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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.
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Assomption Island in the Seychelles, 2023.
Assomption Island in the Seychelles, 2023.© Franz Neumeier/ImageBroker/Alamy

Spotlight | Africa
The huge environmental risk of Al-Khayyat billionaires' luxury hotel diplomacy

The two Qatari brothers have turned ultra-luxury resorts into an instrument of influence, leveraging ties to Qatar's emir and the business network surrounding Donald Trump. In the Seychelles, a project negotiated behind closed doors with the country's political elite is emerging as a major threat to one of the world's most fragile ecosystems.
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Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in New York, on 21 April 2026.
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in New York, on 21 April 2026.© Selcuk Acar/Anadolu

Inner Circle | Africa
Rafael Grossi leverages solid African contacts in bid for UN top job

In the running to replace António Guterres as UN secretary-general, the Argentine diplomat can count on the network of African scientists and statespersons he has built since becoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2019.
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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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