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Alassane Ouattara, Ibrahim Traoré, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Hamza Abdi Barre, François Perrodo

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

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara takes a break in Mougins

Burkina Faso Captain Traoré opens dialogue with neighbours

Central African Republic GainJet helps Touadéra fly

Djibouti First visit of Somali PM Hamza Abdi Barre

United Kingdom Perenco boss Perrodo's London rave party

Djibouti
Djibouti's top general ducks into Mogadishu

While a delegation of senior Djiboutian officials was visiting Addis Ababa on 11 October, General Zakaria Sheikh Ibrahim, chief of staff of the armed forces, made a discreet visit to Mogadishu.

Uganda
Museveni fears fuel shortage after turning down Russian oil

Under pressure from the United States, Uganda has declined to import fuel from Russia, but its reserves are now getting dangerously low.

Burundi
The back story to Ndayishimiye and Bunyoni's divorce

Tensions between the president and his prime minister blew up on 7 September with the latter's abrupt sacking amid suspicions among the head of state's entourage that impeachment proceedings were being prepared.

Somalia
New AU mission head to be named soon

After much humming and hawing, in the next few days, President of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is expected to make official the nomination to the head of the AU mission to Somalia, ATMIS (ex AMISOM).

Somalia, United States
MAG Aerospace's drone experts at the ready for US Army's return

The US Army is returning to Somalia after Joe Biden reversed his predecessor Donald Trump's decision to withdraw. Private operator MAG Aerospace will help with the redeployment by coordinating the surveillance drones.

Kenya
Kenyatta weakens his coalition with latest diplomatic appointments

The Kenyatta-Odinga duo's closest allies blame the president for being too exclusive in his latest selection of ambassadors and high-level diplomats. Most of the newly appointed come from within the Orange Democratic Movement or Jubilee Party.

West Africa
How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

On 21 April, the European Union adopted an assistance measure to provide the African Union with €600m in aid over three years. A €170m package has already been set aside for 2022. The package should be put towards the fight against Boko Haram and the AU mission in Somalia but leaves out the G5 Sahel.

Inner circles | Uganda
Army's National Enterprise Corp carries Museveni's industrial aspirations

Weapons, industry, research, agriculture... Yoweri Museveni wants to pick up the pace on his plans to boost Ugandan industry. Many of those in charge of the entity driving his proactive policy, the Ugandan army's commercial army, the National Enterprise Corp, have been supporters of the president from day one.

Somalia
Bancroft to challenge SafeLane for AMISOM mine clearance contract

AMISOM will benefit from the revival of a major contract for counter-IED training services. The American Bancroft and other industry heavyweights have come forward to attempt to win the contract from the UK's SafeLane.