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Spotlight | Morocco
The under-the-radar businessman connected to Israeli arms firms

A BlueBird ThunderB drone exhibited at Tel Aviv airport in 2019. © Jack Guez / AFP

A low-profile Franco-Moroccan entrepreneur who trades in tyres and military equipment maintains close ties with several Israeli defence companies. His network of contacts puts him in a key position between Tel Aviv and Rabat.

Subscribers only Defence

The Continent

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, DRC, Rwanda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory Coast, MaliSidiki Diabaté, Ouattara's celebrity supporter

MoroccoGhali Fikri, new blood reforming education

DRC, RwandaAli Al Sulaiti, Doha's all-purpose man on the M23 issue

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC, Rwanda
New date for signing of peace agreement

Signing of the agreement between the Rwandan and Congolese foreign ministers alongside Donald Trump at the White House, 27 June 2025. © Ken Cedeno / Reuters

Reprogrammed several times, the ceremony may now be held on 21 November at the White House. Washington explains this postponement as being due to US President Donald Trump's busy schedule.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Cameroon
Nigerian tycoon Muhammadu Indimi's low key visit to Yaoundé

The chairman of the Oriental Energy Resources oil group made a trip to the capital this summer, lining up a series of high-level meetings.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics

West Africa

West Africa
WAEMU succession battle against backdrop of AES crisis

The departure of Togolese Badanam Patoki from the presidency of the Financial Markets Authority of the West African Economic and Monetary Union has reopened a succession battle within the institution, this time pitting Niger against Benin.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia, Kenya
Kenyan army set to open two military bases in Turkana

Faced with security issues in the county, which borders Ethiopia and South Sudan, William Ruto has personally intervened to speed up plans to station his army in the northwestern county.

Subscribers only Defence

Burundi, Tanzania
Ndayishimiye and his allies rocked by Tanzanian crisis

Évariste Ndayishimiye (l) and Kassim Majaliwa (r), then Tanzanian prime minister, inaugurate the Uvinza-Musongati railway worksite in Musongati, Burundi on 16 August 2025. © Ji Li / Xinhua via AFP

With its heavy dependence on its neighbour, Burundi lost access to its main trading partner in the span of a few days. The head of state was quick to offer his support to Samia Suluhu Hassan, whom he sees as a powerful ally in his confrontation with Rwanda.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
ANC ministers divided over chromite tax

Two government heavyweights, Parks Tau and Gwede Mantashe, are at odds over the measures to be taken to revive the failing ferrochrome industry. Those under consideration have provoked strong opposition from mining groups, including Sibanye-Stillwater.

Subscribers only Mining, Business

North Africa

Algeria
Danone appoints new general manager to get back on track

The food multinational has signed up a new recruit to manage its local subsidiary to replace the French national Frédéric Sudre.

Subscribers only Business

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