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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and former president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu, on 23 May 2022.
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and former president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu, on 23 May 2022.© Feisal Omar/Reuters

Somalia
Ankara scores double success in Mogadishu

Both the government and the opposition have set out their conditions in order for an agreement to be reached at the end of the new round of negotiations currently taking place in the Somali capital. Turkey is playing a key role in the process and is increasingly making its presence felt in both the military and economic spheres.
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Lebanese businessman Khalil Rihan with Gabon's Head of State, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in Libreville.
Lebanese businessman Khalil Rihan with Gabon's Head of State, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in Libreville.© Document/Africa Intelligence

Spotlight | Gabon
Businessman Khalil Rihan builds new mining empire

The Lebanese businessman has built up a considerable portfolio of mining licenses. With his French son-in-law, Karl Rolly, this informal adviser to President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema directly or indirectly holds the country's largest number of gold exploration and mining licenses.
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A projectile detonates outside the city of Goma in February 2025.
A projectile detonates outside the city of Goma in February 2025.© Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images/AFP

Inner Circle | DRC
In the shadow of General 'Omega', the FDLR's last men standing

Pacifique Ntawunguka, despised by the Kagame government, on his tail in eastern Congo, is committed to his movement's founding mission: to survive while waiting for an illusory return to Rwanda. Deeply immersed in the ideology that led to the 1994 genocide, he relies on a small group of commanders, intelligence officers and ideologues.
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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CCPPC), at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, on 5 September 2024.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CCPPC), at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, on 5 September 2024. © Liu Bin/Xinhua/AFP

Zambia
Chinese giant Wonderful Group builds bridges between Beijing and Lusaka

Founded in the Zambian capital by entrepreneur Huang Yaochi, the firm active in the fertilizer, electricity and cement industries has made the most of its Chinese connections to emerge as a choice partner of the government and its financial agency, the ZCCM-IH, whose main stake is in the mining industry.
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South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola in Berlin, on 13 April 2026.
South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola in Berlin, on 13 April 2026. © Tobias Schwarz/AFP

Inner Circle | South Africa
Presidential hopeful Lamola builds broad base of backers

Appointed foreign affairs minister in June 2024, he has since been handed some of Pretoria's most sensitive missions, including his country's G20 presidency and a bruising diplomatic row with the United States. He has relied on a tight circle of loyal officials to navigate the turbulence.
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