Weekly summary report : Eastern and southern Africa

Power Brokers and their Connections

Published this week in the EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA section  SPOTLIGHT _ _  SUDAN _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf   Germany and France may be happy to write off virtually all of Sudan's debts, but the Gulf states are asking for something in return before they will renegotiate.  [...]      SPOTLIGHT _ _  RUNNING STORY _ _  MOZAMBIQUE _ _  26/05/2021 _ _   Army and police subcontract to regain upper hand in Cabo Delgado conflict While the military relies on equipment provided by Paramount and its sister company Burnham Global to fight Islamist-linked insurgents in Cabo Delgado, the police are continuing a discreet collaboration with the Dyck Advisory Group.  [...]  INNER CIRCLES _ _  TANZANIA _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   Samia Suluhu Hassan breaks free of CCM and installs allies as key advisers  MOZAMBIQUE _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   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 _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   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.  [...]      SOUTH AFRICA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Johann Rupert takes advice from an archbishop and a banker on his Covid-19 business support fund   South African businessman Johann Rupert has recruited several advisers to help him distribute the funds he is providing for small companies suffering from the effects of the Covid lockdowns. One of them is Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, who also advises the Oppenheimer family on its coronavirus business support fund.  [...]      KENYA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Ministers battle over Ethiopian border county   Kenyan interior secretary Fred Matiang'i wants to limit the flow of Ethiopian migrants through Marsabit. But he is hampered by his Treasury counterpart Ukur Yatani, who is in conflict with the current governor of the border county.  [...]      SUDAN _ _  25/05/2021 _ _   Siemens inches closer to solar farm deal   During last week's conference in Paris, the German group began advanced talks with the delegation from Sudan, where the government has made the development of photovoltaic energy production a priority.  [...]      MADAGASCAR _ _  25/05/2021 _ _   Beijing busy building bridges in Antananarivo   Chinese ambassador Guo Xiaomei is mounting a diplomatic offensive to forge ties with Rajoelina's government and his IRD party.  [...]      RUNNING STORY _ _  MOZAMBIQUE _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Nyusi negotiates details of EU, SADC military contributions to Cabo Delgado conflict   The Mozambican president, under pressure from the ruling Felimo party's leadership, is accepting a drip-feed of military aid from his European and African partners.  [...]      SUDAN _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row   A contretemps in early May over Russia's naval base in Port Sudan has brought an unwelcome chill to relations between Moscow and Khartoum. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi is due to meet her counterpart Sergei Lavrov in early June to patch things up.  [...]      UGANDA _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   Busega-Mpigi highway works advance at a snail's pace OIL & GAS  UGANDA _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Museveni deploys yet more troops to protect Total's oil   Uganda's counterterrorism support for neighbouring DRC is primarily aimed at protecting Lake Albert's nascent oil infrastructure.  [...] MINING SECTOR  MOZAMBIQUE _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Pathfinder sends out warning to Africa Great Wall directors over heavy minerals permit   Having battled in the courts since 2011 to recover a mining licence that it claims was expropriated by retired FRELIMO general Jacinto Veloso, the British firm Pathfinder Minerals now has to take on a new adversary: China's TZM Resources.  [...]      SUDAN _ _  26/05/2021 _ _   Paris conference provided golden opportunity for Orca Gold   As the Sudanese economy opens up, the Canadian junior will be able to move forward with its Block 14 gold project.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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