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Spotlight | Senegal
Obama's secret mission to dissuade Macky Sall from seeking third term

US President Barack Obama talks with the Senegalese president Macky Sall during a bilateral press conference at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 June 2013. © Jim Watson/AFP

According to information gathered by African Intelligence, the former US president quietly reached out to his erstwhile counterpart to express Washington's misgivings about his presumed intention to run for re-election in February 2024. His intervention was closely coordinated with the Biden administration.

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Central Africa

DRC
CENI turns down international offer to audit electoral roll

Rather than accept an offer by four organisations - among them the African Union and UN - the DRC's electoral commission has called for expressions of interest in conducting an audit of the country's electoral register.

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Angola, DRC
Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

The Congolese president, who is distancing himself from the East African Community, continues to be involved with other regional organisations and will shortly attend the next summit of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region in Luanda.

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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Corsican businessman Michel Tomi to open casino in Abidjan

To boost his business in Africa, the Corsican entrepreneur is hoping to open what would be Abidjan's second casino, for which he will have to also build a 5-star hotel.

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Inner circle | Nigeria
The members-in-waiting of Bola Tinubu's kitchen cabinet

Bola Tinubu and his supporters in Abuja in March 2023. © Kola Sulaimon / AFP

The man who will take up residence in Aso Rock Villa for the next four years will gather around him a team of close collaborators, most of whom previously worked with him in Lagos. A handful of northerners who helped him to victory in a number of key states in the 25 February election should also have a significant presence in the new president's team.

Free access Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
No holds barred in battle to become new Chamber of Commerce boss

The race to lead Kenya's powerful private sector platform has taken a new turn with the withdrawal of the president's preferred candidate. The incumbent is confident, but he will face surprise competition from his number two.

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Sudan
Alarm bells ring over Le Figaro journalist's pro-Hemeti article

In an article, a journalist at Le Figaro called on the international community to support Hemeti rather than his rival for Sudan's presidency, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who he said is "close to the Islamists".

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Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Rio Tinto and Rajoelina haggle over mineral sands

A Malagasy worker walks along an access track at mining giant Rio Tinto's mine in Fort Dauphin. © Ed Harris/Reuters

The negotiations over the Fort-Dauphin mine are entering the final straight, the Anglo-Australian giant having made a firm offer to the mines minister Olivier Rakotomalala.

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North Africa

Libya, Tunisia
Business France focuses efforts on North African security markets

France's business development agency is striving to attract French companies back into the Tunisian and Libyan security and civil protection markets. France is preparing a cooperation partnership with Libya and a financing plan for Tunisia.

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Egypt
Cairo's ambitious two-step UNESCO plan

Egypt is hoping to use a temporary lack of interest in the post of assistant director-general for UNESCO's Africa department to place one of its diplomats. This could in turn lead to an opening for Khaled Al Anani to take the helm of the institution in 2025.

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