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Chad
French defence minister Lecornu plans trip to N'Djamena

French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is preparing to make an official visit to Chad as part of plans announced by President Emmanuel Macron to completely reorganise France's military presence in Africa.

Subscribers only Defence 20.03.2023

Spotlight | Central Africa
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

The main foreign investors in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa are alarmed by the regional body's foreign exchange regulations, considering them to be too tough. But despite intense lobbying, a relaxation of the rules looks unlikely, the central bank having set itself ambitious objectives for foreign currency reserves.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Commodity traders 17.03.2023

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, governor of the Bank of Central African States, in Paris in 2018.

Algeria
DGSE chief meets with Algerian counterpart in Germany

In the utmost secrecy, the heads of France's DGSE and Algeria's DGDSE met in Berlin in mid-February, scarcely a week after an earlier meeting was cancelled amid the Amira Bouraoui affair.

Subscribers only Defence 17.03.2023

Spotlight | Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares major reshuffle

The head of state is carrying out a series of consultations as he prepares a major reshuffle in which several government heavyweights look likely to lose their posts. Behind the scenes, Tebboune is making no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction with a number of ministers, including foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra.

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2023

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Algeria
Planned Franco-Algerian historical commission yet to take shape

Six months after the announcement of its creation, tensions between France and Algeria are delaying the establishment of a bilateral body that is supposed to resolve a row over the countries' shared past. The decrees appointing the commission's French and Algerian experts have still not been published.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.03.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron (center left) and French historian Benjamin Stora (center right) with Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra (left) during a visit in Algiers on the 25th of August 2022.

The New Guard
Guinea, Morocco, Tanzania, Kenya

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

GuineaSaikou Amadou Diallo, helming the fight against graft

MoroccoAli Seddiki, investment champion

TanzaniaCharles Makakala, Francophile incubator

KenyaJustina Wamae, sights set on the middle classes

Subscribers only Politics, Business 15.03.2023

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ali Bongo, Gims, Mathilde of Belgium

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

Gabon Biya skips summit, Sassou snubs group photo

Gabon Congolese delegation plays cat and mouse with Gabonese opposition

Senegal French rappers Gims and Maes pick luxury concierge service

Egypt Belgium's Queen Mathilde acts as ambassador for tourism

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 14.03.2023

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda
As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Faced with Kinshasa's accusations of support for the M23 by Kigali, Rwandan intelligence has been documenting collusion between the Congolese army and the FDLR rebel militias for several months. In this battle of narratives, each side is sharing their classified information with Western capitals.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.03.2023

Intelligence reports are also used as weapons of war in the M23 crisis between Rwanda and the DRC.

Algeria
Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

The dismissal of military intelligence chief General Abdelaziz Nouiouet Chouiter is one of the tell-tale signs that not everything is going smoothly between the head of the Algerian army and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, as is also the case with the Foreign Affairs Minister.

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2023

Algerian military Chief of Staff Said Chengriha in Paris, 24 January 2023.

Spotlight | Angola
UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan

Adalberto Costa Junior, the chairman of Angola's leading opposition party, has been an increasingly frequent visitor to Western capitals of late and has also been looking to extend his influence in Africa with the help of a small group of loyalists.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 09.03.2023

Adalberto Costa Junior, the leader of Angola's main opposition party Unita.

Africa
Lula gears up for first major African tour

This summer the Brazilian president is likely to visit South Africa, Nigeria and Sao Tomé and Congo, where Sassou Nguesso is keen to have him participate in his forest summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.03.2023

Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in South Africa in 2010.

France, Iraq, Tunisia
Iraq and Tunisia neck and neck for top job at Institut du Monde Arabe

Iraqi poet Chawki Abdelamir and Tunisian philosopher Rachida Triki are vying to run the Arab cultural institution in Paris. The imminent appointment of a new president should help speed up the decision process that has been unfolding behind closed doors.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 09.03.2023

Palace Intrigues
Louise Mushikiwabo, Sameh Shoukry, Catherine Colonna, Abderrahim Atmoun, André de Ruyter and Pierre Haik

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

GabonOIF shuns One Forest Summit

EgyptMinisters Sameh Shoukry and Catherine Colonna fail to meet in Geneva

MoroccoAbderrahim Atmoun, ambassador in Warsaw and hotel owner in Paris

South AfricaFormer Eskom boss's accusations rattle ANC

France/AfricaVIP turnout for French lawyer Pierre Haik's funeral

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 07.03.2023

Burkina Faso
Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré's new directions

In the wake of the brutal end to Burkina Faso's military cooperation deal with Paris, Burkinabe officers appear increasingly divided as regards junta leader Ibrahim Traoré. Traoré for his part is wary of some of them and keeps certain figures well away from the decision-making process.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.03.2023

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's new president, in Ouagadougou, 15 October 2022.

Madagascar
Scattered Islands and Apollo 21 on French foreign minister's Madagascar agenda

Catherine Colonna is scheduled to make a lightning visit next month to Antananarivo, where, as well as signing aid agreements, she is due to discuss two thorny subjects with President Andry Rajoelina.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.03.2023

French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, in Brazil, 8 February 2023.

Spotlight | Congo
Sassou reshuffles his legal task force

Unhappy with how several lawsuits and arbitration proceedings in Paris are going, Brazzaville is bringing in French specialists to boost the task force in charge of defending the interests of the president and the Congolese state.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 03.03.2023

Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Zambia
Hichilema set to meet Macron in Paris

The French government is currently planning for an official visit to Paris by the Zambian head of state, Hakainde Hichilema.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 03.03.2023

Spotlight | Senegal
Paris and Washington fret over Macky Sall's third-term ambitions

With less than a year to go to the presidential election, the prospect of Macky Sall running for a third term is increasingly worrying France and the United States. Emmanuel Macron recently raised the question directly with his Senegalese opposite number but the subject is also causing unease in ECOWAS member states.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 02.03.2023

Macky Sall on electoral campaign, the 22th of February 2019, in Dakar.

Tunisia
PM rues closure of French atomic energy office in Tunis

La représentation régionale du Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) en Tunisie plie bagage. Sa dissolution a été actée par le CEA le 1er février.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 02.03.2023

Spotlight | DRC
M23 manoeuvres to destabilise Kinshasa

While clashes continue around the city of Goma, the M23 is implementing its strategy of expansion from a position of strength. The rebel movement is in control of parts of North Kivu province and and aims to consolidate its proto-state.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.03.2023

M23 fighters at Rumangabo camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 6 January 2023.

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Emmanuel Macron

Chad French defence minister Lecornu plans trip to N'Djamena

Spotlight | Central Africa Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Algeria DGSE chief meets with Algerian counterpart in Germany

Spotlight | Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune prepares major reshuffle

Algeria Planned Franco-Algerian historical commission yet to take shape

The New Guard Guinea, Morocco, Tanzania, Kenya

GuineaSaikou Amadou Diallo, helming the fight against graft

MoroccoAli Seddiki, investment champion

TanzaniaCharles Makakala, Francophile incubator

KenyaJustina Wamae, sights set on the middle classes

Palace Intrigues Paul Biya, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ali Bongo, Gims, Mathilde of Belgium

Gabon Biya skips summit, Sassou snubs group photo

Gabon Congolese delegation plays cat and mouse with Gabonese opposition

Senegal French rappers Gims and Maes pick luxury concierge service

Egypt Belgium's Queen Mathilde acts as ambassador for tourism

In Focus | DRC, Rwanda As fight against M23 continues, Kigali and Kinshasa wage war of intelligence

Algeria Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

Spotlight | Angola UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan

Africa Lula gears up for first major African tour

France, Iraq, Tunisia Iraq and Tunisia neck and neck for top job at Institut du Monde Arabe

Palace Intrigues Louise Mushikiwabo, Sameh Shoukry, Catherine Colonna, Abderrahim Atmoun, André de Ruyter and Pierre Haik

GabonOIF shuns One Forest Summit

EgyptMinisters Sameh Shoukry and Catherine Colonna fail to meet in Geneva

MoroccoAbderrahim Atmoun, ambassador in Warsaw and hotel owner in Paris

South AfricaFormer Eskom boss's accusations rattle ANC

France/AfricaVIP turnout for French lawyer Pierre Haik's funeral

Burkina Faso Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré's new directions

Madagascar Scattered Islands and Apollo 21 on French foreign minister's Madagascar agenda

Spotlight | Congo Sassou reshuffles his legal task force

Zambia Hichilema set to meet Macron in Paris

Spotlight | Senegal Paris and Washington fret over Macky Sall's third-term ambitions

Tunisia PM rues closure of French atomic energy office in Tunis

Spotlight | DRC M23 manoeuvres to destabilise Kinshasa

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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