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Donald Trump

Egypt
Cairo to host USAID's new regional bureau

As the US development agency continues to be dismantled, the Donald Trump administration is planning to establish its new Middle East and North Africa headquarters in Cairo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.03.2025

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.

Subscribers only Defence 07.03.2025

Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Washington, DC, on 27 February 2025.

Nigeria
NNPC seeks to maintain commercial relations with Trump administration

Nigerian National Petroleum Co executives are due in the coming weeks to pay two visits to the United States, where they hope to meet with the new Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Subscribers only Energy 07.03.2025

Madagascar
Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM recruits high-profile anti-graft campaigner

The lawyer Sahondra Rabenarivo, a well-known face on the anti-corruption scene, is going into the private sector. She has been appointed as corporate and external relations director at Qit Mineral Madagascar, the local subsidiary of Rio Tinto.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 07.03.2025

Senegal
Enshore Subsea continues Dakar cable project despite US funding freeze

Britain’s Enshore Subsea, a key contractor in a major project to install submarine power cables off the Senegal capital Dakar, will continue its work there despite the suspension of funding from the US Millennium Challenge Corp.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.03.2025

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has been pulling out all the stops to buy time since Rwandan-backed rebels captured swathes of territory in eastern DRC. He hopes that offering mining projects will win him support from the US and the United Arab Emirates.

Subscribers only Defence 05.03.2025

M23 rebels at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, 1 March 2025.

Senegal
Dakar secures guarantees from Washington in fight against terrorism

Senegalese authorities have managed to obtain assurances for the renewal of a counter-terrorism programme financed by the US Department of State. It had been halted since Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Free access Defence 05.03.2025

Military parade marking Senegal's Independence Day in Dakar, 4 April 2023.

Somalia
Trump's return brings uncertainty for Friends of Somalia

The "Friends of Somalia" group has not met since last October. Although a meeting was due to be held in Mogadishu, no date has been given to the five member countries, which include the United States.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.02.2025

Liberia
Boakai looks to Washington for agricultural assistance

Despite the dismantling of USAID, the Liberian president is hoping the Trump administration will help develop his country's rice industry.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 27.02.2025

Spotlight | Madagascar
Antananarivo prepares to cut number of vanilla exporters

Madagascar's trade minister wants to radically reduce the number of vanilla exporters in a bid to rationalise the key sector. The potential move is troubling the industry, particularly US clients, who buy 70% of the country's vanilla.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.02.2025

Vanilla beans drying in Bemalamatra, north Madagascar, in 2016.

Spotlight | Senegal
Dakar-Washington axis threatened by Trump's cost-cutting diplomacy

With the freeze on US funding being felt on both the economic and security fronts, Bassirou Diomaye Faye's government is worried about a possible reversal of the IMF's position, spurred on by the new US president.

Subscribers only Defence, Finance, Diplomacy 25.02.2025

At the Ouakam base in Dakar, Senegal, 22 March 2018.

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

The mining magnate relies on family connections and trusted associates to run Forafric, and is now concentrating on overseeing a sprawling holding company. A key player in the signing of the Abraham agreements between Rabat and Tel Aviv, Elbaz makes sure his network benefits from them.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.02.2025

Yariv Elbaz, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, August 2020.

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Donald Trump

Egypt
Cairo to host USAID's new regional bureau

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

Nigeria
NNPC seeks to maintain commercial relations with Trump administration

Madagascar
Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM recruits high-profile anti-graft campaigner

Senegal
Enshore Subsea continues Dakar cable project despite US funding freeze

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Senegal
Dakar secures guarantees from Washington in fight against terrorism

Somalia
Trump's return brings uncertainty for Friends of Somalia

Liberia
Boakai looks to Washington for agricultural assistance

Spotlight | Madagascar
Antananarivo prepares to cut number of vanilla exporters

Spotlight | Senegal
Dakar-Washington axis threatened by Trump's cost-cutting diplomacy

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

Egypt
Cairo and Arab League push for dismantling of Hamas's military capacities in Gaza

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

Spotlight | South Africa
Ramaphosa's plan to defuse tensions with Trump

Kenya
Ruto's government prepares public for next budget

Central African Republic
President Touadéra's special adviser behind cryptocurrency relaunch

South Africa
Unlikely ANC-DA united front forms after Trump threat over land expropriation law

Sahel
Sahel Coalition to meet in Brussels

Mozambique
Pouyanné's enthusiasm about Mozambique LNG takes Maputo by surprise

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Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Transition: what's next after the coup?

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Donald Trump

Egypt Cairo to host USAID's new regional bureau

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

Nigeria NNPC seeks to maintain commercial relations with Trump administration

Madagascar Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM recruits high-profile anti-graft campaigner

Senegal Enshore Subsea continues Dakar cable project despite US funding freeze

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Senegal Dakar secures guarantees from Washington in fight against terrorism

Somalia Trump's return brings uncertainty for Friends of Somalia

Liberia Boakai looks to Washington for agricultural assistance

Spotlight | Madagascar Antananarivo prepares to cut number of vanilla exporters

Spotlight | Senegal Dakar-Washington axis threatened by Trump's cost-cutting diplomacy

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

Egypt Cairo and Arab League push for dismantling of Hamas's military capacities in Gaza

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

Spotlight | South Africa Ramaphosa's plan to defuse tensions with Trump

Kenya Ruto's government prepares public for next budget

Central African Republic President Touadéra's special adviser behind cryptocurrency relaunch

South Africa Unlikely ANC-DA united front forms after Trump threat over land expropriation law

Sahel Sahel Coalition to meet in Brussels

Mozambique Pouyanné's enthusiasm about Mozambique LNG takes Maputo by surprise

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Egypt
Cairo to host USAID's new regional bureau

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

Nigeria
NNPC seeks to maintain commercial relations with Trump administration

Madagascar
Rio Tinto subsidiary QMM recruits high-profile anti-graft campaigner

Senegal
Enshore Subsea continues Dakar cable project despite US funding freeze

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Senegal
Dakar secures guarantees from Washington in fight against terrorism

Somalia
Trump's return brings uncertainty for Friends of Somalia

Liberia
Boakai looks to Washington for agricultural assistance

Spotlight | Madagascar
Antananarivo prepares to cut number of vanilla exporters

Spotlight | Senegal
Dakar-Washington axis threatened by Trump's cost-cutting diplomacy

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

Egypt
Cairo and Arab League push for dismantling of Hamas's military capacities in Gaza

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

Spotlight | South Africa
Ramaphosa's plan to defuse tensions with Trump

Kenya
Ruto's government prepares public for next budget

Central African Republic
President Touadéra's special adviser behind cryptocurrency relaunch

South Africa
Unlikely ANC-DA united front forms after Trump threat over land expropriation law

Sahel
Sahel Coalition to meet in Brussels

Mozambique
Pouyanné's enthusiasm about Mozambique LNG takes Maputo by surprise