As more candidates apply to take on the African Development Bank leadership role, the presidents involved have been quietly calling round to get a picture of the situation.
The leader of the RCD-N political-military movement is charged with complicity in crimes against humanity in the DRC in the early 2000s. He has been in pre-trial detention in France for nearly five years.
CAR energy minister Arthur Bertrand Piri is continuing to push for Cameroon's Neptune Oil to be allowed to take shares in Société Centrafrique de Stockage des Produits Pétroliers. But his latest attempt at a SOCASP shareholders' meeting in late October failed.
The ex-president is already on the campaign trail.
In the past, Daniel Kablan Duncan had an office on the first floor next to Ouattara's.
The Kenyan politician will be at AU headquarters on 8 November.
Ambassador Imene-Chanduru has complained of a failure to fully disclose information deemed crucial to the case.
Armed with its boss's connections at the presidential palace, UTICA is working to resolve the case of the Italian businessman, who has been facing administrative issues on his industrial estate.
Amine Tahraoui has started to put his team together.
