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Central African Republic
Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

The decision to end the export ban on Central African diamonds taken at the Kimberley Process general assembly met with strong opposition from the EU, Canada, the UK and the US.

Free access Mining, Diplomacy 21.11.2024

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra on 24 July 2024 in Paris.

The New Guard
Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

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

AlgeriaHamed Oussama Salhi, spokesman for national grains interests

KenyaBrian Wesaala, football's steadfast champion

CameroonYann Gwet, connecting youth across Africa

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 20.11.2024

Africa
Abuja, Pretoria and Djibouti urge UNESCO-UNRWA cooperation to be upheld

Nigeria, Djibouti and South Africa are among 12 countries to have called for continued collaboration between UNESCO and the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. The re-election of Donald Trump in the US has raised doubts over the organisation's future.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2024

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Israeli ambassador Rony Yedidia Clein recently moved her offices in Abidjan to the Sofitel Ivoire hotel for security reasons.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2024

Africa
UK slowly fine-tunes new Africa strategy

The British government's new roadmap for the continent had been due before the end of the year, but it's now been pushed back to mid-2025. It will address security, economic growth and climate change.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2024

British PM Keir Starmer at the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, 12 November 2024.

The New Guard
Kenya, DRC, Nigeria

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

KenyaPeter Naituli at the summit of his game

DRCNathalie Kienga, queen of cybersecurity

NigeriaAbiola Sunmonu, Commonwealth linchpin

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 13.11.2024

Central African Republic, Sudan
Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

The Central African Republic president is distancing himself from Sudan's paramilitary RSF leader Hemeti and forging ties with his enemy in the country's civil war, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. In exchange, Bangui wants CAR rebel leaders in Sudan arrested.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.11.2024

Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Moscow, Russia, 16 February 2024.

Spotlight | Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's lacklustre AU presidency

The Mauritanian president has failed to make an imprint on the continent's affairs as chair of the African Union, which he will head for another three months only.

Free access Diplomacy 12.11.2024

Mauritania's President Mohamed Ghazouani, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 19 February 2024.

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

The future of the East African Community and regional insecurity topped the agenda of a recent tete-a-tete between Kenya President William Ruto and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.11.2024

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Kenyan President William Ruto in Addis Ababa for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) meeting, on 10 July 2023.

Africa
Africa on agenda at upcoming UN peacekeeping conference

Next May, Berlin will host a major conference devoted to United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.11.2024

Inner circles | Libya
Business magnate Mohamed Taher Issa tempted by political role

As many call for a new government, the Misrata businessman is no longer hiding his hostility towards Prime Minister Dabaiba and could decide to step into the political arena on his own account.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.11.2024

Businessman Mohamed Taher Issa on 7 May 2022 in Misrata.

DRC
2025 date set for Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala trial in France

The leader of the RCD-N political-military movement is charged with complicity in crimes against humanity in the DRC in the early 2000s. He has been in pre-trial detention in France for nearly five years.

Subscribers only Politics 07.11.2024

Roger Lumbala on 8 January 2013 in Kampala.

Namibia
Top Namibian diplomat claims key evidence withheld in servitude suit

Ambassador Imene-Chanduru has complained of a failure to fully disclose information deemed crucial to the case.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.11.2024

Spotlight | Central African Republic
President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui

Faustin-Archange Touadéra recently asked the UN mission in the Central African Republic to redeploy its peacekeepers from the capital to the provinces. The request comes as the renewal of the UN mission's mandate is about to be examined.

Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2024

MINUSCA soldiers patrol in the PK12 area of Bangui on 13 January 2021.

Libya
Washington wants to stay at Libyan Central Bank's side

The US recently offered technical assistance to promote transparency at the Libyan Central Bank (LCB) under the institution's new management.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 06.11.2024

In Focus | Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Russia has been trying to strike a military agreement with Senegal since President Bassirou Diomaye Faye came to power this year. Vladimir Putin's African strategists are also seeking to forge closer economic ties with the country, under the watchful eye of France.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.11.2024

© Illustrated by Julien Pacaud. Photos: L. Marin/J. Wessels/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP/Russian Defence Ministry

African Union, Kenya
Odinga reignites campaign to chair AU Commission

Domestic politics may have distracted him of late, but Kenya's former prime minister is stepping on the gas again in his quest to take the helm of the African Union's executive arm. SADC and ECOWAS member states are on his itinerary.

Subscribers only The Continent, Diplomacy 01.11.2024

Raila Odinga in Nairobi on 31 October 2023.

Inner circles | Africa
Kamala Harris's African networks

Africa may not be high on the Democrat candidate's list of priorities, but her advisers are starting to think about a strategy for the continent in the event that she wins on 5 November. Her approach is unlikely to depart radically from the Biden administration's.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.11.2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Accra, Ghana, on 28 March 2023.

Morocco
Paris and Rabat enter closed-door talks on Western Sahara autonomy plan

In the wake of the Élysée's recognition of ‘Moroccan sovereignty' over the disputed territory and Emmanuel Macron's recent trip to Morocco, the two countries are due to discuss how to revise an autonomy plan first proposed in 2007.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.10.2024

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Rabat on 29 October 2024.

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

The Nigerian president and the UK prime minister held discreet talks at 10 Downing Street in early October. Since July, Britain's new Labour government has stepped up its contacts with Nigeria, where the UK foreign secretary is expected on 4 November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.10.2024

Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and British prime minister Keir Starmer.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

United Nations

Central African Republic
Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

The New Guard
Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

AlgeriaHamed Oussama Salhi, spokesman for national grains interests

KenyaBrian Wesaala, football's steadfast champion

CameroonYann Gwet, connecting youth across Africa

Africa
Abuja, Pretoria and Djibouti urge UNESCO-UNRWA cooperation to be upheld

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Africa
UK slowly fine-tunes new Africa strategy

The New Guard
Kenya, DRC, Nigeria

KenyaPeter Naituli at the summit of his game

DRCNathalie Kienga, queen of cybersecurity

NigeriaAbiola Sunmonu, Commonwealth linchpin

Central African Republic, Sudan
Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

Spotlight | Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's lacklustre AU presidency

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Africa
Africa on agenda at upcoming UN peacekeeping conference

Inner circles | Libya
Business magnate Mohamed Taher Issa tempted by political role

DRC
2025 date set for Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala trial in France

Namibia
Top Namibian diplomat claims key evidence withheld in servitude suit

Spotlight | Central African Republic
President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui

Libya
Washington wants to stay at Libyan Central Bank's side

In Focus | Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

African Union, Kenya
Odinga reignites campaign to chair AU Commission

Inner circles | Africa
Kamala Harris's African networks

Morocco
Paris and Rabat enter closed-door talks on Western Sahara autonomy plan

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

United Nations

Central African Republic Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

The New Guard Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

AlgeriaHamed Oussama Salhi, spokesman for national grains interests

KenyaBrian Wesaala, football's steadfast champion

CameroonYann Gwet, connecting youth across Africa

Africa Abuja, Pretoria and Djibouti urge UNESCO-UNRWA cooperation to be upheld

Ivory Coast Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Africa UK slowly fine-tunes new Africa strategy

The New Guard Kenya, DRC, Nigeria

KenyaPeter Naituli at the summit of his game

DRCNathalie Kienga, queen of cybersecurity

NigeriaAbiola Sunmonu, Commonwealth linchpin

Central African Republic, Sudan Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

Spotlight | Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's lacklustre AU presidency

Ethiopia, Kenya Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Africa Africa on agenda at upcoming UN peacekeeping conference

Inner circles | Libya Business magnate Mohamed Taher Issa tempted by political role

DRC 2025 date set for Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala trial in France

Namibia Top Namibian diplomat claims key evidence withheld in servitude suit

Spotlight | Central African Republic President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui

Libya Washington wants to stay at Libyan Central Bank's side

In Focus | Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

African Union, Kenya Odinga reignites campaign to chair AU Commission

Inner circles | Africa Kamala Harris's African networks

Morocco Paris and Rabat enter closed-door talks on Western Sahara autonomy plan

Spotlight | Nigeria Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Central African Republic
Bangui succeeds in getting diamond embargo lifted

The New Guard
Algeria, Kenya, Cameroon

Africa
Abuja, Pretoria and Djibouti urge UNESCO-UNRWA cooperation to be upheld

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Africa
UK slowly fine-tunes new Africa strategy

The New Guard
Kenya, DRC, Nigeria

Central African Republic, Sudan
Touadéra switches allegiance in Sudan civil war

Spotlight | Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's lacklustre AU presidency

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Africa
Africa on agenda at upcoming UN peacekeeping conference

Inner circles | Libya
Business magnate Mohamed Taher Issa tempted by political role

DRC
2025 date set for Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala trial in France

Namibia
Top Namibian diplomat claims key evidence withheld in servitude suit

Spotlight | Central African Republic
President Touadéra wants UN peacekeepers to leave Bangui

Libya
Washington wants to stay at Libyan Central Bank's side

In Focus | Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

African Union, Kenya
Odinga reignites campaign to chair AU Commission

Inner circles | Africa
Kamala Harris's African networks

Morocco
Paris and Rabat enter closed-door talks on Western Sahara autonomy plan

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer