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Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi speaks in Nairobi in January 2026. © Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa/MaxPPP

Spotlight | Kenya
Nairobi and Moscow to address perilous issue of Kenyan soldiers recruited by Russian army

Amid a scandal involving a recruitment network sending Kenyan fighters to the Ukrainian front, the two countries are struggling to agree on the agenda for Musalia Mudavadi's visit to the Russian capital, set for mid-March. The prime cabinet secretary wants to ensure that his citizens are no longer allowed to join the Russian army.

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Inner circle | DRC
AFC-M23 appoints new civilian leaders to manage proto-state

Two of the rebel leaders, Corneille Nangaa and Bertrand Bisimwa. © Moïse Kasereka/EPA/MaxPPP

Since its swift conquest in eastern DRC a year ago, the rebellion has been working to turn its military advances into lasting power. A handful of civilian leaders have been entrusted with managing the territories now under AFC-M23 control.

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DRC
Zani-Kodo gold mine operator irritates Sokimo

The new management of KiloMoto Mining has inherited one of the most promising deposits in the DRC. The partnership signed in 2024 with Turkish operator Milvest has been causing friction for several months over commitments that are considered to have been breached.

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Marouane Mabrouk (left) with Didier Lombard, then chairman of France Telecom (centre), and Mohamed Ghannouchi, the Tunisian Prime Minister at the time, at the launch of Orange Tunisie in Tunis in 2010. © Fethi Belaid / AFP

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Orano

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Spotlight | Kenya Nairobi and Moscow to address perilous issue of Kenyan soldiers recruited by Russian army

Inner circle | DRC AFC-M23 appoints new civilian leaders to manage proto-state

DRC Zani-Kodo gold mine operator irritates Sokimo

Tunisia Ruling in businessman Marouane Mabrouk's trial baffles observers

Senegal Dakar plans energy summit to entice Arab countries

Kenya, Uganda Agribusiness giant Del Monte turns to Kampala

Ivory Coast EU reappoints France's DCI to equip Ivorian army

DRC António Guterres names future MONUSCO head

Libya Gap widens between President Menfi and PM Dabaiba

In Focus

Nigeria Delta state baron Tompolo plays last card

Kenya The A8 motorway: anatomy of a $1.5 billion French fiasco

Nigeria As jihadist pressure mounts, Tinubu searches for effective security strategy

Madagascar Donald Trump's secret plans in Antananarivo

Benin Talon dynasty puts Afrobeats festival, MMA and cinema to work in soft power offensive

Burkina Faso, Mali Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

The Continent

Inner circle | Africa How Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's networks steer DP World into Africa's ports

Palace Intrigues Félix Tshisekedi, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

GabonBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema sends half-brother to New Delhi

CARPortuguese president's Bangui visit takes a turn for the worse

DRCFélix Tshisekedi's former private adviser gets stuck in Dubai

Central Africa

Gabon Construction company Webcor lodges complaint against member of Oligui Nguema circle

Central African Republic Uncertainty reigns between Orano and Bangui over Bakouma uranium deposit

Inner circle | Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye sets up his A-team at the African Union

Congo Sassou-Nguesso faces threat of record abstention

DRC How Tshisekedi chose candidate for La Francophonie

Africa French betting company PMU wins legal battle against its ex-partner on the continent

Cameroon Yaoundé arranges financing for Hilton renovation

Cameroon French Development Agency cancels loan to Sodecoton, weakened by state arrears

DRC Sino-Congolese firm SACIM's Antwerp sale of Kasaï diamonds

Congo Presidential election: Denis Sassou-Nguesso's defence programme

Spotlight | DRC How Kinshasa rebalanced its strategic partnership with Washington

West Africa

Nigeria Chappal Energies faces crisis after takeover of Equinor assets

Ghana Mahama seeks to strengthen the Accra–Paris axis

Inner circle | Nigeria The architects behind President Tinubu's diplomacy

Spotlight | Mali The grey areas of Washington's rapprochement with Assimi Goïta

Senegal Macky Sall brings his UN pre-campaign to Paris to meet with Emmanuel Macron

Ivory Coast Washington tightens security cooperation with Abidjan for 2026 World Cup

Ivory Coast US banks show increasing appetite for Ivorian market

Africa The inside story behind the Africa Gold Council

Nigeria US Congress maintains pressure on Abuja

Senegal Faye chooses polarising figure as new top military adviser

Niger Army counts heavy equipment losses after Niamey base attack

Eastern Africa and the Horn

South Sudan The turbulent rise of Kiir's new right-hand man Africano Mande

Ethiopia Armed opposition to TPLF in Tigray tempted to return to the fold

Inner circle | South Sudan President Kiir's daughter Adut consolidates her place at the heart of power

Rwanda Kagame heads to Paris to promote Rwanda as Africa nuclear power hub

Tanzania Samia Suluhu plays for time as international aid retreats

Ethiopia Swiss entrepreneur Josua Gehrig again in federal court's sights

Sudan The search is on for Ramtane Lamamra's successor as special envoy for Sudan

African Union African capitals consider successor to UN's António Guterres

Kenya Kenya Power halts transfer of $680m of assets

Uganda How Kampala and New Delhi are knitting closer ties

Kenya Parliament ends diplomatic immunity for GCA climate research body

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa Army's unreliable access to Island View fuel reserves poses security risks

Madagascar Pro-Russian networks thrive alongside rapprochement with Moscow

Inner circle | Madagascar The politicians and businessmen close to junta leader Randrianirina

Spotlight | South Africa Pretoria pushes to expand pro-Palestinian axis

South Africa Rand Refinery looking to return shine to their African gold plans

Botswana Duma Boko moves closer to Paris

Zambia Lusaka stands up to Washington in health deal negotiations

Madagascar A former politician resurfaces alongside Randrianirina

Namibia President's new oil bill to push ministries aside

Madagascar Macron-Randrianirina lunch meeting menu

Mozambique Washington dispatches envoy to Maputo

North Africa

Africa African ambassadors slowly reclaim their positions in Damascus

Morocco Starlink struggles to make a connection with the kingdom

Inner circle | Egypt President Sisi's armada of new ambassadors

Spotlight | Morocco Rabat throws open Western Sahara's mineral wealth to Washington

Spotlight | Kenya
Nairobi and Moscow to address perilous issue of Kenyan soldiers recruited by Russian army

Inner circle | DRC
AFC-M23 appoints new civilian leaders to manage proto-state

DRC
Zani-Kodo gold mine operator irritates Sokimo

Tunisia
Ruling in businessman Marouane Mabrouk's trial baffles observers

Senegal
Dakar plans energy summit to entice Arab countries

Kenya, Uganda
Agribusiness giant Del Monte turns to Kampala

Ivory Coast
EU reappoints France's DCI to equip Ivorian army

DRC
António Guterres names future MONUSCO head

Libya
Gap widens between President Menfi and PM Dabaiba

Nigeria
Delta state baron Tompolo plays last card

Kenya
The A8 motorway: anatomy of a $1.5 billion French fiasco

Nigeria
As jihadist pressure mounts, Tinubu searches for effective security strategy

Madagascar
Donald Trump's secret plans in Antananarivo

Benin
Talon dynasty puts Afrobeats festival, MMA and cinema to work in soft power offensive

Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Inner circle | Africa
How Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's networks steer DP World into Africa's ports

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Gabon
Construction company Webcor lodges complaint against member of Oligui Nguema circle

Central African Republic
Uncertainty reigns between Orano and Bangui over Bakouma uranium deposit

Inner circle | Burundi
Évariste Ndayishimiye sets up his A-team at the African Union

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso faces threat of record abstention

DRC
How Tshisekedi chose candidate for La Francophonie

Africa
French betting company PMU wins legal battle against its ex-partner on the continent

Cameroon
Yaoundé arranges financing for Hilton renovation

Cameroon
French Development Agency cancels loan to Sodecoton, weakened by state arrears

DRC
Sino-Congolese firm SACIM's Antwerp sale of Kasaï diamonds

Congo
Presidential election: Denis Sassou-Nguesso's defence programme

Spotlight | DRC
How Kinshasa rebalanced its strategic partnership with Washington

Nigeria
Chappal Energies faces crisis after takeover of Equinor assets

Ghana
Mahama seeks to strengthen the Accra–Paris axis

Inner circle | Nigeria
The architects behind President Tinubu's diplomacy

Spotlight | Mali
The grey areas of Washington's rapprochement with Assimi Goïta

Senegal
Macky Sall brings his UN pre-campaign to Paris to meet with Emmanuel Macron

Ivory Coast
Washington tightens security cooperation with Abidjan for 2026 World Cup

Ivory Coast
US banks show increasing appetite for Ivorian market

Africa
The inside story behind the Africa Gold Council

Nigeria
US Congress maintains pressure on Abuja

Senegal
Faye chooses polarising figure as new top military adviser

Niger
Army counts heavy equipment losses after Niamey base attack

South Sudan
The turbulent rise of Kiir's new right-hand man Africano Mande

Ethiopia
Armed opposition to TPLF in Tigray tempted to return to the fold

Inner circle | South Sudan
President Kiir's daughter Adut consolidates her place at the heart of power

Rwanda
Kagame heads to Paris to promote Rwanda as Africa nuclear power hub

Tanzania
Samia Suluhu plays for time as international aid retreats

Ethiopia
Swiss entrepreneur Josua Gehrig again in federal court's sights

Sudan
The search is on for Ramtane Lamamra's successor as special envoy for Sudan

African Union
African capitals consider successor to UN's António Guterres

Kenya
Kenya Power halts transfer of $680m of assets

Uganda
How Kampala and New Delhi are knitting closer ties

Kenya
Parliament ends diplomatic immunity for GCA climate research body

South Africa
Army's unreliable access to Island View fuel reserves poses security risks

Madagascar
Pro-Russian networks thrive alongside rapprochement with Moscow

Inner circle | Madagascar
The politicians and businessmen close to junta leader Randrianirina

Spotlight | South Africa
Pretoria pushes to expand pro-Palestinian axis

South Africa
Rand Refinery looking to return shine to their African gold plans

Botswana
Duma Boko moves closer to Paris

Zambia
Lusaka stands up to Washington in health deal negotiations

Madagascar
A former politician resurfaces alongside Randrianirina

Namibia
President's new oil bill to push ministries aside

Madagascar
Macron-Randrianirina lunch meeting menu

Mozambique
Washington dispatches envoy to Maputo

Africa
African ambassadors slowly reclaim their positions in Damascus

Morocco
Starlink struggles to make a connection with the kingdom

Inner circle | Egypt
President Sisi's armada of new ambassadors

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat throws open Western Sahara's mineral wealth to Washington

Libya
The mysteries around the plane crash that claimed chief of staff's life

Morocco
Mohammed VI puts French château up for sale

Tunisia
Italy's Minerali Industriali and Tunis to battle it out

Tunisia
Alpha Hyundai Motor Tunisia takes control of Mazda dealership

Morocco
Ex-minister Mohcine Jazouli slowly regains footing in consulting

Tunisia
Enova Robotics makes its exit from France

Egypt
Opposition figure Ayman Nour rallies support in Europe