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Spotlight | Tunisia
Tunis hard at work to get the phosphate sector back on a good footing

A state-run phosphate processing plant in the southern city of Gabès, Tunisia, on 21 October 2025. © Mohamed Khalil/AFP

In spite of the protests in Gabès, the minister of industry, energy and mines wants to give a boost to a sector that has been depressed since 2010. Several old projects have been wheeled out again in recent months.

Subscribers only Business

The Continent

Palace Intrigues
Mohammed VI, Nicolas Sarkozy, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Cavayé Yeguié Djibril

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

MoroccoMohammed VI's call to prison-bound Sarkozy

CongoSassou-Nguesso snubs Macron, flies off to Lula

CameroonNational Assembly president holds his tongue over results

Free access Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Gabon
Oligui Nguema personally promotes new Baie des Rois business district

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema intends on giving Emmanuel Macron a tour of the future Baie des Rois business district during his flash visit to Libreville on 23 November.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy

West Africa

Senegal
IMF unlikely to force Dakar to restructure its debt

Senegal's Minister of Economy Abdourahmane Sarr and PM Ousmane Sonko, in Dakar, on 1 August 2025. © Ngouda Dione/Reuters

The Fund is expected to approve a new programme for Senegal without insisting on a mooted debt overhaul, but deep doubts remain within the institution over the country's ability to sustain its liabilities.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

West Africa
Brussels sets up summit on fight against migrant smuggling

The European Commission is working on organising an event dedicated to the fight against migrant smuggling that could be held in early December in Brussels.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Museveni teams up with Moscow to help keep eye on country for the elections

Russian delegations have recently been visiting the Ugandan capital, leading to growing investment in digital technology and communications. Running for a seventh term, the president is counting on Moscow's support to strengthen his online surveillance capabilities.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Spotlight | Sudan
From Washington to El Fasher, chronicle of an abortive truce

Screenshot of a video published by the Rapid Support Forces during the siege of El Fasher, in Sudan, on 26 October 2025. © AFP Photo/HO/Sudan Rapid Support Forces Telegram account

The talks overseen by Donald Trump's Africa adviser, Massad Boulos, seemed to get off to a good start, but they fell apart in just a few days. The taking of El Fasher, which played out at the same time, moved the goalposts.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Egypt
Wheat importers take the heat from Kyiv

In a letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ukrainian ambassador in Cairo has identified the importers susceptible of being put on Kyiv's recent black list.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Morocco
Authenticity and Modernity Party keeps its distance from Akhannouch as legislative race nears

By distancing itself with the RNI, the PAM party hopes to more boldly affirm its identity and thus prepare the terrain for the 2026 legislative elections.

Subscribers only Politics

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