Ivory Coast
Oil minister Coulibaly installs loyal ally at helm of Petroci

Palace Intrigues
Robert Friedland, Mamadi Doumbouya, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

GuineaDoumbouya snubs Friedland in NYC

DRCModeste Bahati Lukwebo acquires luxury Bukavu hotel

EgyptSisi lays on elite judo training for grandson

Ivory CoastOnly first class will do for Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly

Ivory Coast
Swedish junior Svenska in dire financial straits

Deutsche Bank is understood to be about to seize part of Swedish oil junior Svenska Petroleum's shares.

Angola, Ivory Coast
Sonangol struggles to withdraw from Ivory Coast

The Angolan oil company wants to sell its 20% stake in Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR). The Ivorian state, SIR's majority shareholder, hopes to buy the shares but negotiations are complex. The matter is being handled directly by President Alassane Ouattara.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara moves to end Eranove's drinking water monopoly

On the Ivorian president's orders, Prime Minister Patrick Achi is taking steps to open up the drinking water market, currently dominated by the French company's subsidiary SODECI.

Ivory Coast
KPMG's Jean-Luc Ruelle to probe Petroci's missing butane

Ivory Coast's leading importer and distributor of cooking gas somehow lost track of several thousand tonnes of its stock earlier this year. One of the word's top auditing firms is now on the case.