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Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema reorganises his presidential fleet

After purchasing two aircraft in August through the Nigerian company Falcon Aerospace, the Gabonese presidency sold its Gulfstream IV, which was stationed in Basel for maintenance, to the Nigerian airline FlyBird at the end of last year.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Emmanuel Macron, Alassane Ouattara, Farmajo

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

GabonGeneral Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema changes plane plans

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Burkina Faso
French embassy returns Ouagadougou flats lent by the authorities

The French embassy in Burkina Faso recently completed its handing back of around twenty flats made available to it by the authorities in Ouagadougou.

Gabon
FlyGabon sued for misuse of brand name

Just three days after making its inaugural flight, the new airline has been hit by a law suit filed by the purported owners of the company's name.

Gabon
Oligui Nguema buys two VIP planes

The Gabonese president's office used a broker to discreetly acquire two luxury aircraft for the presidential fleet, which have just been delivered to Libreville.

Cameroon
More ill winds for Fly ZeJet in wake of shareholder dispute

Cameroon airline Fly ZeJet is scrambling to get one of its planes grounded in Yaoundé back home.

Kenya
Low-cost airline Jambojet aims for new heights

Jambojet, Kenya Airways' low-cost subsidiary, wants to dust off its fleet with new, larger aircraft and new destinations.

Madagascar
French consultants swoop to rescue Madagascar Airlines

With the national airline's future in jeopardy, its management has been hiring consultants, most of them French, according to documents seen by Africa Intelligence.

Angola
Brazil's Infraero goes all out to run Luanda's new international airport

The Brazilian airport service provider is set on bagging the contract to run the Angolan capital's international airport and has the full support of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to achieve that goal.

Senegal
Armament: Israeli firm AD Con on tenterhooks before presidential elections

Gaby Peretz's firm AD Con, Dakar's leading military brokerage firm, may suffer setbacks when President Macky Sall's term in office ends in February. The firm - which supplies equipment to the army and finances operations - is only active while the political situation is in its favour.

Somalia
EU provides €5m for humanitarian air links between Mogadishu and Nairobi

The EU will fund air links between Mogadishu and Nairobi, as well as within Somalia, for the next three years in order to maintain its humanitarian aid in the country.

Burkina Faso
Wanted: local investors to save Air Burkina

After the illusory hopes raised by the US firm African Global Development, the Burkinabe authorities are exploring other options to save the continent's oldest airline from going under.