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Spotlight | Senegal
Secret talks between Dakar and Paris spy chiefs after military exit

President Emmanuel Macron welcomes President Bassirou Diomaye Faye at the Élysée Palace in Paris, 27 August 2025. © Abdullah Firas/Abaca via Reuters

France's DGSE foreign intelligence service chief Nicolas Lerner met with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Paris last month after making a secret visit to Dakar to meet his counterpart there. Lerner is particularly worried about the Sahel jihadist threat spreading to coastal countries in West Africa.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa

Central Africa
Guterres representative under internal investigation

Abdou Abarry at a UNOCA press conference in Libreville, Gabon, 28 March 2025. © Samperode Mba Allogho / Unoca

Based in Gabon, the head of UNOCA, Nigerien diplomat Abdou Abarry, is facing allegations of ‘sexual exploitation and abuse'. Despite investigations, he has been reinstated in his position. An embarrassment for the UN Secretary-General.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central African Republic
Karim Meckassoua's nephew arrested after Yevgeny Prigozhin memorial service

Businessman Mahamat Djamil Babanani, a close associate and member of the family of the exiled former president of the National Assembly, was arrested in August by Wagner.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Senegal
Kyiv tries to restore its image in Dakar

While it has been criticised for focusing excessively on the struggle against Russia, Ukrainian diplomacy is trying to revive its cooperation with the Senegalese state. It is banking in particular on expertise in the digital sphere.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

DRC, Rwanda
Choice of bidders to build Ruzizi III dam postponed once again

The Ruzizi River hydroelectric power plant project on the border between the DRC and Rwanda is facing delays. It is part of the US peace process in the region and could benefit from new funding.

Free access Energy

Kenya
Security agencies plan on beefing up troops on the Somali border

The large number of displaced persons arriving from Somalia coupled with the Kenyan administration's difficulties in accommodating them are causing concern among security officials.

Subscribers only Defence

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
The 10 new rail freight groups selected by Pretoria to support Transnet

Swiss giant MSC, mining group Menar and logistics company Grindrod are among the rail operators chosen by the authorities. From 2027, they are expected to transport an additional 20 million tonnes per year on the South African network.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Airbus and Boeing at loggerheads over future army helicopters

A Royal Moroccan Air Force CH-47D Chinook military transport helicopter lands in Tizi n'Test, Morocco, 2023. © Bulent KIlic / AFP

The planned expansion of the Air Force's transport capabilities is sparking fierce competition between the European and American aviation giants.

Subscribers only Defence

Egypt
French wheat, snubbed by Algiers, breaks through Egyptian market

French trader Soufflet and Singaporean company Olam are set to deliver around 200,000 tonnes of wheat to Egypt. This represents an attractive new market for French grain following Algeria's decision to freeze imports of this commodity.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

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