Weekly summary report : North Africa

Power Brokers and their Connections

Published this week in the NORTH AFRICA section  LIBYA _ _  28/05/2021 _ _   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.  [...]      LIBYA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   EU delegation returns to Tripoli with no permanent security provider   The European Union has not yet picked a company to provide security for its representation in Libya over the long term. It has however awarded temporary contracts to the French company GEOS, the Maltese firm Sentinel Atlas and Septimius Security, an Irish-Libyan outfit.  [...]      MOROCCO _ _  26/05/2021 _ _   Mohammed VI delays arrival of UN special envoy to Western Sahara   Rabat has no issues with Staffan de Mistura, whom the UN secretary-general has designated as his envoy to Western Sahara. But the Morocccan king is playing for time in the hope of achieving further victories in the disputed territory.  [...]      TUNISIA _ _  25/05/2021 _ _   DLA Piper bags contract to lead hunt for Ben Ali assets   Tunisia's cash-strapped government has tasked DLA Piper law firm with the global coordination of procedures to recover the ill-gotten assets of ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's family.  [...]      TUNISIA _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance   Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed left his 18 May meeting in Paris with confirmation from three heads of state they would attend the summit of the francophone organisation OIF in Djerba in November.  [...]      MOROCCO _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Mohammed VI still on the lookout for a chief lobbyist in Washington   Morocco is taking its time to find the right person to coordinate its influence networks in the US. Meanwhile, Mohammed VI's cousin and ambassador Lalla Joumala Alaoui has kept close ties with the Republican Party and with the controversial lobbyist Richard Smotkin.  [...]      LIBYA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Expertise France resumes service in Libya and tends to its local networks      RUSSIA _ _  EGYPT _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Vladimir Putin due in Cairo      LIBYA _ _  26/05/2021 _ _   NOC settles dispute with Alpine over Sanalla's armoured SUV      AFRICA _ _  26/05/2021 _ _   French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI      MOROCCO _ _  25/05/2021 _ _   Revolving doors: agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch poaches Yasser Sbihi from BCG      ALGERIA _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Cherchell Port link to motorway to cost €150m OIL & GAS  TUNISIA _ _  24/05/2021 _ _   Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar   With the country in a difficult social situation, Shell is pulling out all the stops to get the Tunisian government to extend its permit on the field ahead of its projected departure from the country in July 2022.  [...] MINING SECTOR  UNITED STATES _ _  DRC _ _  LIBYA _ _  27/05/2021 _ _   Washington wraps up criminal action against Och-Ziff over Dan Gertler transaction Discover our subscription offers

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