Africa Intel

🇪🇺🌍 Brussels pesticide compromise leaves African exporters in limbo A European Union compromise on pesticide rules is set to bring tougher checks on African agricultural exports while easing some approvals for use within Europe, according to an Africa Confiden…

🇺🇸🇺🇳 US softens stance on UN funding for AU peace operations The United States has eased its opposition to UN financing for African Union-led peace operations under UN Security Council Resolution 2719, while retaining case-by-case control over which missions r…

🇬🇳🇬🇧 AfDB and UK Export Finance sign MOU to expand co-financing across Africa The African Development Bank Group and UK Export Finance signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 October in Conakry, Guinea, to strengthen cooperation on co-financing projects acr…

🇫🇷🇳🇬🇸🇳 Macron cancels planned visits to Nigeria and Senegal French President Emmanuel Macron has cancelled a planned late October mini-tour of West Africa that was due to include stops in Abuja and Dakar, according to The Africa Report. The trip would have inc…

🇰🇪🇳🇬 Kenya yet to formalise Dangote fuel supply deal amid exclusivity dispute Kenya has not yet finalised a fuel supply agreement with Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote, as government officials remain divided over whether his company should supply the entire…

🇳🇬 Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja after a woman who arrived on an international flight from Uganda tested positive, Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said on 22 October. The patient arrived on 3 October,…

🇩🇿🇳🇪 Algeria and Niger sign security pact as Algiers deepens Sahel military ties Niger’s Minister of State for National Defence, Salifou Mody, visited Algiers on 21 October for the second time in two weeks, meeting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and signing a…

🇨🇩 Kabila launches new front to remove Tshisekedi Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila announced in Goma on 12 October that he will lead the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation, a politico-military coalition committed to removing Pres…