Africa's New Alliances

Turkiye pushes ahead with involvement in Africa. This time signing agreements with Niger that has recently kicked out Western military advisors. What should we know about Turkiye in Africa?i

Aliiko Dangote, Africa's richest man, is in talks with Libya to get more oil to his undersupplied refinery in Nigeria. He'll also be talking to Angola. Dangote sought to address the conundrum that even though Nigeria is Africa's largest oil produce, Nigerians pay through the nose for petrol because of lack of refining infrastructure.

Mozambique has agreed to declare its "sky island" in the lowlands a protected area. The rain forest has scientists making a gold rush to the area after the discovery of new species of chameleon, snake butterfly and dung beetles that can smell their delicacy from 50 metres.