Africa Intelligence Daily Issue: 4/28/2022

 

Daily issue Thursday 28 April 2022

SPOTLIGHT

SUDAN _ _   Coup leader Burhan hunts for new PM in bid to consolidate power     Sudan's interim leader is telling anyone who cares to listen that, five months after the resignation of Abdalla Hamdok, he wants to appoint a new prime minister. That would allow him to consolidate power by further destabilising the already bitterly divided political class.  [...]

EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

RWANDA _ _  DIPLOMACY _ _   Kagame posts François Nkulikiyimfura to France   In a bid to boost trade with France, Kagame has decided to appoint an ambassador with an economic background. After three years in Doha monitoring the emirate's multiple Rwandan investments, François Nkulikiyimfura is expected to arrive in Paris in the coming weeks.  [...]      SOUTH AFRICA _ _  POLITICS _ _   ANC rivalries in KwaZulu-Natal lead to multiple assassinations   Leaders of the African National Congress have been targeted in a wave of assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal province. They began during the local elections last November in an embittered power struggle as the party loses traction and will certainly grow in the run-up to the national conference in December.  [...]

MADAGASCAR _ _  DIPLOMACY _ _   French diplomat to head up EU delegation in Madagascar

CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA

CENTRAL AFRICA _ _  BUSINESS _ _   Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena   Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic.  [...]      IVORY COAST _ _  FRANCE _ _  BUSINESS _ _   Ouattara takes keen interest in French tax probe into Propharmed   Propharmed, a pharmaceutical wholesaler being probed by the French tax authorities for not paying VAT on drugs it exports to Africa, has close links to the Ivorian president's office, which is anxiously monitoring the investigation.  [...]      DRC _ _  BUSINESS _ _   Luc Gérard Nyafé loses out on Maluku special economic zone   Two years after it was signed, the Congolese authorities have terminated a contract with Luc Gérard Nyafé's Strategos Group for the development of the Maluku SEZ.  [...]      CAMEROON _ _  POLITICS _ _   Decline in Paul Biya's health strikes alarm amongst inner circle   The 89-year-old Cameroonian head of state has been residing in his native village since the Africa Cup of Nations, but in the past few days he has suffered a series of ailments.  [...]

CONGO _ _  DIPLOMACY _ _   Kigali solidifies investments in Brazzaville

NORTH AFRICA

TUNISIA _ _  DIPLOMACY _ _   Tunis asks Brussels to ease loan conditions in face of IMF impasse   The Tunisian government is seeking a relaxing of the conditions for the disbursement of a tranche of the €300m that the EU has earmarked for macro-financial assistance. But community institutions are still concerned at some of the political measures being taken by Kais Saied.  [...]

LIBYA _ _  DIPLOMACY _ _   Unwilling to take sides, Tunis refuses to host outgoing PM Abdelhamid Dabaiba

OIL & GAS

RUNNING STORY _ _  MOZAMBIQUE _ _  CORPORATE STRATEGY _ _   TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado   There is considerable local interest in future services contract opportunities for the development of Cabo Delgado's liquefied natural gas reserves. The question now is who could apply and in what area.  [...]

MINING SECTOR

GUINEA _ _  COURTS AND ADVISORY _ _   Conflict over Mansounia gold project extends to US   After years of fighting to recover a gold permit in Guinea, the US firm Blox is now facing a new legal battle over the same mining dispute in its home country. The new case is linked to Guinean regulations on research permits.  [...]