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CAF general secretary appointment descends into confusion

The Confederation of African Football is appointing a new general secretary. While the role has been held on an interim basis by Samson Adamu since March, the recruitment process, launched under unusual circumstances and closing on 10 July, has raised eyebrows at the organisation's Cairo headquarters.
Left to right: president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaâ; president of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe; and its acting general secretary, Samson Adamu, in Salé, Morocco, in April 2026.
Left to right: president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaâ; president of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe; and its acting general secretary, Samson Adamu, in Salé, Morocco, in April 2026.© Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP
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Equatorial Guinean Vice President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mangue in Davos, Switzerland, January 2026.
Equatorial Guinean Vice President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mangue in Davos, Switzerland, January 2026.© Ludovic Marin/AFP

Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Behind the Parisian mansion: a story of ill-gotten gains

The sale of the lavish property in Paris's prestigious 16th arrondissement has plunged France and Equatorial Guinea into turmoil. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mangue is now brandishing the threat of diplomatic reprisals in the affair, which has drawn in all levels of the French diplomatic service.
Diplomacy 07.07.2026
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.
12.06.2026
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Chief of General Staff Said Chengriha and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, 1 November 2025.
Chief of General Staff Said Chengriha and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, 1 November 2025.© Algerian Presidency Office apai/ZUMA-REA

Inner Circle | Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune's circle of faithful followers

A somewhat sidelined minister during the Bouteflika era, the current president has largely achieved his political revenge. Through complex negotiations with the army chief, who remains central to the power structure, he has built up a circle of loyal figures within the state apparatus.
19.06.2026
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