Felix Tshisekedi

Palace Intrigues
Azali Assoumani, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Abdourahamane Tchiani, Bobi Wine

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

ComorosOutgoing AU chair Assoumani aims for Sahel tour

DRCElectoral commission boss berated by Bemba

NigerBattle for ambassador's Paris residence

UgandaBobi Wine prepares his political comeback in music

Palace Intrigues
George Weah, Faure Gnassingbé, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

LiberiaWeah strands Monrovia mayor at airport

TogoGnassingbé turns deaf ear to exiled opponent François Boko

GabonOligui Nguema finally recovers presidential Gulfstream

CARTouadéra snubs his environment minister

DRC
Tshisekedi assembles presidential office team for second term

President Félix Tshisekedi, sworn in for a second term on 20 January, is busy working on the make up of his new cabinet. It is understood that there are to be fewer senior advisers, currently numbering 13.

DRC
Macron's new Africa adviser heads to Kinshasa

French President Emmanuel Macron's new Africa adviser Jérémie Robert is due in Kinshasa for Félix Tshisekedi's inauguration on 20 January.

The New Guard
Benin, CAR, Qatar-Somalia

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

BeninAbiola Oïtchayomi, BCG consultant and cofounder of African publication Jamaa

Central African RepublicPamela Audrey Derom, standard-bearer for youth

QatarFaisal bin Abdullah Al Hanzab, the new ‘Mr Somalia'

DRC
VIP guest list for Tshisekedi's swearing-in

The Congolese authorities are busy organising the swearing-in ceremony for [...]

DRC
M23 rebels and RDF gear up to counter drone threat from Congolese army

The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels are taking seriously the threat posed by CH-4 combat drones acquired by the Congolese army. The drones were recently deployed to a base near the areas the insurgents control in North Kivu.

DRC
‘Prophet' Mukungubila eager to return from South African exile

The self-proclaimed "prophet of the eternal", Pastor Paul Joseph Mukungubila, is champing at the bit to return home to the DRC after a decade in exile in South Africa.