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Illustration: Ezinne Osueke | Photos: MAP/AFP; L. Marin/AFP; N. Economou/NurPhoto/AFP; F. Senna/AFP; S. Boisse/Photononstop/AFP
Illustration: Ezinne Osueke | Photos: MAP/AFP; L. Marin/AFP; N. Economou/NurPhoto/AFP; F. Senna/AFP; S. Boisse/Photononstop/AFP

In Focus | Africa, Morocco
OCP Group's African wager in the midst of the cadmium scandal

The Moroccan phosphate giant, facing health, legislative, and geopolitical pressures, is looking to secure its market share in Africa, where regulations are less stringent, whilst they are becoming stricter in Europe. This is prompting the group to sell its high-cadmium fertilisers to sub-Saharan countries and benefit from a legal loophole.
Commodity Traders, Diplomacy
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Romuald Wadagni, ruling party candidate for the presidential election, in Cotonou, on 21 March 2026.
Romuald Wadagni, ruling party candidate for the presidential election, in Cotonou, on 21 March 2026.© Charles Placide Tossou/Reuters

Inner Circle | Benin
The team behind presidential election favourite Romuald Wadagni

Ruling party candidate for the election on 12 April, the finance minister has surrounded himself with a few close associates and a team under the control of the outgoing president Patrice Talon to lead his campaign. These are figures who would be part of his inner circle if he is elected.
10.04.2026
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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.
Mining, Diplomacy 13.07.2026
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Head office of French energy giant Engie, in the La Défense business district in the west of Paris, June 2023.
Head office of French energy giant Engie, in the La Défense business district in the west of Paris, June 2023.© Benjamin Polge/Hans Lucas via AFP

Spotlight | Morocco
Engie solidifies alliance with OCP Group

With the monarch's visit to Paris in its sights, the flagship French energy company aims to finalise the creation of its joint-venture with the Moroccan phosphate giant by autumn. The opening of its Dakhla desalination plant with Nareva should coincide with the event.
Energy, Diplomacy 17.07.2026
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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