Spotlight | Chad
ECCAS searches footing on Chadian transition

Angola, Gabon
ECCAS commissioner in hot water

The Central African bloc's commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Mangaral Banté, recently came under fire from the sub-region's foreign ministers. He has been at loggerheads for weeks with the head of ECCAS, Angola's Gilberto da Piedade Verissimo.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi and Azali Assoumani

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Congo Sassou Nguesso holds discreet talks with Chadian opposition's Succès Masra

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara rules out imminent reshuffle

Comoros Azali Assoumani's backdoor diplomacy during Charles III's coronation

DRC despite being sidelined, Claude Ibalanky gets busy in Bujumbura

Central Africa, Chad
AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

The AU and UN have yet to appoint a representative to help shed light on the repression that followed the 20 October protests in Chad in 2022 despite their pledges to do so to the authorities in N'Djamena.

Gabon
Ali Bongo to host AU debate on UN Security Council reform

The president of Gabon Ali Bongo is to host a meeting on the reform of the UN Security Council from 30 to 31 March in Libreville.

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso gets in on forest summit act

High-level forest summits are coming up thick and fast. Denis Sassou Nguesso plans to stage an international equatorial forest summit in mid-June

Libya
African Union calls for national reconciliation conference in Libya

At the 36th summit of the African Union, the High-Level Committee on the Libyan question strongly urged the holding of a national reconciliation conference.

Congo, Libya
Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

On 15 July, Denis Sassou N'Guesso is due to receive a visit from Libyan Presidential Council president Mohamed el-Menfi. The two-day visit has been prepared by French parallel diplomacy specialist Jean-Yves Ollivier, who is a friend of the Congolese president.

Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria
APPO headquarters: Denis Sassou Nguesso rallies round to convince Muhammadu Buhari and Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Temporarily transferred to Abuja since 2017, the African Petroleum Producers Organization has been the subject of intensive lobbying from three of its members.