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Eritrea's Foreign Minister Osman Saleh asked the United Nations (UN) Security Council on 10 October to condemn Ethiopia and take measures under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which allows sanctions or military action.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed opened Ethiopia's national precious metals refinery in the Bole Lemi industrial zone of Addis Ababa on 10 October.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached new lending deals with two African governments within two days last week.
Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reshuffled his government on 11 October, naming Olivier Mouckocko water and energy minister in place of Philippe Tonangoye and enlarging the cabinet to 32 members.
Nigeria's Ondo State signed a public-private partnership with PyVee Limited to build what it calls the country's first titanium processing plant, at a total cost of $362 million, the state government said on 10 October.
Power shortages are holding back industry in Central Africa.
