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Antoine Galindo

Africa Intelligence journalist Antoine Galindo heads the Eastern Africa and the Horn section.

Spotlight | South Sudan
The secret story of the fake sheikh behind a €12bn deal with Salva Kiir's government

A preliminary oil contract signed by South Sudan with an obscure company based in the United Arab Emirates raises concerns about potential fraud. Behind this entity lies a man suspected to be implicated in international financial crimes.

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.2024

Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan, during the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai on 2 December 2023.

Spotlight | Ethiopia
How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Work on the vast scheme in the Oromia region has been at a standstill for almost a year and is now set to be abandoned for good. Africa Intelligence dissects a far from isolated case of project failure as attacks in the region call into question the government's security strategy there.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 06.06.2024

Ethiopia
Press Release Africa Intelligence

Africa Intelligence condemns the unjustified arrest on 22 February and subsequent detention in Addis Ababa of one of its journalists, Antoine Galindo, while he was on an assignment in Ethiopia and calls for his immediate release.

Free access 26.02.2024

Spotlight | Guinea
Monaco Resources Group's scheme to ditch mining assets

Metalcorp has sold its majority stake in Société des Bauxites de Guinée without informing its co-shareholders. This sale occurred only months after Metalcorp, a highly indebted subsidiary of Monaco Resources Group, was discreetly taken out of the conglomerate.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 06.09.2023

In Focus | Sudan
Fugitive NCP veteran Ali Karti ready to pounce from the shadows

Ali Ahmed Karti, once a devotee of the late Hassan Turabi and the unchallenged leader of Sudan's Islamic political movement, is one of the richest men in Sudan. After four years on the run, he has reappeared in the thick of the war between the regular army and a paramilitary force - and he intends to make the most of the opportunities this presents.

Subscribers only Politics 10.07.2023

From left: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Omar al-Bashir, Ali Karti and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

The decision by Handling Partner Gabon's board to dismiss its French CEO, Olivier Berni, on 4 May, gives the Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments greater control of the airfreight company. His departure edges out Monaco Resources Group, which had appointed Berni in 2020.

Subscribers only Finance 05.06.2023

Spotlight | Sudan
Sudan exodus offers Assad a diplomatic lifeline

Early this month Syria established an air bridge with Sudan to evacuate several thousand of its nationals from the conflict there. Syrian company Cham Wings Airlines and several figures from the Syrian business world are involved in the operation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2023

A Cham Wings aircraft at Rostov airport, Russia, on 17 January 2018.

In Focus | Africa
Facing courts and shareholders, Monaco Resources Group living on borrowed time - and money

Saddled with more than a billion euros in debt, Monaco Resources Group has become entangled in its own financial schemes. In terms of its logistical, agricultural and mining operations in Africa, the holding company has experienced a string of failures.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining, Commodity traders 27.03.2023

The Monaco Resources Group holding company was co-founded by Axel Fischer.

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

The border region straddling Sudan, the Central African Republic and Chad has been the focus of intense manoeuvring in recent weeks. At stake is the control of the Vakaga gold mines and the expansion of the Wagner group, against a backdrop of high-level rivalry in Khartoum.

Free access Defence, Politics 26.01.2023

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

African Union, Sudan
Moussa Faki's special envoy takes on the 'Quartet'

The leaders of the UN-African Union-IGAD tripartite mechanism are complaining about interference by the US, UK, UAE and Saudi Arabia in the dialogue aimed at resolving Sudan's political crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.11.2022

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine
Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Behind the display of harmony between Russia and its African allies during foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's recent tour, the war in Ukraine is taking its toll on Moscow's relations with the continent. Traditionally pro-Russia Sudan has agreed to serve as a layover for military equipment heading to Ukraine.

Subscribers only Defence 29.07.2022

Russian president Vladimir Putin and leader of Sudan's transitional council Abdel Fattah Al-Abdelrahman Burhan attend a meeting at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy overhauls Ethiopian Airlines after CEO's departure

The national airline's senior management team has been revamped after the resignation of its long-serving CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam. Several people close to Gebremariam have paid the price.

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2022

The new CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Mesfin Tasew Bekele.

Spotlight | East Africa
UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

Soon after Sheikh Shakhboot became the Emirati minister for African affairs in February last year he took on the hot potato of Ethiopia's vast GERD dam. This gives the young diplomat a perfect opportunity to demonstrate his abilities on an issue that affects two of the UAE's traditional allies.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 05.04.2022

The Emirati minister for African affairs Shakhboot bin Nahyan al-Nahyan.

In Focus | Ethiopia
Religion and politics prove a heady mix for Abiy

Just two years after the very devout prime minister set up the Ethiopian Council of Gospel Believers' Churches, the Protestant grouping is already split between Abiy Ahmed's supporters and priests who are worried that the government is instrumentalising their faith.

Subscribers only Politics 21.03.2022

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Moscow ups its game in bell tower battle in the Horn

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has shown itself very open to the advances of the Patriarch of Moscow, who is on a crusade against the Church of Alexandria for recognising the Orthodox Church of Ukraine's independence from Russia in 2019.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.03.2022

The Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril.

In Focus | Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum

Now in total control, General Burhan and his deputy "Hemeti" form a duo that is holding together the regime currently in charge of Sudan. On paper, they have nothing in common. Burhan is a career soldier, while Hemeti is a militiaman turned politician.

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2022

Generals Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

Sudan
Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing

After a little over two years in power, Sudan's prime minister was removed after a military coup. He was known for taking the need for consensus to the extreme.

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2021

Sudan's ousted prime minister Abdalla Hamdok.

In Focus | Sudan
Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

After president Omar al-Bashir was deposed in 2019, a deal was struck to share power between military and civilian leaders for a transitional period leading to elections in December next year. But the ruling Sovereignty Council set up by that deal is stealthily finding ways to postpone the polls, which now will not happen before 2024.

Subscribers only Politics 21.06.2021

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

In his race to stop Ethiopia from filling its huge Renaissance dam, the Egyptian president is rallying the Nile Basin countries to his cause one by one.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.06.2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was received on 27 May 2021 in Djibouti by his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Chad, Sudan
Déby's Darfur orphans

Sovereignty Council president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was in N'Djamena on Friday for the funeral of Idriss Déby, who was very active in Sudan, where he mediated between the transitional authorities in Khartoum and several armed groups.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2021

Chadian President Idriss Déby in Darfur in September 2016.

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Antoine Galindo

Spotlight | South Sudan
The secret story of the fake sheikh behind a €12bn deal with Salva Kiir's government

Spotlight | Ethiopia
How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Ethiopia
Press Release Africa Intelligence

Spotlight | Guinea
Monaco Resources Group's scheme to ditch mining assets

In Focus | Sudan
Fugitive NCP veteran Ali Karti ready to pounce from the shadows

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

Spotlight | Sudan
Sudan exodus offers Assad a diplomatic lifeline

In Focus | Africa
Facing courts and shareholders, Monaco Resources Group living on borrowed time - and money

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

African Union, Sudan
Moussa Faki's special envoy takes on the 'Quartet'

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine
Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy overhauls Ethiopian Airlines after CEO's departure

Spotlight | East Africa
UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

In Focus | Ethiopia
Religion and politics prove a heady mix for Abiy

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Moscow ups its game in bell tower battle in the Horn

In Focus | Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum

Sudan
Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing

In Focus | Sudan
Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

Chad, Sudan
Déby's Darfur orphans

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Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

African Union: the battle of the giants

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Antoine Galindo

Spotlight | South Sudan The secret story of the fake sheikh behind a €12bn deal with Salva Kiir's government

Spotlight | Ethiopia How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Ethiopia Press Release Africa Intelligence

Spotlight | Guinea Monaco Resources Group's scheme to ditch mining assets

In Focus | Sudan Fugitive NCP veteran Ali Karti ready to pounce from the shadows

Gabon Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

Spotlight | Sudan Sudan exodus offers Assad a diplomatic lifeline

In Focus | Africa Facing courts and shareholders, Monaco Resources Group living on borrowed time - and money

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

African Union, Sudan Moussa Faki's special envoy takes on the 'Quartet'

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Inner circles | Ethiopia Abiy overhauls Ethiopian Airlines after CEO's departure

Spotlight | East Africa UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

In Focus | Ethiopia Religion and politics prove a heady mix for Abiy

Spotlight | Ethiopia Moscow ups its game in bell tower battle in the Horn

In Focus | Sudan Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum

Sudan Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing

In Focus | Sudan Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

Chad, Sudan Déby's Darfur orphans

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | South Sudan
The secret story of the fake sheikh behind a €12bn deal with Salva Kiir's government

Spotlight | Ethiopia
How Meridiam's $2bn geothermal project ran out of steam

Ethiopia
Press Release Africa Intelligence

Spotlight | Guinea
Monaco Resources Group's scheme to ditch mining assets

In Focus | Sudan
Fugitive NCP veteran Ali Karti ready to pounce from the shadows

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

Spotlight | Sudan
Sudan exodus offers Assad a diplomatic lifeline

In Focus | Africa
Facing courts and shareholders, Monaco Resources Group living on borrowed time - and money

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

African Union, Sudan
Moussa Faki's special envoy takes on the 'Quartet'

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine
Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy overhauls Ethiopian Airlines after CEO's departure

Spotlight | East Africa
UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

In Focus | Ethiopia
Religion and politics prove a heady mix for Abiy

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Moscow ups its game in bell tower battle in the Horn

In Focus | Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum

Sudan
Hamdok's hesitations prove to be his undoing

In Focus | Sudan
Sudan leaders move transition goalposts to cling to power

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

Chad, Sudan
Déby's Darfur orphans