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Sudan
Alarm bells ring over Le Figaro journalist's pro-Hemeti article

In an article, a journalist at Le Figaro called on the international community to support Hemeti rather than his rival for Sudan's presidency, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who he said is "close to the Islamists".

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 12.05.2023

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Now that the Liptako-Gourma region has become the main centre of jihadist activity in the Sahel, Mohamed Bazoum is trying to revive military collaboration with Bamako. The chances of cooperation have been weakened, however, by mistrust between the Nigerien president and Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita.

Subscribers only Defence 10.05.2023

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee presidential Palace, in Paris, France, 09 July 2021, following a video summit with leaders of G5 Sahel countries.

Burkina Faso
Ibrahim Traore turns deaf ear to EU military aid offer

Two months on from a visit to Ouagadougou by EU representatives to make a fresh offer of security back-up, the Burkinabe junta has still not responded to Brussels.

Subscribers only Defence 03.05.2023

Central African Republic, Sudan
Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

The US and French intelligence services believe the Russian paramilitary group has sent light weapons and anti-aircraft guns from the Central African Republic to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces.

Subscribers only Defence 28.04.2023

Libya
French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Paris is hoping to bring together the security forces from Libya's east and west for a summit in the French capital. This meeting is prepared behind the scenes by the French president's diplomatic adviser on Libya, Paul Soler.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.04.2023

Central African Republic
Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

The US is set to finance a programme to build mobile military camps for the Central African Republic army. The $10m contract is expected to be awarded to the French company Itaresam.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.04.2023

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

As his RSF fighters do battle with the Sudanese army, the militia leader is also waging a propaganda war on social media with the help of an experienced team based in Khartoum and Dubai.

Subscribers only Politics 21.04.2023

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
As Wagner spectre looms, EU reaches out to Ouagadougou

Talks between the European Union and Burkina Faso on possible security support recently resumed. The EU is keen to maintain links with the junta led by Captain Traoré, but would freeze any aid plans if Ouagadougou signs a deal with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.04.2023

A banner of the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore is seen during a protest to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on the 20 January 2023.

Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

The EU, after appointing more than a dozen new ambassadors in Africa last year, is putting the finishing touches to another major reshuffle of staff in at least 13 embassies on the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.04.2023

Central African Republic
TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

The French oil major appears to have found a way out of the Central African Republic at last. The country's largest company is selling its assets to Tamoil, a Libyan company that is based in Europe.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders, Business 07.04.2023

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

The UN mission in Mali has been hampered politically and operationally by the ruling junta. The UN secretary-general is now drawing up a list of conditions the junta must meet if the mission is to stay on in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2023

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the ceremony of Peacekeepers' Day at the operating base of MINUSMA in Bamako on 29 May 2018.

Africa
Macron appoints his new ambassadors, from Ouagadougou to Brazzaville

The French president has just appointed several ambassadors to strategic posts in Africa in Burkina Faso, Angola, Chad, Congo and Eritrea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.04.2023

Central African Republic
A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

Last week's unclaimed deadly attack on a mining site run by Chinese citizens in Chimbolo has sent shockwaves through the Chinese community, which is very active in this sector. An economic intelligence firm is looking into the activities of armed groups in the area.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 28.03.2023

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

The UN mission's human rights team will soon be publishing its findings regarding events in the Malian village of Moura last March, when between 200 and 600 civilians are thought to have been killed. The report points the finger directly at the Malian army and its Wagner allies.

Free access Diplomacy 16.03.2023

Madagascar
Would-be president Siteny's Russian business ties

Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, who is running for president, can count on his economic links with the family of Marius Vizer, who heads the International Judo Federation and is close to Vladimir Putin.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Business 14.03.2023

DRC, Rwanda
Paris embarrassed by presence of French veterans in eastern DRC

At least three French former officers now working in the private sector are providing logistical support to the Congolese army in the east - a source of embarrassment at the highest levels of the French state.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.03.2023

Burkina Faso
Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré's new directions

In the wake of the brutal end to Burkina Faso's military cooperation deal with Paris, Burkinabe officers appear increasingly divided as regards junta leader Ibrahim Traoré. Traoré for his part is wary of some of them and keeps certain figures well away from the decision-making process.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.03.2023

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's new president, in Ouagadougou, 15 October 2022.

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

US intelligence agencies are closely following the activities of Sudan's deputy junta leader in Chad, the Central African Republic and in his own country. They suspect him of links to an alleged plot to topple Chad's interim president and are scrutinising his mining interests and dealings with Russian entities including the paramilitary firm Wagner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 06.03.2023

The vice president of the transition in Sudan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as 'Hemeti'.

Central African Republic
Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

The US is currently engaged in advanced negotiations to convince CAR's president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to break with the Russian paramilitary armed group Wagner, and has offered to sponsor Bozizé's departure from Chad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.02.2023

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

The border region straddling Sudan, the Central African Republic and Chad has been the focus of intense manoeuvring in recent weeks. At stake is the control of the Vakaga gold mines and the expansion of the Wagner group, against a backdrop of high-level rivalry in Khartoum.

Free access Defence, Politics 26.01.2023

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Wagner

Sudan
Alarm bells ring over Le Figaro journalist's pro-Hemeti article

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Burkina Faso
Ibrahim Traore turns deaf ear to EU military aid offer

Central African Republic, Sudan
Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

Libya
French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Central African Republic
Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
As Wagner spectre looms, EU reaches out to Ouagadougou

Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

Central African Republic
TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Africa
Macron appoints his new ambassadors, from Ouagadougou to Brazzaville

Central African Republic
A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

Madagascar
Would-be president Siteny's Russian business ties

DRC, Rwanda
Paris embarrassed by presence of French veterans in eastern DRC

Burkina Faso
Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré's new directions

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Central African Republic
Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

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Sudan Alarm bells ring over Le Figaro journalist's pro-Hemeti article

Niger Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore turns deaf ear to EU military aid offer

Central African Republic, Sudan Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

Libya French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Central African Republic Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

Sudan Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Spotlight | Burkina Faso As Wagner spectre looms, EU reaches out to Ouagadougou

Africa EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

Central African Republic TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Mali Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Africa Macron appoints his new ambassadors, from Ouagadougou to Brazzaville

Central African Republic A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

Mali MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

Madagascar Would-be president Siteny's Russian business ties

DRC, Rwanda Paris embarrassed by presence of French veterans in eastern DRC

Burkina Faso Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré's new directions

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Central African Republic Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Sudan
Alarm bells ring over Le Figaro journalist's pro-Hemeti article

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum tries to revive military cooperation with Bamako

Burkina Faso
Ibrahim Traore turns deaf ear to EU military aid offer

Central African Republic, Sudan
Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

Libya
French diplomats prepare Libyan summit in Paris

Central African Republic
Washington gives $10m for FACA military camps

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
As Wagner spectre looms, EU reaches out to Ouagadougou

Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

Central African Republic
TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

Mali
Antonio Guterres to deliver MINUSMA ultimatum to junta leader Goïta

Africa
Macron appoints his new ambassadors, from Ouagadougou to Brazzaville

Central African Republic
A discreet Chinese firm investigates the killing of nine miners working for Royal Cost Gold

Mali
MINUSMA set to release explosive report on Moura 'massacre'

Madagascar
Would-be president Siteny's Russian business ties

DRC, Rwanda
Paris embarrassed by presence of French veterans in eastern DRC

Burkina Faso
Burkinabe military split over junta leader Traoré's new directions

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Central African Republic
Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay