Faure Gnassingbe

Togo, United Kingdom
Gnassingbé due in London to formalise Togo's Commonwealth membership

President Faure Gnassingbé will travel to London to attend the traditional flag-raising ceremony on 19 October to induct Togo into the UK's Commonwealth.

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, George Weah, François Hollande, DSK and Antoine Cesareo

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

France/Niger Macron's discreet dinner with Bazoum

Liberia/USA Weah seeks face-to-face with Harris

France/DRC Hollande on billionaire-sponsored PR trip to see Mukwege

Togo DSK home from home in Lomé

Ivory Coast Cesareo, Houphouët-Boigny-era master builder, passes away

West Africa
ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders.

West Africa
Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights.

Guinea, West Africa
Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions.

Gabon, Togo
Libreville and Lomé to be inducted into Commonwealth in Kigali

The decision was taken by Commonwealth member states on 12 June: Gabon and Togo will officially become members of the Commonwealth on 24 June at the heads of state summit in Kigali.

Spotlight | Chad
Middleman Chafi comes to Qatar's rescue in the Chadian 'pre-dialogue' process in Doha

The best-connected intermediary in the Sahel, Mustapha Chafi, has been asked by Qatar to try to get the Chadian "pre-dialogue" process back on the rails, as it drags on without result to the despair of the authorities.

Africa, Tunisia
UReputation boss Lotfi Bel Hadj launches all-out legal attack on Facebook

After filing a complaint in November 2020 against Facebook in France, the Franco-Tunisian businessman who's the head of the Ureputation group has just launched a legal battle against the Californian giant in Tunisia.

Congo
Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

There were initially supposed to be five heads of state invited to Oyo, the birthplace of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the evening of 11 February.

Togo
Why the army is still waiting on its Paramount APCs

Not all is well between Lomé and Ivor Ichikowitz's South African defence giant Paramount Group. The group's 2019 contract to provide Togo with 20 armoured vehicles has been at a near standstill for months.

Mali
Faure Gnassingbé's secret meeting with Assimi Goita

Togo's head of state Faure Gnassingbé made a secret visit to Bamako on 19 January to hold talks with the president of the Malian transition, Assimi Goita.