves Ollivier, a champion of backchannel diplomacy, and was aimed at setting up the African Global Security ...
Cameroon - Africa Intelligence
WEBSep 27, 2024 · When a Cameroon delegation headed to Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation one of the key issues they sought to bring up was the Chinese-funded Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore mine. Arbitration proceedings to settle a dispute with the former project developer are still at a standstill. Mining 06.09.2024.
Tanzania - Africa Intelligence
WEBJun 9, 2024 · Tanzania and Kenya race to host Bahamas first high commission in Africa. Delegations from Tanzania and the Bahamas meeting at the 19th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala last week took the opportunity to discuss the official launching of diplomatic relations between both nations. Diplomacy 23.01.2024.
Angola - Africa Intelligence
WEBSep 20, 2024 · In Switzerland, the Angolan prosecutor general fails to recover Carlos São Vicente's assets. Angola's anti-corruption chief travelled to Geneva to try to convince the authorities to hand over the Swiss assets of the Portuguese-Angolan tycoon. But the courts there continue to regard the businessman's trial as unfair. Politics, Business 28.05.2024.
DRC : From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila's covert schemes
WEBOct 1, 2024 · From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila's covert schemes. In recent weeks, Joseph Kabila has been sending messengers to different African presidencies to relay his forecasts of forthcoming chaos in the DRC. Western diplomats, particularly American ones, who have been concerned by his predictions, have been in contact with him.