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Spotlight | Sudan
Tracing the mysterious combat drone supply chain in civil war

Remnants of a shell that targeted a refugee center in El Fasher, Sudan, 7 October 2025. © Mohyaldeen M Abdallah / Reuters

"Open source" images analysed by Africa Intelligence reveal the use of sophisticated weapons that have given RSF paramilitary forces a decisive advantage in recent months. Serbia appears to have played a role in the assembly, modification or re-export of Chinese-designed drones.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa

Cameroon
Tensions run high between Sinopec and national oil company SNH

The failure of Chinese executives to produce results from mature deposits is putting pressure on the leadership of the state-owned major Sinopec.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara's security apparatus undergoing reorganisation

From the Ministry of Defence to the general staffs of the army and the gendarmerie, discussions are underway to appoint the key figures in the president's security apparatus.

Subscribers only Defence

Senegal
Drone attack ruled out in Mersin explosion

Initial findings from the Senegalese authorities' investigation into the sabotage of the Russian-linked oil tanker suggest the ship was not hit by drones. However, this conclusion does not dismiss the possibility of a clandestine Ukrainian operation.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

East Africa, Kenya
Future of EU trade deal hangs in the balance

Lee Kinyanjui, Kenyan minister of industry and trade, at the China-Kenya Cooperation Exchange Meeting, 27 March 2025. © Wang Guansen/Xinhua via AFP

The East African Court of Justice could take months to rule on the appeal that Nairobi plans to file against the suspension of its Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Tanzania
Opposition in delicate position in face of Gen Z demands

Many challenges await Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo as they seek to capitalise on the post-election crisis. However, with very few seats in parliament and depleted finances, the two parties are backed into a corner.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
G20 machinations and the rupture between Washington and Pretoria

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a ceremony at the American Institute of Peace in Washington, 4 December 2025. © Allison ROBBERT/AFP

On 3 December, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio unilaterally announced the exclusion of South Africa from the 2026 G20 summit in Miami. This decision was motivated by recent incidents that have exacerbated tensions between the two countries.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

Madagascar
Amid a financial scandal, the free-trade zone companies body, the GEFP, changes leadership

Béatrice Chan Ching Yiu is preparing to step down as president of the GEFP, the body representing companies located in the Antananarivo free-trade zone, a position she has held since 2023.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

North Africa

Morocco
Renault explores Nador as possibility for electric car manufacturing site

The French automotive group plans to begin production of electric vehicles in Morocco. The Nador West Med port is being considered as the location for this new factory.

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Libya
The ICC pursues inquiry into Italy's release of war crime suspect

In The Hague, the prosecutor's office of the International Criminal Court has denounced Italy's non-compliance with the request for cooperation in the arrest of Libyan national Osama Elmasry Njeem.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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