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Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Zimbabwe: Government introduces foreign currency procurement

Barely a month after banning the use of foreign currencies within the country, the government has declared that mining companies and hotels must pay for their power in US dollars as part of new measures aimed at improving electricity supply. In June, the government banned the...

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Zimbabwe

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Congo-B defies sceptics to get IMF deal

President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s debt-stressed administration has finally obtained a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) facility, worth nearly $449m, despite criticism that Brazzaville has not provided sufficient detail of parallel rescheduling deals for arrears contracted in...

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Central Africa

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Cautious optimism as Angola brings in wide-ranging energy reforms

There has been material progress reforming Angola’s opaque and nepotistic energy sector over the past year. Considerable work has gone into crafting new power sector regulations, and there have been notable changes to upstream licensing and the role of state oil and gas giant...

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Angola

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Algeria’s justice is transitional but opaque politics seem permanent

The Algerian national football team’s first Africa Cup of Nations victory for 27 years fed a renewed sense of national pride, which has soared since 22 February following anti-government protests that led to president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation and have maintained...

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Algeria

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Kenya: Finance minister arrested

Finance minister Henry Rotich has pleaded not guilty to corruption and fraud charges related to two hydroelectric dam projects. Rotich was arrested on 22 July. The charges relate to the procurement and payment process for the 80MW Arror River and 20MW Kimwarer projects, which...

Issue 397 - 25 July 2019

Kenya

Issue 396 - 11 July 2019

Moroccan pivot to Africa highlights limits and opportunities

Royal Air Maroc’s daily flight from Casablanca to Conakry is packed as Guineans return home and business travellers arrive, including Moroccans meeting King Mohammed VI’s call to expand the kingdom’s commercial footprint south of the Sahara. The airline’s expansion to make...

Issue 396 - 11 July 2019

Morocco

Issue 396 - 11 July 2019

ICJ to hold border case hearings

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings from 9 to 13 September in The Hague in a case brought by Somalia in 2014 over its maritime border with Kenya. The hearings follow written submissions to the court last year. Kenya initially said the ICJ should...

Issue 396 - 11 July 2019

Kenya, Somalia

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