Guillaume Soro

Somalia
National football team coach quits over unpaid salary

Appointed in July 2023, Rachid Loustèque has not received his monthly salary of €5,000 since last May. The coach has decided to resign from his position and take his case to Fifa.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Guillaume Soro, Alassane Ouattara

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

Ivory CoastGuillaume Soro's old acquaintances in Gabon

GabonNguema kept in dark about World Bank arrears

SomaliaRabat mediates to keep coach Rachid Loustèque onside

Gabon
Former IMF head Strauss-Kahn offers his services to Oligui Nguema

DSK met with the transitional president on 30 May in Paris.

Palace Intrigues
Patrice Talon, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Macky Sall, Guillaume Soro, Félix Tshisekedi

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

BeninStrauss-Kahn on a mission in Cotonou

Ivory Coast/SenegalSoro's phone call to Sall

DRCNew National Assembly president to decide on finance minister's immunity waiver

Morocco
Rabat brings in new lobbyist in Brussels

The skilled lobbyist, Radouan Bachiri, has just taken on a mission in Brussels to influence EU decision-making about Morocco.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, David Cameron, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara, Guillaume Soro

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

DRCWill Cameron get through to Tshisekedi?

Ivory Coast/TogoOuattara and Gnassingbé's discreet tête-à-tête in Riyadh

NigeriaOlivier Becht keeps billionaire company in Lagos

Ivory CoastExiled opposition figure Guillaume Soro back in Africa

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Mahamat Idriss Déby

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

Ivory Coast Ouattara and Sassou neatly avoid the Soro issue

DRC Tshisekedi calls up Israeli counterpart for support

Cameroon Did the Chadian ambassador stay or go?

The New Guard
Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Morocco

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

Angola Nelito Ekuikui, UNITA's new youth leader

Cameroon Stéphane Tiki, sales rep for French-speaking companies

Ivory Coast Danielle Benoist, Ivorian VP Tiémoko Meyliet Koné's spin doctor

Morocco Loubna Tricha, queen of professional integration

Ivory Coast
French appeal court upholds seizure of Guillaume Soro's life insurance policy

France's highest court of appeal ruled on 1 February that charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity brought against the Ivorian opposition leader Guillaume Soro are legally valid.

Ivory Coast
Abidjan keeps close eye on exiled Guillaume Soro

The Ivorian authorities are continuing to monitor closely the movements of the opposition figure, whose Schengen visa and Ivorian passport expire this year. Soro has been spending a good deal of time in Geneva and Dubai, but has also been visiting Cyprus.