Dabaiba to visit Macron | Samia Suluhu breaks free from CCM | DoJ targets top Déby diplomat

Power Brokers and their Connections

Daily issue Friday 28 May 2021 INNER CIRCLES  TANZANIA _ _   Samia Suluhu Hassan breaks free of CCM and installs allies as key advisers CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA  IVORY COAST _ _   Ministerial tensions over Africa Cup of Nations construction works   Responsibility for the contracts to construct the roads and stadiums for the 2023 competition is being fought over by the sports and procurement ministers. A match being refereed by Prime Minister Patrick Achi.  [...]      EGYPT _ _  DRC _ _   Billionaire Naguib Sawiris goes prospecting in DRC   With his gold operations expanding but his media business struggling, Sawiris was in Kinshasa in late May to cultivate his relations with the ministers of mines and communications.  [...]      MALI _ _   ECOWAS leaders to deliberate over Goita's military takeover   The regional organisation will hold a closed meeting over the next few days to discuss the situation in Mali after the interim vice president Assimi Goita forced the transitional president, Bah N'Daw, from power. Backstage, discussions between west African leaders have already begun.  [...]      CAMEROON _ _   'Covidgate' spells danger for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo   The powerful businessman, who has close ties to the ruling RDPC party, is the central figure in a state audit of how Covid-19 funds were spent or misspent. He could face criminal proceedings.  [...] EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA  MOZAMBIQUE _ _   Washington stealthily increases security cooperation with Maputo   The United States is slowly but surely bolstering its support for the Mozambican government. Having deployed around a dozen green berets, Washington is now beefing up the embassy's security advisory team with the help of private service providers.  [...]      DJIBOUTI _ _   IOG sows the seeds of discord over his succession   In retaining the political heavyweights in his new government, the Djiboutian president runs the risk of internal power struggles between those aspiring to succeed him, while at the same time leaving the door open to a potential sixth term in office.  [...]  UGANDA _ _   Busega-Mpigi highway works advance at a snail's pace NORTH AFRICA  LIBYA _ _   Dabaiba and Macron to talk security and reconstruction on 1 June   Hoping to participate in Libya's reconstruction, Paris will need to draw a veil over its former support for the strongman of the east, Khalifa Haftar. And contend with the fact that Abdelhamid Dabaiba has strong backing from Turkey, whose influence in Africa Macron is seeking to curb.  [...] OIL & GAS  GABON _ _   Maurel & Prom and Libreville gear up for arbitration   The state-owned Indonesian company Pertamina which owns Maurel & Prom has refused to compromise on the compensation it is demanding from Gabon Oil Co and instead the two companies have agreed on the make-up of a Paris arbitration panel.  [...]      CHAD _ _   After Déby's death, DoJ goes after his ex-ambassador to US   The US authorities have indicated their intention of arresting Chadian diplomat Mahamoud Adam Bechir, who is accused of taking money from Griffiths Energy to help it acquire blocks in 2011.  [...] MINING SECTOR  NAMIBIA _ _   Danish art magnate offers Windhoek platform to bypass diamond middlemen   A delegation from the Swiss-based Adex Platform led by Danish businessman Teit Ritzau recently visited Windhoek to present its proposed diamond sales platform.  [...]    FREE  _ _      GUINEA _ _   Dynamic Mining awaits banks' green light to finalise bauxite finance plan   The Indian firm is in advanced discussions with three banks to finance the debt portion of the $150m needed to move its Bon Ami bauxite mine in Guinea into production. Its majority shareholder is meanwhile prospecting elsewhere.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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