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Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers and Paris pursue rapprochement

The Algerian Justice Minister, Lotfi Boudjemaa, and his French counterpart, Gérald Darmanin, in Algiers on 18 May 2026.© APP/NurPhoto via AFP

Following successive visits from French ministers, several Algerian officials are now expected in France in the coming weeks. At the same time, the business communities on both sides of the Mediterranean are working hard to intensify their exchanges.

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Djibouti
Delegation of Djiboutian parliamentarians due in Paris

Members of the Djibouti-France friendship group are expected to hold a series of meetings at the French parliament, as well as in the Mayenne department in western France.

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Inner Circle | Morocco
Tycoon Hicham Aït Menna's connections in business, sports and politics

Hicham Aït Menna, president of Wydad Athletic Club, in Miami in the United States on 5 December 2024. © Brian Snyder/Reuters

Son of a prominent industrialist who built a vast empire in the Moroccan economic and political spheres, he now holds a respected position in both. A low-profile member of Parliament, he pursues various ventures in the worlds of business and football.

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Madagascar
Electoral commission officials undergoing training in Moscow

Thierry Rakotonarivo, president of the CENI, in Moscow on 14 April 2026. © Sergei Fadeichev/Tass/Zuma/MaxPPP

Following the CENI president's mission to Moscow, a small group from the Malagasy electoral body is now in Russia to participate in a course organised by the country's electoral authorities.

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Mozambique
TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil granted Rwandan armed forces exemption

In Cabo Delgado province, the two oil majors will be able to rely on protection from the Rwandan Defence Force, despite the sanctions imposed in March by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is part of the US Treasury.

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South Sudan, Sudan
Riyadh turns to Juba to reach out to Hemeti

In an effort to revive the Jeddah process, Saudi Arabia is urging the South Sudanese authorities to use their close ties with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to bring him back to the negotiating table.

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Congo
Four heads of state due in Brazzaville for the AfDB's annual meetings

The president of the institution, the Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah, will continue to present his overhaul of the African financing system, of which he gave a first outline during the Africa Forward summit on 11 and 12 May.

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Morocco
Moulay Hafid Elalamy acquires a Swedish neobank

Carried out with the utmost discretion, the operation demonstrates the Moroccan businessman's undiminished appetite for financial deals, which he has increased in recent years.

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Cameroon
Two Yaoundé creditors locked in legal battle in French courts

The Paris court of appeal has refused to suspend the provisional enforcement of a judgment delivered last year. The ruling had given the financial management firm Ivo Capital control over the arbitration case over a debt of several million dollars that pits Projet Pilote Garoubé against the state of Cameroon.

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Africa
Musical chairs at French embassies across the continent

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot in Lagos, Nigeria in October 2025. © Olympia de Maismont/AFP

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is picking up pace in the appointment of several strategic diplomatic posts on the continent. While several have been pretty much confirmed, the sensitive jobs in Abidjan, Dakar and Pretoria remain unresolved amid political and diplomatic horse-trading.

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Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers and Paris pursue rapprochement

Djibouti
Delegation of Djiboutian parliamentarians due in Paris

Inner Circle | Morocco
Tycoon Hicham Aït Menna's connections in business, sports and politics

Madagascar
Electoral commission officials undergoing training in Moscow

Mozambique
TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil granted Rwandan armed forces exemption

South Sudan, Sudan
Riyadh turns to Juba to reach out to Hemeti

Congo
Four heads of state due in Brazzaville for the AfDB's annual meetings

Morocco
Moulay Hafid Elalamy acquires a Swedish neobank

Cameroon
Two Yaoundé creditors locked in legal battle in French courts

Africa
Musical chairs at French embassies across the continent

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Spotlight | Algeria Algiers and Paris pursue rapprochement

Djibouti Delegation of Djiboutian parliamentarians due in Paris

Inner Circle | Morocco Tycoon Hicham Aït Menna's connections in business, sports and politics

Madagascar Electoral commission officials undergoing training in Moscow

Mozambique TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil granted Rwandan armed forces exemption

South Sudan, Sudan Riyadh turns to Juba to reach out to Hemeti

Congo Four heads of state due in Brazzaville for the AfDB's annual meetings

Morocco Moulay Hafid Elalamy acquires a Swedish neobank

Cameroon Two Yaoundé creditors locked in legal battle in French courts

Africa Musical chairs at French embassies across the continent

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Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers and Paris pursue rapprochement

Djibouti
Delegation of Djiboutian parliamentarians due in Paris

Inner Circle | Morocco
Tycoon Hicham Aït Menna's connections in business, sports and politics

Madagascar
Electoral commission officials undergoing training in Moscow

Mozambique
TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil granted Rwandan armed forces exemption

South Sudan, Sudan
Riyadh turns to Juba to reach out to Hemeti

Congo
Four heads of state due in Brazzaville for the AfDB's annual meetings

Morocco
Moulay Hafid Elalamy acquires a Swedish neobank

Cameroon
Two Yaoundé creditors locked in legal battle in French courts

Africa
Musical chairs at French embassies across the continent