Central Africa
Ali Bongo urges ECCAS colleagues to pay their subscription arrears

Cameroon
ECCAS move to Malabo gets behind schedule

The provisional transfer of the headquarters of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) from Libreville to Malabo, which was decided following the 30 August coup in Gabon, should take place in November.

Gabon
Ali Bongo lines up Airbus helicopters ahead of polls

Livré récemment à la Garde républicaine gabonaise, unité chargée de la protection du président Ali Bongo, un hélicoptère Airbus doit permettre de faciliter les déplacements de l'état-major.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Pascaline Bongo, Sylvère Koyo, and Thomas Boni Yayi

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

Congo RepublicPascaline Bongo's discreet visit to Denis Sassou Nguesso

TogoMacron's Africa adviser meets Faure Gnassingbé in Lomé

Ivory CoastTrouble stirs at the Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire

GuineaThomas Boni Yayi postpones Conakry visit

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Emmanuel Macron

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

SenegalSocial crisis dents Macky Sall's international plans

CARTouadéra expected in Paris for financial summit

FranceSpeculation abounds over Macron's 'Mr. Africa'

Chad, Sao Tome and Principe
Delicate week of diplomacy in store for ECCAS

Tchad et Sao Tomé-et-Principe... Le programme est chargé en ce mois de mai pour les émissaires de la Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique centrale (CEEAC) qui s'apprêtent à vivre une intense semaine diplomatique.

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.