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Idriss Yousssouf Boy, conductor of the Chadian regime's orders for military equipment.

In Focus | Chad
Idriss Youssouf Boy and the sinuous arms routes of Chad's junta

Documents consulted by Africa Intelligence reveal a secret company used by the inner circle of Chad leader Mahamat Idriss Déby to order defence equipment. His chief of staff, Idriss Youssouf Boy, is at the heart of complex and lucrative military equipment financing circuits that stretch from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, via Astana, Istanbul and Sofia.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa

Cameroon
Danwe stuck in judge's antechamber following accusation in Zogo murder

Eight months after being incarcerated for his suspected involvement in the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo, the ex-Operations Director of Cameroon's intelligence agency DGRE Justin Danwe is still waiting for a hearing with the judge.

Subscribers only Politics

Cameroon
China's Addax blames catastrophic drilling campaign on outsiders

Addax Petroleum's drawn-out drilling campaign in Cameroon stuttered to a halt in September. Its leaders are laying the blame for the failure of the costly $180m operation on the former boss of the firm's Cameroon subsidiary, Roger Beaumont.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Nigeria
Elbit, Thales and Nexter approached to arm Leonardo fighters

The Nigerian Air Force is due to receive its first M-346 light attack jets from Italy's Leonardo next year and negotiations over who will arm the aircraft are already well under way. The Israeli intermediation firm Ebony Enterprises has been commissioned to contact suppliers.

Subscribers only Defence

Ivory Coast
Abidjan weighs cost of sustainable cocoa

Ivory Coast is seeking increased aid from Brussels to transform its cocoa industry in response to changes in European standards. A team of experts commissioned by the prime minister's office has assessed the cost of the required changes.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Nairobi governor courted by French firms on first Paris visit

For his first official trip to the French capital, governor Johnson Sakaja has a packed schedule that will include meetings with the private sector and several summits.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Office of Russian diamond producer Alrosa in Moscow, 27 April 2022.

Angola
Alrosa negotiates exit from Catoca diamond mine

The sanctions-hit Russian diamond giant Alrosa wants to pull out of Angola and is in talks with its Angolan homologue, Endiama.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Al Mada and CDG battle over kingdom's water engineering projects

With the agrifood industry accounting for 21% of Morocco's GDP, water shortage has become a pressing concern for the kingdom. It has launched major projects to address that, with two water engineering companies landing most of the contracts.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Said Bouteflika (C) with Gaid Salah (L) at General Mohamed Atailia's burial in Algiers, Algeria, 10 December 2017.

Algeria
Switzerland quietly provides Said Bouteflika's account information

Last summer, the Swiss courts informed Algiers with information about several wire transfers made to accounts owned by former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's younger brother.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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