Hamdok to woo Sudan's creditors | Tunis buys used Kuwaiti F-18s | Total and Maputo worlds apart

Power Brokers and their Connections

Daily issue Thursday 6 May 2021 SPOTLIGHT  SUDAN    Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors     Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt.  [...] CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA  RUNNING STORY   IVORY COAST    Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'   The Ivorian presidency is keen to spread the country's wings as a cocoa trader in its own right. But China has been quick to clip them.  [...]      SENEGAL    Senegalese intel agency probes foreign influence on March riots   Officials have informed the president's office that protests following the arrest of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko in March were amplified by an armada of 9,000 Twitter accounts in what was probably a coordinated assault.  [...]      ANGOLA    Norinco wants to make armoured vehicles with state-owned company Simportex   China's defence giant has begun talks with Angolan military authorities and the state-owned arms company Simportex. Its aim is to produce 8x8 armoured vehicles under local licence.  [...]  DRC    UK's Adam Smith International settles down in Kinshasa      RUNNING STORY   SAHEL    Who will be next in command of France's Operation Barkhane? EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA  MADAGASCAR    Prime Minister Ntsay seeks fresh start in US   Andry Rajoelina's prime minister, who has been thinking of resigning for several months, is considering becoming a diplomat in Washington or at UN headquarters in New York.  [...] NORTH AFRICA  MOROCCO    Moroccan leader Avant-Scène sails past devastated events industry   Moroccan events guru Myriam Abikzer's agency Avant-Scène will be orchestrating the World Tourism Organization's annual meeting in November in Marrakech and is tipped to also oversee the World Bank and the IMF's get-together in 2022.  [...]      TUNISIA    Cash-strapped air force opts for second-hand Kuwaiti F-18 Hornets   The Tunisian Air Force urgently needs new fighter jets and is in talks to purchase several F-18 Hornets that Kuwait will withdraw from service. The US is keen to back the deal as it would prevent it from having to further extend its military aid to Tunisia.  [...]    FREE       LIBYA    New oil undersecretary Refaat al-Abbar brings eastern connections to the job   The new undersecretary for oil and gas, appointed by Abdelhamid Dabaiba as the National Oil Corporation struggles with cash flow, is close to the Haftar family as well as a board member of the oil firm's London branch.  [...] OIL & GAS  RUNNING STORY   MOZAMBIQUE    Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG   Total is walking on eggshells with the Mozambican authorities, wanting to both draw lessons from the close of its LNG facility build and stand firm on the terms of its return.  [...]      AFRICA    TechnipFMC keeps African subsea goals alive   The oil services firm TechnipFMC is keen to snap up several contracts in Angola and Nigeria.  [...] MINING SECTOR  SOUTH AFRICA   FRANCE    French tech uses South African mining hurdles to muscle way in   The body promoting French companies overseas Business France is hoping to land contracts for frontier tech firms with South African miners who have yet to use much advanced technology in the operations. But it will have to tread carefully.  [...]      MALAWI    Lotus Resources explores rare earths while waiting for uranium boom   Yellowcake prices are anticipated to take off within the next twelve months or so. In preparation, and to win over the financial markets, the Australian junior is taking a detour via rare earth minerals.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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