National Security Council

Kenya
Ruto seeks to put Kenya back on world peacekeeping map

Getting more Kenyan boots on the ground in UN missions would pay double dividends: it would help modernise the country's army and boost foreign revenue.

DRC
$20m loan at heart of Afriland arbitration case against Kinshasa

Afriland First Bank has taken the Congolese state to arbitration, accusing it of having expropriated its subsidiary in the DRC. It is also looking to find out why a $20m loan made to a company reputed to be close to the DRC authorities was, allegedly, never repaid.

Ivory Coast
Security forces buy further drones to patrol northern border and Africa Cup of Nations

The Ivorian gendarmerie has acquired Chinese and Hungarian drones, as well as anti-drone systems from France - and it's all to secure the northern border when Abidjan hosts the Africa Cup of Nations tournament next year.

DRC
Disgraced DRC presidential adviser Fortunat Biselele makes a comeback

Fortunat Biselele, a former adviser to DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi, fell from grace after being accused of colluding with Rwanda and spending nearly six months in prison. He has since been acquitted and is gradually returning to the presidential fold.

DRC
Unease grows over Kagame opposition plans to meet in Kinshasa

Though postponed, a gathering of 60 Rwandans from the worlds of politics, civil society and academia planned for early this month in an attempt to unify the opposition to Paul Kagame could further degrade relations between Kinshasa and Kigali.

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?

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Andry Rajoelina, Felix Tshisekedi, Marcel Niat Njifenji and Abakar Manany

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

MadagascarMacron and Rajoelina in Parisian tête-à-tête

DRCFormer adviser 'JCK' invites himself along on Tshisekedi's Oyo trip

ChadAbakar Manany, a minister far from N'Djamena

CameroonSenate president Marcel Niat Njifenji holidays in Geneva

DRC
Sonahydroc's management fraught with tension over mysterious Omani deal

Relations are strained among the leadership of Sonahydroc, the Congolese state-owned oil company, over a deal struck in late 2022 with an Omani firm for delivery of petroleum products.

Mali
Deputy intelligence chief Malick Dicko stealthily exerts his influence

Operating in the shadow of the powerful head of Malian intelligence Modibo Koné, Colonel Dicko is one of the essential cogs in the country's secret service and has several senior allies in the junta.

Ivory Coast
Intelligence chief Vassiriki Traoré in Paris

Le chef de la Direction des services extérieurs (DSE) a discrètement séjourné en France fin février.

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso reshuffles key security posts

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appointed Colonel Basile Boka to take charge of the presidential guard, whose previous boss, General Gervais Akouangué, now runs the gendarmerie.