UN

Sudan
UN working on survey of crimes against civilians

With the help of local police, the United Nations Development Programme wants to identify abuses perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan's regular army. But budgetary hurdles may lie ahead.

DRC
MONUSCO agrees to help investigate the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende

MONUSCO chief Bintou Keita has responded favourably to a request from the DRC authorities for help investigating the murder of former minister Chérubin Okende Senga.

Egypt
International Grains Council tries to lure Cairo back

Egypt has barely left the UN grain convention and the IGC is trying to woo it back. Several member states are against any special treatment for Egypt, a key country in the wheat trade.

Chad, Mozambique, Niger
COGINTA bags EU security contracts from Sahel to Mozambique

The Swiss NGO COGINTA is currently carrying out a range of European security missions in countries including Chad, Niger and Mozambique with the help of the former senior French gendarmes it employs.

Congo, France
Commisimpex takes legal action over fire at ex-ambassador's French residence

L'avocat de Commisimpex a porté plainte contre X pour "destruction, dégradation, ou détérioration d'un bien appartenant à autrui", après l'incendie de l'ancienne résidence française de l'ambassadeur congolais, qui appartient à la société libanaise.

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?

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Douglas Carpenter, EU ambassador to Bangui, recently took a flight operated by Minair. That firm's parent company is the Central African mining company Badica, whose assets were frozen by the EU between 2015 and 2021 following UN sanctions, which have since been lifted.

DRC
Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Around 1,000 private soldiers are now helping the DRC armed forces fight the M23 rebels in North Kivu.

Burkina Faso
France seeks to secure Paris-Ouagadougou air route

French diplomats have for several weeks been seeking to regularise the situation of a French police officer seconded to Ouagadougou international airport.

DRC
UN report: Islamic State funding for ADF comes via South Africa and Kenya

A report by a United Nations group of experts reveals part of the funding circuit used by the Islamic State to support the armed group the Allied Democratic Forces.

Libya
Confidential EY report uncovers Libyan Investment Authority shortcomings

A report on the finances of the Libyan sovereign fund by the leading international auditor has found evidence of serious irregularities, including incomplete bank statements and opaque procedures.