Emmanuel Macron

Africa
Patrice Talon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Félix Tshisekedi, Diego Aponte, 'Teodorin' Obiang

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

Kenya
Kenyatta sticks to the wings as Odinga-Ruto drama plays on

Little has been heard of the former president since the man he had hoped would succeed him embarked on a crusade against the eventual winner of last August's presidential election. Kenyatta's people worry that rocking the boat could jeopardise the family's sprawling business interests.

Palace Intrigues
Vladimir Putin, Abdelfattah al-Sisi, Emmanuel Macron, Tony O. Elumelu

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

EgyptVladimir Putin keen to honour Sisi during his Russia-Africa summit

CongoEmmanuel Macron will not attend Denis Sassou Nguesso's forest summit

FranceFrench-Algerian writer Karim Amellal candidate to head Arab World Institute

NigeriaBehind the scenes of Tony O. Elumelu's Israeli visit

The New Guard
Guinea, Senegal, Kenya, Nigeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GuineaIbrahima Touré, the man on a mission to rebrand Guinea

SenegalAminata Kane Ndiaye, Orange Money's new boss in Dakar

KenyaNerima Wako-Ojiwa battles fake news

NigeriaSomachi Chris-Asoluka, Africapitalism's new ambassador

Africa
Macron appoints his new ambassadors, from Ouagadougou to Brazzaville

The French president has just appointed several ambassadors to strategic posts in Africa in Burkina Faso, Angola, Chad, Congo and Eritrea.

Senegal
France approves €150m budget aid loan

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire has just given the French state's guarantee to a major €150m loan to Senegal.

South Africa
French foreign minister Colonna due in Pretoria

On 27 April, France's foreign minister Catherine Colonna is to pay an official visit to South Africa, where she may meet President Cyril Ramaphosa.

France, Gabon, Senegal, Zambia
Macron seeking to include African leaders at global financial pact summit

French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to involve a slate of African leaders at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact that he is hosting in June.

Central Africa, France
Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

The unprecedented holding of a vote to select the secretary-general of the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie reflects strong tensions between Aurore Bergé and her partners in France's ruling coalition.

Benin
Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Although the Beninese army recently acquired two French-made H 125 helicopters, it has also been negotiating the purchase of transport aircraft from Russian Helicopters in a drive to beef up its operations against armed groups in the north.

Africa
IMF ready to pay out first $20bn in SDRs to AfDB

The African Development bank should receive $20bn in IMF SDRs in the coming months, as part of a pledge made in 2021 during the Covid-19 crisis by rich nations to reallocate the equivalent of $100bn in SDRs to African countries.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Kais Saied, Mamady Doumbouya, François Beya

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

Congo Macron's embarrassing handshake at presidential palace

Tunisia Saied requests $500m in aid from Al Thani

Guinea French-Guinean duo brings Pogba and Ronaldinho to Conakry and Abidjan

Central African Republic François Beya fails to show in Bangui