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From left to right: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, French President Emmanuel Macron and DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi in New York, 21 September 2022.
From left to right: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, French President Emmanuel Macron and DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi in New York, 21 September 2022. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

DRC
Macron plans a major humanitarian conference

French diplomacy is working on holding a conference on 25 July to address the humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC. Emmanuel Macron hopes to invite Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi to the event, which is facing scepticism from the African Union.
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Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, João Lourenço, Alassane Ouattara, Ousmane Sonko, William Ruto

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

Angola/DRCTshisekedi's one-on-one with João Lourenço

Ivory Coast/SenegalThe "Macky Sall" case at the heart of discussions between Alassane Ouattara and Ousmane Sonko

KenyaOdinga pressures Ruto to appoint close associate to State House
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Aerial photo taken on 21 February 2025 shows a view of the Kribi Deep Seaport in Kribi, southern Cameroon.
Aerial photo taken on 21 February 2025 shows a view of the Kribi Deep Seaport in Kribi, southern Cameroon. © Kepseu/Xinhua/AFP

Cameroon
Yaoundé state oil and gas company launches its controversial storage terminal project

The project for a petroleum product storage terminal in the port of Kribi, piloted by Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures' subsidiary Cstar, is arousing criticism of government leaders who are suspected of playing favourites.
Free access Commodity traders, Politics 26.06.2025
CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, in Serbia, 29 February 2024.
CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, in Serbia, 29 February 2024. © Âandrej Cucik/EPA/MAXPPP

Central African Republic
Touadéra's emergency hospitalisation in Brussels causes concern in Bangui

The president has been in Belgium for emergency medical treatment since 21 June, having been hastily evacuated from Bangui. The resulting, worrying power vacuum comes just a few months before the presidential election, in a particularly tense political, security and diplomatic context.
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West Africa

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Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio in Nice, France, on 9 June 2025.
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio in Nice, France, on 9 June 2025. © Ludovic Marin / AFP

West Africa
Julius Maada Bio's coup to seize ECOWAS presidency

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye flew to Abuja on 21 June confident that he would take the helm of the West African organisation. However, it was ultimately the Sierra Leonean head of state who was appointed. This last-minute turn of events has sparked anger among the French-speaking bloc.
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Eastern Africa and the Horn

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Southern Africa and islands

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Atanas Bostandjiev during an interview at Bloomberg Television, London 2012.
Atanas Bostandjiev during an interview at Bloomberg Television, London 2012. © Simon Dawson / Bloomberg via Getty Image

Spotlight | Angola, DRC, Zimbabwe
Gemcorp Capital sets sights beyond Angola

Atanas Bostandjiev's private equity firm wants to expand its operations outside its Angolan stronghold by raising funds in the United States and the Emirates. It is targeting mining, oil, agriculture and renewable energy projects in southern and eastern Africa.
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