Spotlight | Africa
The huge environmental risk of Al-Khayyat billionaires' luxury hotel diplomacy

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Behind the Parisian mansion: a story of ill-gotten gains

The sale of the lavish property in Paris's prestigious 16th arrondissement has plunged France and Equatorial Guinea into turmoil. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mangue is now brandishing the threat of diplomatic reprisals in the affair, which has drawn in all levels of the French diplomatic service.

Inner Circle | DRC
In the shadow of General 'Omega', the FDLR's last men standing

Pacifique Ntawunguka, despised by the Kagame government, on his tail in eastern Congo, is committed to his movement's founding mission: to survive while waiting for an illusory return to Rwanda. Deeply immersed in the ideology that led to the 1994 genocide, he relies on a small group of commanders, intelligence officers and ideologues.

Spotlight | Cameroon
How state firm SNH foiled national gas strategy

Spotlight | Niger
Tchiani eases pressure on CNPC after three years of crisis

Recognising the importance of the Chinese company – the country's leading private investor and operator of all its oil infrastructure – the junta is showing signs of de-escalation. The state and the company have been in conflict since the coup d'état of July 2023.

Inner Circle | Benin
The team behind presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni

Ruling party candidate for the election on 12 April, the finance minister has surrounded himself with a few close associates and a team under the control of the outgoing president Patrice Talon to lead his campaign. These are figures who would be part of his inner circle if he is elected.

Inner Circle | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed's security strongmen line up against rebel threats

The Ethiopian prime minister has bolstered his security apparatus to counter the many insurgencies benefiting from Sudan and Eritrea's not so hidden support. Within both the army and the intelligence services, his most loyal officials are advancing his technological ambitions.

Inner Circle | South Africa
Presidential hopeful Lamola builds broad base of backers

Spotlight | Namibia
Netumbo's endless chop and change plunges TotalEnergies and Shell into uncertainty

Inner Circle | Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune's circle of faithful followers

Spotlight | Libya
Major oil companies grapple with confusion over concession contracts