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Libya
Total's Pouyanné heading to Tripoli on charm offensive

Total's CEO is due to meet the new Libyan government on 20 April. The French major has its eyes on the country's vast oil reserves, which have been deprived of investment since the 2011 revolution.

Subscribers only Energy 12.04.2021

Kenya
Former minister and Ruto ally Henry Rotich faces fresh probe

Kenya's central bank is wrapping up an investigation into facilities former treasury minister Henry Rotich extended to businessman Jared Kangwana. Rotich, who was sacked in July 2019, is also on trial over another affair.

Subscribers only Politics 30.03.2021

Former Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich.

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Tunisia, which has been given an official warning by the IMF and had its credit status downgraded by the ratings agencies, is struggling to cope with an external debt which currently stands at close to 100% of its GDP and is weighing heavily on its finances.

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2021

Spotlight | Africa
Marathon debt cancellation talks under way ahead of summit season

The Paris summit on investing in Africa, which will largely focus on debt, and the World Bank and IMF spring meetings will take place in quick succession in the coming months. To prepare for these major gatherings, the IMF and G20 countries have started to tackle the thorny issue of debt reduction, a frequent source of disagreement with China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.03.2021

Ethiopia
New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

The American diplomat, already familiar with the Horn of Africa, takes office as tension mounts between Washington and Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2021

Geeta Pasi, the new US ambassador to Ethiopia.

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Oil minister Obiang offers Trident glimmer of hope for Zafiro

The long-running Zafiro saga has taken yet another twist. ExxonMobil, which currently operates Equatorial Guinea's largest oilfield and is itching to ditch it, is growing impatient.

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2021

West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who now heads his own Parnasse International consulting company, has been in the Beninese capital, Cotonou, since Sunday 21 February.

Subscribers only Business 25.02.2021

Kenya
Anti-corruption agency targets De La Rue electoral commission deal

Electoral Commission chairman Wafula Chebukati is being directly targeted in an investigation into the contract he awarded to British firm De La Rue to provide ballot papers for a constitutional referendum due in June.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 23.02.2021

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Numerous financial and political obstacles are preventing New Age from beginning production on Etinde block, agreement of principle or not.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2021

Djibouti, United Kingdom
Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

Having spent part of his childhood as a refugee on the shores of the Gulf of Tadjoura, the Somali-born athlete Mo Farah feels a certain debt towards Djibouti and the regime has been quick to use the runner for PR purposes.

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2021

British Somali-born athlete Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah, known as Mo Farah.

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

In the run-up to the African Union summit on 6 and 7 February in Addis Ababa, Turkish diplomats are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the third Turkey-Africa summit, scheduled for September, features prominently on the agenda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2021

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (foreground) and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (background).

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is working the region to pave his way to the chairmanship of the regional bloc.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

In Focus | Africa
Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Thanks to the widespread availability of mobile payments in Africa, online betting is developing fast all over the continent and competing with the gaming clubs which brought fame and fortune to a handful of European entrepreneurs there in the 1980s and 1990s.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2021

From left to right : Nigeria soccer player Jay-Jay Okocha with BetKing CEO Byron Petzer and Chief Operations Officer Neil Bothma.

Equatorial Guinea
Saga of first lady Constancia, son Teodorin and brother Candido continues

The subject of a Spanish arrest warrant, the ex-minister Candido Nsue Okomo has been rescued by his sister, who is also the wife of the Equatorial Guinean president.

Subscribers only Politics 15.01.2021

DRC, France
DRC ambassador's 'residence' in France to be auctioned off

Seized by a Lebanese couple seeking to enforce an arbitration ruling, the French courts have authorised the auctioning off of two properties belonging to the Congolese state. Kinshasa's defence - that these premises are diplomatically protected - has been rejected by Parisian magistrates.

Subscribers only Politics 24.12.2020

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin's latest ploy to acquire Zafiro from ExxonMobil

Malabo is being very creative in its efforts to get hold of the country's largest oil field, which the American major ExxonMobil is very keen to ditch.

Subscribers only Energy 16.12.2020

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

With barely a fortnight to go to the first round of voting on 27 December, Mahamadou Issoufou's designated successor, Mohamed Bazoum, is set to stage a series of major rallies in several key regions, some of them under opposition control.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2020

The Nigerien presidential candidate and former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum.

Gabon
Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

The replacement of four ministers in Christiane Rose Ossouka Raponda's government has done nothing to quell the infighting, especially between oil minister Vincent de Paul Massassa and head of the hydrocarbons division Jean-Félix Obamba.

Subscribers only Energy 10.12.2020

Spotlight | Gulf of Guinea, United States
Gulf of Guinea pirates cause concern at the Pentagon as they take their operations onshore

The gangs, which already operate freely as they capture ships in the Gulf of Guinea in an area stretching from Nigeria to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, are now increasingly carrying out onshore raids. The United States, which is worried that the phenomenon could get out of control, has sent a mission to the region.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.12.2020

Angola
Former Manuel Vicente partner Cobalt to finally compensate shareholders by year end

Plaintiffs in the class action against Cobalt International Energy, accused of hiding a conflict of interest in Angola and exaggerating results at two oil blocks, are finally due to receive compensation this month after years of proceedings.

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2020

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Marathon

Libya
Total's Pouyanné heading to Tripoli on charm offensive

Kenya
Former minister and Ruto ally Henry Rotich faces fresh probe

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Spotlight | Africa
Marathon debt cancellation talks under way ahead of summit season

Ethiopia
New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Oil minister Obiang offers Trident glimmer of hope for Zafiro

West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Kenya
Anti-corruption agency targets De La Rue electoral commission deal

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Djibouti, United Kingdom
Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

In Focus | Africa
Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Equatorial Guinea
Saga of first lady Constancia, son Teodorin and brother Candido continues

DRC, France
DRC ambassador's 'residence' in France to be auctioned off

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin's latest ploy to acquire Zafiro from ExxonMobil

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

Gabon
Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Spotlight | Gulf of Guinea, United States
Gulf of Guinea pirates cause concern at the Pentagon as they take their operations onshore

Angola
Former Manuel Vicente partner Cobalt to finally compensate shareholders by year end

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Marathon

Libya Total's Pouyanné heading to Tripoli on charm offensive

Kenya Former minister and Ruto ally Henry Rotich faces fresh probe

In Focus | Tunisia Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Spotlight | Africa Marathon debt cancellation talks under way ahead of summit season

Ethiopia New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea Oil minister Obiang offers Trident glimmer of hope for Zafiro

West Africa Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Kenya Anti-corruption agency targets De La Rue electoral commission deal

Cameroon New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Djibouti, United Kingdom Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

West Africa Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

In Focus | Africa Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Equatorial Guinea Saga of first lady Constancia, son Teodorin and brother Candido continues

DRC, France DRC ambassador's 'residence' in France to be auctioned off

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea Teodorin's latest ploy to acquire Zafiro from ExxonMobil

Niger Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

Gabon Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Spotlight | Gulf of Guinea, United States Gulf of Guinea pirates cause concern at the Pentagon as they take their operations onshore

Angola Former Manuel Vicente partner Cobalt to finally compensate shareholders by year end

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Libya
Total's Pouyanné heading to Tripoli on charm offensive

Kenya
Former minister and Ruto ally Henry Rotich faces fresh probe

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Spotlight | Africa
Marathon debt cancellation talks under way ahead of summit season

Ethiopia
New US ambassador Geeta Pasi arrives amid diplomatic froideur

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Oil minister Obiang offers Trident glimmer of hope for Zafiro

West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Kenya
Anti-corruption agency targets De La Rue electoral commission deal

Cameroon
New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Djibouti, United Kingdom
Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

In Focus | Africa
Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Equatorial Guinea
Saga of first lady Constancia, son Teodorin and brother Candido continues

DRC, France
DRC ambassador's 'residence' in France to be auctioned off

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin's latest ploy to acquire Zafiro from ExxonMobil

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

Gabon
Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Spotlight | Gulf of Guinea, United States
Gulf of Guinea pirates cause concern at the Pentagon as they take their operations onshore

Angola
Former Manuel Vicente partner Cobalt to finally compensate shareholders by year end