Emmanuel Macron

Madagascar
Foreign minister cancels Paris visit after dissolution of French National Assembly

Madagascar's Foreign Minister Rafaravavitafika Rasata was supposed to travel to Paris on 17 June, but has since cancelled the visit following French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly.

Central African Republic
Paris mulls resuming financial aid to Bangui

France may restore financial aid to the Central African Republic, four years after freezing it because of the influence of the Russian paramilitary firm Wagner in Bangui. An agreement due to be signed by the two states later this year would release €10m.

Senegal
US Under Secretary of State for Human Rights Uzra Zeya slated to visit Dakar

Uzra Zeya, the United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, will travel to Dakar during the week of 10 to 14 June.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara secures further term for French ambassador in Abidjan

Jean-Christophe Belliard, France’s ambassador to Ivory Coast, was theoretically due to leave his post in the coming weeks but has been given another year in the job he has held since 2020.

Rwanda
Tensions in Brussels as Kigali seeks to influence EU diplomacy

The Africa Working Party met on 28 May to discuss the appointment of the EU Great Lakes representative.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Pascaline Bongo, Patrick Achi

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GabonGeneral Oligui loyal to Omar Bongo's favourite Parisian hotel

Equatorial GuineaObiang to visit Paris without meeting Macron

GabonPascaline Bongo's US exile

Ivory CoastEx-PM Patrick Achi ditches French passport

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

Faced with a worsening fuel crisis, Central African Republic lawmakers and the IMF want Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri to end an exclusive deal with Cameroon's Neptune Oil.

DRC, Rwanda
Kagame attempts to block appointment of EU representative for Great Lakes region

The Rwandan president's interference in the appointment of the future EU special representative for the Great Lakes area is creating unprecedented tensions in Brussels.

Algeria
French police open investigation into blogger Amir DZ's 'kidnapping'

The opposition activist, who was sentenced to death in Algeria and later granted refugee status in France, claims he was briefly abducted in a Paris suburb late last month.

Guinea
Luc Briard set to be appointed as France's new ambassador in Conakry

Luc Briard is set to take the helm of the French embassy in Conakry in the coming months. He will replace Marc Fonbaustier, who has been in office since 2020 and is leaving for Abuja.

Mauritania
Ghazouani to meet Macron at the Elysée

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is due to be received for lunch by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris at the Elysée Palace on 29 May.

Kenya
Nairobi International Financial Centre strives to make its mark

Kenya's virtual special economic zone is looking to attract more foreign investors by offering them favourable tax arrangements. But it is contending with a complicated political and economic context.

Tunisia
Wave of arrests confounds Paris

The French diplomatic corps is treading very carefully over the events in Tunisia, where several individuals accused of plotting against the state are French nationals.

Africa
Paris gears up for African ambassadorial reshuffle

The Elysée is currently putting the finishing touches to a vast shake-up of French embassies in Africa. Posts in Kinshasa, Cotonou, Addis Ababa, Abuja and Conakry are among those affected by the changes.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Laurent and Simone Gbagbo

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

Ivory CoastOuattara on private visit to France

CongoSassou the family matchmaker

Ivory CoastLaurent and Simone Gbagbo to officially split