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French firms adjust to new competition in West Africa

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WEST AFRICA

French business outlook in West Africa.

Congo’s Grand Inga project may face future pitfalls

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Congo's Grand Inga hydropower project.

Gas deals will not solve Mozambique's multiple crises

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MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambican political crises.

Djibouti looks further east with new port deal

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DJIBOUTI

Djibouti port management

Mozambican government faces more investor uncertainty

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MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambican fiscal and security pressures.

Cameroon's government will resist anglophone demands

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CAMEROON

For over a month, the government has imposed an internet shutdown in the largely anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest Cameroon. This stoppage followed a government…

East Africa pipeline may split region into blocs

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EAST AFRICA

It follows Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's decision on April 23 to abandon such a deal with Nairobi, instead opting for a rival project with Tanzania. Due to be completed in…

Guinea junta will clash with mining sector

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GUINEA

Despite initial efforts to reassure mining companies after taking power in September 2021, junta leader Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya has increasingly clashed with them. In particular…

Uganda coffee sector restructuring faces resistance

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UGANDA

This reflects an increasingly interventionist government effort to promote local value addition in the coffee sector. However, the approach has been controversial.

South Sudan oil sector expansion will prove elusive

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SOUTH SUDAN

Since independence in 2011 -- and during the preceding six years of autonomy -- the budget has depended overwhelmingly on oil revenues. However, production has contracted…