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Spotlight | Tanzania
Ahead of key poll, party and army divisions beleaguer President Samia Suluhu

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dodoma, on 25 June 2025. © Reuters/Stringer

Despite the absence of the main opposition figures in these general elections, the head of state is struggling to contain dissent within the CCM and the security apparatus, where voices are being raised against the concentration of power.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Gabon
Who is Alfred Nguia Banda, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's new envoy to Paris?

The 68 year-old was unexpectedly appointed as Gabon's ambassador in Paris on 23 October. He knows the French capital well, having lived there in exile during Ali Bongo's second term in office, from 2016 to 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Chad, Libya
Two armed groups come together to carry out operations in the south of Chad

Rebel groups, the Conseil de Commandement Militaire pour le Salut de la République (CCMSR) and the Mouvement pour la Paix, la Reconstruction et le Développement have formed an alliance.

Subscribers only Defence

Cameroon
Western chancelleries boycott election results announcement

A member of ELECAM holds a ballot for Paul Biya, while votes are counted at a polling station in Yaounde, on 12 October 2025. © Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP

The ambassadors of the European Union, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, will not attend the announcement of today's results by the Constitutional Council.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Africa
After a promising start, Keir Starmer's Africa diplomacy loses momentum

British Development Minister Jennifer Chapman at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, Spain, on 1 July, 2025. © Claudia Greco/Reuters

Announced in September, the prime minister's latest cabinet reshuffle has put the brakes on the Labour party's African ambitions. Within the British government, signs of dissent are now emerging over the next steps to be taken.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Togo
Former defence minister Marguerite Gnakadè still under house arrest

Arrested on 17 September, Marguerite Gnakadè is being prosecuted for ‘undermining the internal security of the state’.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
General Burhan's camp riven by divisions in the light of the taking of El Fasher

SAF second in command, General Shams al-Dine Kabbashi, gathered the recommendations from political groups in mid-October for the start of a national dialogue. As there is a lack of consensus from the outset, this initiative risks suffering at the hands of the RSF advance in Darfur.

Subscribers only Politics

South Sudan
Juba attempts to reject an arbitration decision ordering it to pay $1bn to Qatar

Lawyers for the Republic of South Sudan and its central bank are trying to get their summons to appear before a US court rejected.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Cold shower for Multichoice's subcontractors

After taking control of the South African entertainment group in September, Canal+ has begun an aggressive cost-cutting campaign in South Africa.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Morocco
French star athlete Teddy Riner's foiled real estate endeavours

Teddy Riner arriving at the official dinner hosted by King Mohammed VI in honour of Emmanuel Macron and his wife at the royal palace in Rabat, on 29 October 2024. © Ammar Abd Rabbo/Abaca via Reuters

In Marrakesh, Casablanca and Dakhla, the judoka's investments in property are struggling to bear fruit. So much so that the king's friend has decided to abandon a number of projects and try his luck in other areas.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Head of internal intelligence, General Hassan sees his prerogatives extended

Adopted in September, a new decree extends the judicial powers of the internal security service. In ten years, it has gone from having a supporting role under the control of the public prosecutor's office to being an autonomous investigative force, a symbol of increasing security centralisation.

Subscribers only Defence

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