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Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Lula, Mahamadou Issoufou, Florence Parly

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

Ivory CoastPatrick Achi's final tête-à-tête with Alassane Ouattara?

CongoBrazilian president Lula unable to attend Sassou's environmental summit

NigerMahamadou Issoufou, an uncomfortable presence on International Crisis Group's board of trustees

BeninFrance's ex-armed forces minister visits Cotonou

Rwanda
Kigali again opts for Chinese construction on water system

The Rwandan government has once again picked a Chinese construction company to build another component of Kigali's water and waste water management system.

Palace Intrigues
Bill Gates, Faure Gnassingbé, Ali Bongo, Jutta Urpilainen

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

Senegal Gates due in Dakar for another Grand Challenges

Togo/Gabon Faure Gnassingbé loses his EPL-watching pal Ali Bongo

Ethiopia EU Commissioner Urpilainen's big Addis Ababa announcement

Uganda
Interior minister muscles in as rival presidential hopefuls gear up for 2026 poll

A long-standing ally of Yoweri Museveni, Kahinda Otafiire is backing the president's bid for re-election in 2026. This puts him at odds with "First Son" Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who, like politician-pop star Bobi Wine, is keen to move into State House himself.

Spotlight | Niger
Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Dahiru Mangal's shrinking business empire in Niger

Even before the July coup that ousted Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, the lucrative businesses of Nigerian businessman Alhaji Dahiru Mangal had begun to falter. He was particularly involved in the oil trade and the transport of pilgrims to Mecca.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Gabon, DRC, Egypt

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

Nigeria Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's rising comms star

Gabon Anges-Kevin Nzigou, the key opposition lawyer ready to pounce

DRC Junior M'Buyi, the international finance expert back in Kinshasa

Egypt Serial investor Mohamed ‘Nagaty' Aboulnaga strikes again

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema's government looks to balance old and new

The government installed by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema brings in new faces from the Gabonese expatriate community, as well as former heavyweights from the Omar Bongo era. The aim is to consolidate the authority of the country's new strong man.

Palace Intrigues
Joseph Kabila, Mahamadou Issoufou, Aya Nakamura, Azali Assoumani

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

DRCJoseph Kabila's spymaster Kalev Mutond in Paris

NigerCoup leaders differ over Issoufou's future

CongoSassous behind French pop star Aya Nakamura's Brazzaville show

African UnionFallout over G20 summit

The New Guard
Kenya, Senegal, Morocco

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

KenyaNicholas Koros, money without borders

SenegalMary Fall, Aissata Tall Sall's omnipresent photographer

MoroccoNisrine Iouzzi takes the lead on "Dakhla-Atlantique"

Togo
Africom chief Michael Langley set to visit Lomé

AFRICOM chief General Michael Langley is to visit Lomé on 27 July

Cameroon
French customs seize thousands from ex-football star Samuel Eto'o

In January, the French customs office at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport seized tens of thousands of euros from the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto'o.

Ivory Coast
Confederation of African Football switches AGM to Abidjan

The General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football will not take place at the Sofitel in Cotonou on 13 July, as had been planned, but at the Sofitel in Abidjan.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Guinea, Uganda

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

Nigeria Wale Ayeni, African startup financier

Guinea George Nekeon Mamy, Conakry's economic asset in DC

Uganda Resty Namanda, rising star of the Ugandan bar

Algeria
Cevital ready to start work on long-delayed tourist complex

Cevital group CEO Malik Rebrab has hired the services of foreign consultants to speed up the start of work on its new tourist complex in Tichy, east of Bejaia.

Sahel
Euro-Sahel prospects for security projects

The Euro-Sahel association is working on the creation of a coastguard unit on the Senegal River, to improve monitoring of smuggling and illegal immigration routes.