Gabon
Oligui Nguema and Ouattara set to finally meet

Gabon, Ivory Coast
Ouattara to receive Oligui Nguema in mid-April

The Gabonese junta leader is to pay an official visit to Abidjan on 11 and 12 April to the meet the Ivorian president.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Alassane Ouattara, Joseph Boakai, Mohamed Bazoum

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GabonOligui Nguema due in Abidjan

LiberiaOuattara lays on jet for Boakai

NigerJunta divided over Bazoum's release

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, David Cameron, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara, Guillaume Soro

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

DRCWill Cameron get through to Tshisekedi?

Ivory Coast/TogoOuattara and Gnassingbé's discreet tête-à-tête in Riyadh

NigeriaOlivier Becht keeps billionaire company in Lagos

Ivory CoastExiled opposition figure Guillaume Soro back in Africa

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara set to meet Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara is expected to travel to France on 3 November. As well as spending a few days at his home in Mougins in the south-east, his trip will include a more official component, too.

Central African Republic
Touadéra expected in Riyadh for Arab League-AU summit

On 10 and 11 November, the Saudi Arabia-Africa and the Arab League-African Union summits are due to be held back-to-back in Riyadh.

Africa
Riyadh fine-tunes plans for Arab-African summit

The Saudi foreign ministry has been ironing out the details of the meeting which will bring together Arab League and African Union leaders in Riyadh in November. While the kingdom hopes the event will lead to a long-term partnership with the AU, several issues remain.

Gabon, Ivory Coast
Gabonese presidential campaign strains Abidjan-Libreville relations

An audio recording, purportedly of a discussion between Gabonese opposition politicians Albert Ondo Ossa and Alexandre Barro-Chambrier, led to Libreville's foreign minister asking the Ivorian ambassador to explain himself.