Harare’s invisible tycoon | Hamdok redraws Sudan’s map | EU battles Turkey over Libyan coastguard

Power Brokers and their Connections

Daily issue Monday 10 May 2021 IN FOCUS  ZIMBABWE    Mnangagwa's favourite tycoon operates offshore to escape US gaze   Though under US sanctions imposed in mi-2020 due to his ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kuda Tagwirei is still very much in business through a galaxy of companies in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mauritius.  [...] CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA  AFRICA    Endeavour restructures shareholdings around UK and Cayman Islands   The London listing that Africa's largest gold producer is seeking shareholder approval for on 25 May will involve a new financial set-up. The group led by Sébastien de Montessus has already created a new holding company in London that is expected to absorb its current parent company in the Cayman Islands if the London listing goes ahead.  [...]      MALI    Germany gives Malian army new OTT Technologies armoured vehicles   Germany is stepping up its contribution to the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel by equipping the Malian army with some 30 Puma M36 armoured vehicles acquired from South Africa's OTT Technologies. This €15m endowment is part of a plan to strengthen the armed forces put in place by the National Transitional Council.  [...]  ALGERIA   NIGER    Mohamed Bazoum due in Algiers to discuss the Sahel with Tebboune EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA  FRANCE   DJIBOUTI    Macron cautiously endorses Ismail Omar Guelleh   Djibouti's president is set to be inaugurated on Saturday, after an election boycotted by most of the opposition. France is sending junior foreign minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne to represent it at the ceremony.  [...]      EAST AFRICA   UNITED STATES    US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman enlists help of Africa specialist Payton Knopf   Joe Biden's new special envoy to the Horn of Africa, an expert on the Arab world, has embarked on a tour of the region taking expert Payton Knopf along with him.  [...]      SUDAN    Hamdok prepares Sudan for regional autonomy   Sudan, whose federalism has until now remained largely theoretical, is working to grant fiscal and budgetary autonomy to a set of newly drawn regions. This is one of the projects that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok plans to present to donors next week in Paris.  [...]  DJIBOUTI    DP World asks US State Department for help in Doraleh Port case      UGANDA    Museveni revs up inaugural engines NORTH AFRICA  LIBYA    Brussels and Ankara tussle over Libyan coastguard   The European Union wants to strengthen its training of the Libyan coastguard, which has been somewhat neglected in recent years, and to stop Turkey using its links with Tripoli to increase migratory pressure on the continent's doorstep.  [...]  TUNISIA    Iveco and BNP Paribas keep army trucking along OIL & GAS  AFRICA    Morose aviation sector takes toll on distributors Vivo Energy and Total   The drastic reduction in air and sea trade caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the distributors of fuel for aircraft and boats.  [...]      DRC    Dig Oil's compensation hopes rise with ministerial appointment of deal's signatories   The South African junior is eagerly awaiting validation of a financial agreement negotiated under the former government last year. Two of its signatories have in the meantime become ministers.  [...] MINING SECTOR  DRC    Gecamines entrusts two sites to Terra Mining, a firm with Israeli, Bulgarian and Ukrainian ties   Terra Mining came to an agreement with Gecamines to determine the potential of two cobalt and copper permits in Haut-Katanga. The company is based in Bulgaria but run by Ukrainian and Israeli businessmen, some of whom are already very active in the DRC.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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