Alerts
Somaliland is renewing its push for international recognition after US President Donald Trump described it as a “totally different country” from Somalia, remarks welcomed by authorities in Hargeisa as they seek stronger diplomatic and economic ties with Washington.
The European Union has committed an additional €25 million ($29 million) to migration cooperation in eastern Libya, expanding its engagement with authorities aligned with Russia as Brussels seeks to reduce irregular migration across the Mediterranean.
United Arab Emirates-based International Resources Holding (IRH) and Zambia’s state-owned mining company, ZCCM Investments Holdings, are exploring new mining and mineral exploration projects, expanding a partnership built around reviving one of the country’s major copper producers.
An Egyptian-founded energy company with a growing footprint across Africa is taking its infrastructure expertise to Saudi Arabia, after Elsewedy Electric and China’s Sinohydro signed a $2.2 billion contract to expand the Rabigh 2 Independent Power Plant.
Botswana has been selected to host trading in shares of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE for Southern African investors, giving the relatively small stock market a prominent role in the continent’s largest initial public offering (IPO) to date.
South Africa has begun naval training with India and Brazil, with plans to combine its Gripen fighter support and submarine with foreign warships in an expanded programme of combat exercises.
The Trump administration has shortened the time refugees have to defend their legal status in the United States, introducing a ten-day response period that could affect African arrivals who have not yet obtained permanent residency.
Tensions in the eastern region of Africa continue to escalate as Ethiopia mobilizes troops to patrol its border town near neighbouring Eritrea.
Ghana has repatriated 120 Nigerian nationals following a crackdown on suspected cybercrime centres where authorities say people were trafficked and forced to participate in online fraud, bringing a cross-border security operation to a new stage.
The current sovereign monarch of Spain, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, recently visited the disputed region of Ceuta, following the massive migration crisis in the enclave that made headlines.
France is preparing to become the largest shareholder in Eramet, the mining group behind Gabon’s vast Moanda manganese operation, through a proposed $558.5 million fundraising aimed at strengthening the company’s finances.
Chad has invited Russian investors to explore opportunities in its digital sector following talks in Moscow on cooperation in cybersecurity, public-service digitisation and technology training.
