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William Ruto, Emmanuel Macron, Yoweri Museveni

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon-Kenya Ruto lends a hand to the Commonwealth after coup

Nigeria French trade minister heads to Abuja as consolation prize

Uganda Pastor Patience Museveni builds father's northern networks

DRC
Police beef up resources as presidential elections approach

Wary of the risk of violence in cities during the presidential elections in December, the authorities in Kinshasa are strengthening police resources with anti-riot equipment and armoured vehicles from Turkey's Katmerciler group.

DRC
Jean-Luc Mélenchon plans to visit Kinshasa

The French opposition leader is set to spend a week in the DRC in late October. He will speak about the conflict in North Kivu.

Angola, Ivory Coast
Sonangol struggles to withdraw from Ivory Coast

The Angolan oil company wants to sell its 20% stake in Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR). The Ivorian state, SIR's majority shareholder, hopes to buy the shares but negotiations are complex. The matter is being handled directly by President Alassane Ouattara.

Senegal
Sow family wins stake in major motorway project linking Dakar to Saint-Louis

On 13 October, the country's main construction and public works company, Compagnie Sahélienne d'Entreprise, controlled by the Sow family, won the contract to build a major part of the motorway linking Dakar and Saint-Louis via Tivaouane.

Kenya
Charles III's road to Nairobi littered with obstacles

Ahead of the British monarch's visit, several longstanding political and economic issues remain unresolved between Kenya and its former colonial power.

Angola
China Sonangol International Holding to exit Block 3/05A

Chinese-Angolan oil company China Sonangol International Holding Limited (CSIHL), which is based in Hong Kong, will shortly leave oil block 3/05A, on Luanda's northern coast.

Morocco
Rabat turns to Finatech Group to help stifle unlawful dispossession

In response to a wave of unlawful dispossessions, Rabat is preparing to tech up.

Libya
British court rules that accusations against Expertise Consultancy boss were defamatory

Britain’s High Court has ruled that Peter Deane's accusations against Tamim Rashed, the head of Libyan security firm Expertise Consultancy, were defamatory.