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KSA: Aramco to Build Refinery in South Africa

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco will build an oil refinery in South Africa part of the pledge made by Riyadh last year to invest $10 billion in the African country, Bloomberg reports. According to Bloomberg, an agreement of intent was signed Friday by South Africa’s Energy Minister Jeff Radebe and his Saudi counterpart Khalid Al-Falih. […]

DRC: Senior military commander arrested for spying for foreign country

Philémon Yav, a General in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces, was arrested and detained on charges of connivance with a foreign country that authorities have refused to name amid tensions with neighboring Rwanda. Also dubbed “Le tigre katangais [the tiger of Katanga]”, Yav was summoned and immediately put in detention at the country’s […]

Sudan: Nearly $4 billion seized from former President al-Bashir & clan

Since the former president of Sudan was arrested 13 months ago, seizures have been regular with him and his former collaborators. Few days after his arrest, nearly $130 million was found on his property, hidden in bags. Since then, the assets of his party, friends and relatives and the media close to him have either […]