Inner circles | Senegal, Somalia
Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan builds ambitious Africa team in Ankara

Inner circles | Central African Republic
The nebulous web of ‘diplomats' around President Touadéra

Since coming to power in 2016, Faustin-Archange Touadéra has refined his diplomatic relations and methods. The Central African Republic's head of state has assembled a team of shadow advisers on whom he regularly relies to achieve his goals.

Spotlight | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
The long-standing dispute poisoning relations between Malabo and Yaoundé

Over recent months, a close associate of Cameroon's presidential couple has been attempting to seize assets belonging to the Equatorial Guinean state, including a yacht owned by the vice-president. This move is based on a 15-year-old dispute.

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Ruzizi III dam, 20%-owned by TotalEnergies, becomes key part of DRC peace talks

A planned hydroelectric project on the Ruzizi River has gradually become a key component of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Inner circles | Burkina Faso
Chinese adviser, traditional hunter, banker... a deep dive into Ibrahim Traoré's business circles

Spotlight | West Africa
Sidi Ould Tah fine-tunes his arrival at helm of African Development Bank

The president-elect of the pan-African institution still has two months to go before officially taking office. But amid thank-you tours, managing the transition and assembling his team, the Mauritanian already has a pile of dossiers on his desk.

Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has enlisted the services of a businessman to set up a system for collecting carbon contributions from polluters, known as the Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry. Several countries are following suit, attracted by the promise of this lucrative scheme.

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's young Tigrayan guard

Ethiopia's Tigray region returned to TPLF control in March, but the prime minister is seeking to challenge the party's hegemony there with the help of a group of opposition figures.

Inner circles | Namibia
President Nandi-Ndaitwah completes technocratic government with hydrocarbons advisers

Spotlight | Libya
Ankara recalibrates its forces with Saddam Haftar

The Turkish government is strengthening its ties with the self-styled Libyan National Army, while its military officials are holding talks with generals in both the west and east of the divided state. In return, Ankara could secure a lucrative deal on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean.

Inner circles | North Africa
Italian PM Meloni spins a business web from Rabat to Cairo

Energy, transport, arms… Italy's head of state is asserting her ambitions in North Africa through a network of major firms – most of them state-backed and highly active. It's an approach strikingly similar to that of her French rival.

Spotlight | Algeria
Major French groups navigate a mixed climate amid Paris-Algiers diplomatic chill

While tensions between the two countries hit new heights, several leading French CEOs, like those of TotalEnergies and CMA CGM, are maintaining their positions in Algeria and are even helping renew Franco-Algerian ties.