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

Inner circles | Gabon
The securocrats at the service of Oligui Nguema

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 | Kenya, Niger
Niamey junta dispatches emissaries to hunt for cheap weapon supply

Niger's ruling junta has sent emissaries to Kenya to try to buy weapons for its security forces on behalf of the interior ministry. Negotiations are well underway with a Nairobi-based company for the provision of weapons, the origin of which are raising eyebrows.

Inner circles | Tanzania
Emmanuel Nchimbi spins strategies for Samia Suluhu's re-election bid

Spotlight | Somalia
A year from election, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud faces looming isolation

Dissident regions, the advance of Al-Shabaab, feigned national dialogue... The president's 2026 re-election campaign heralds a rocky road ahead. What's more a united front is taking shape, comprised of his two main opponents from Jubaland and Puntland.

Spotlight | Sudan
Abu Dhabi seeks closer ties with General Burhan

Since the Sudanese Armed Forces gained a military advantage and took back Khartoum in April, the United Arab Emirates has been trying to re-engage with the authorities in the country's de facto capital. Yet the latter are keeping their distance.

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

Spotlight | Mozambique
Russian bank VTB awarded $352m from Manuel Chang and three former Credit Suisse employees

A US court has ordered restitution be made to the London arm of a sanctioned Russian bank defrauded in Mozambique's hidden debt scandal, piling financial penalties onto key figures behind the $2bn fraud.

Spotlight | Kenya, Morocco
Kenya signals pivot toward Morocco over Western Sahara

President William Ruto is quietly repositioning Kenya in the Western Sahara dispute, edging closer to Rabat's camp as fertiliser diplomacy and economic interests take priority over long-standing support for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which has an embassy in Nairobi.

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 | Morocco
French agro-industrial giant Avril edges closer to take control of Lesieur Cristal

The French company is betting on improved Franco-Moroccan relations to secure a majority stake in the kingdom's table oil leader, which would allow it to roll out its long-stalled African expansion.