Spotlight | Africa
Gagan Gupta, master of the customised industrial zone

Inner circles | Cameroon
Christian Mataga and Ghislain Nguewo, Franck Biya's business angels

Spotlight | Central African Republic
President Touadéra turns once again to Russia

With nine months to go until the Central African Republic's presidential election, Faustin-Archange Touadéra is negotiating with Moscow on more cooperation in military, mining and political matters. This new shift further distances Bangui's Western partners.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara keeps Tidjane Thiam at arm's length ahead of presidential poll

Seven months before Ivory Coast elects a new head of state, Ouattara continues to give Thiam the cold shoulder. But behind the scenes, several goodwill missions have been launched to bring the two closer. One of them was facilitated by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Inner circles | Nigeria
The tight and dedicated team around head of national security Nuhu Ribadu

Placed at the head of Nigeria's security apparatus, Nuhu Ribadu is meddling in political issues and attempting to deal with the multiple threats facing the country. To do this, he calls on a researcher, a number of specialists and his network in Western capitals.

Spotlight | Algeria, Nigeria
Abuja turns to Algiers to mediate with its Sahel neighbours to defeat terrorism financing

Faced with a deteriorating security situation, Nigerian financial intelligence is keen to revive regional cooperation in the fight against the funding of terrorism. To reconnect with Niger and Burkina Faso, they are looking for help from their Algerian counterparts.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Abidjan goes shopping for cybersecurity and intelligence systems

Amid tensions in the run-up to the presidential election, Abidjan has been looking to cyberintelligence specialists for help in boosting the capacities of its security services. As part of this drive, the gendarmerie recently procured two IMSI-catcher surveillance systems from an Israeli supplier.

Inner circles | South Sudan
Fearful Salva Kiir purges allies to reshape his inner circle

Inner circles | Madagascar
Ex-president's network boosted son's bid for Antananarivo mayoralty

Spotlight | Mozambique
ExxonMobil makes steady progress on its LNG project

Unlike TotalEnergies on Mozambique LNG, US major ExxonMobil intends to accelerate its development of Rovuma LNG despite many challenges.

Inner circles | Morocco
Inside the empire of ultra-discreet Moroccan tycoon Yariv Elbaz

Spotlight | Libya, Morocco
Washington rows back on financial aid for North Africa

In dismantling USAID, the United States has effectively torn up its pledges of development aid for Morocco and Libya. But cooperation on security issues is set to continue.