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Spotlight | Kenya
Nairobi and Paris set to launch landmark defence agreement

Kenya Defence Forces soldiers in Nairobi, in June 2024. © Luis Tato/AFP

France and Kenya are about to ratify their first military cooperation agreement. This will see French forces train the Kenyan army, strengthen maritime security and organise exercises in a country whose traditional allies have been Washington and London.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa

Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby loyalists behind reconciliation with Paris

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris, on 29 January 2026. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

The Chadian President's official visit to the French capital was intended to ease tensions and formalise a resumption of relations between the two countries. It may prove strategically useful for N'Djamena, which is seeking to reconnect with its historic partner while setting clear conditions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

DRC
The low-key role played by Erik Prince's men in military operations in Uvira

The American billionaire who heads the private firm Vectus Global agreed in January to support operations carried out by the DRC armed forces aimed at retaking South Kivu's second largest city. Several of his men were present on the front line alongside Congolese soldiers.

Subscribers only Defence

DRC
President Tshisekedi due in Abu Dhabi ahead of US trip

UAE's President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and his DRC counterpart, Félix Tshisekedi, on 24 January 2023. © Abdulla Al Neyadi/UAE's Ministry of Presidential Affairs/AFP

The Congolese leader, who is due in Washington next week to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, plans to visit the United Arab Emirates beforehand, where he is scheduled to meet with his Emirati counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy

West Africa

Mauritania, Senegal
As TotalEnergies withdraws, Energean seeks to position itself on BirAllah and Yakaar-Teranga gas fields

Energean CEO Mathios Rigas in Athens, Greece, on 6 November 2025. © Menelaos Myrillas/SOOC/AFP

With its significant financial weight, the firm listed in London and Tel Aviv is attempting to establish itself in West Africa, while continuing to explore opportunities in Central Africa.

Subscribers only Energy

Africa
Bogotá hones its strategy for the continent

Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez (right) on official visit to Nairobi, 15 May 2023. © Tony KARUMBA / AFP

Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants to strengthen his country's diplomatic presence in Africa by opening new embassies. His vice president completed a regional tour a month ago of Lomé, Dakar and Accra.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Rwanda
Delegations from French companies prepare a visit to Kigali

The first mission, led by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, is scheduled for March. MEDEF International, for its part, is planning a mission in May.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Gaborone enlists the services of a new US-based lobbyist

Botswana has just signed a contract with a North Carolina-based consultant to provide "strategic consulting services to align US economic interests with development projects" in the southern African country.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Morocco
Parliamentary dialogue with Paris disrupted by the cost of French schools

With the French-speaking elite's unwavering fondness for French international schools, the increase in tuition fees at these institutions is taking on diplomatic proportions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Libya
CMA CGM has new ambitions in the Misurata Free Zone

After missing out on the tender for the operation of the two MFZ container docks, Rodolphe Saadé's French maritime group is seeking to position itself on future lots in the free zone.

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