Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

Central African Republic
Wagner's Valery Zakharov makes discreet return to Bangui

Faustin-Archange Touadéra's former adviser Valery Zakharov orchestrated a top secret return to the CAR in recent weeks after a two-year absence. The ex-Russian intelligence officer is now under international sanctions, including from the US.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Paul Biya, Patrice Talon, Andry Rajoelina

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GabonTurkey's BGN cosies up to General Oligui

CameroonPaul Biya refuses to replace head of presidential guard

BeninPatrice Talon on voicemail only at ECOWAS summit

MadagascarRajoelina to be sworn in without a French minister present

Gabon
General Oligui appoints new Paris ambassador

Gabon's transitional president wants to keep civil servants too closely linked to the former regime and former first lady Sylvia Bongo at a distance and so has replaced the country's ambassador to France, Liliane Massala.

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Emmanuel Macron, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Dan Gertler, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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FranceMacron's new ‘Mr Africa' to start in January

GabonOmer Laviv, Dan Gertler's go-between with Oligui Nguema

Central African RepublicRussian deputy defence minister misses Touadéra on Bangui stopover

LibyaParis embassy diplomat chastised by Quai d'Orsay

Gabon
Dubai to be Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's next international stop-off

Less than three weeks after visiting Saudi Arabia to take [...]

Gabon
Perenco in the junta's crosshairs

Transition president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's administration is taking a close interest in the alleged links between the country's leading oil operator and two members of the Bongo family.

Gabon
Euler boosts Brice Oligui Nguema's intelligence-gathering capacities

Alexandre Taleb's Euler Data Solutions is set to provide Gabon's internal intelligence service with access to its big data analysis platform. The contract marks a third success for the French company in Africa.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, David Cameron, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara, Guillaume Soro

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

DRCWill Cameron get through to Tshisekedi?

Ivory Coast/TogoOuattara and Gnassingbé's discreet tête-à-tête in Riyadh

NigeriaOlivier Becht keeps billionaire company in Lagos

Ivory CoastExiled opposition figure Guillaume Soro back in Africa

Gabon
New regime prepares to pre-empt Carlyle's oil assets

Until recently, Maurel & Prom was the best-placed bidder for US investment group Carlyle's Gabonese oil interests, but the new regime in Libreville is working on an alternative all-Gabonese takeover plan.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Amadou Ba and Nicolas Sarkozy, Teodoro Obiang Nguema

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

DRC Helene Mercier-Arnault, wife of luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, pays a cultural visit to Kinshasa

SenegalNicolas Sarkozy phones Amadou Ba

Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Obiang Nguema mourns a death and a murder

Gabon
Oligui Nguema and Ouattara set to finally meet

Transitional President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has been trying for several weeks to build closer ties with Abidjan. The Gabonese military officer hopes to visit Ivory Coast by the end of the year.

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.

Spotlight | Gabon
Freemasons chose new leader to replace Ali Bongo

The Grande Loge du Gabon, the powerful Masonic lodge headed until recently by the now deposed president Ali Bongo, has found a new Grand Master in the person of Jacques Denis Tsanga.