Congo
Congolese First Lady flees France after judge issues summons

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso secures new lawyer for 'ill-gotten gains' case

The president has hired a new specialist in international law to lead the defence in the proceedings initiated by the financial division of the Paris Judicial Court.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara

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

GabonMassad Boulos, a discreet guest at Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's gala

CongoPrime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso in Dubai for "Kiki's" wedding

Ivory CoastProtocol spats between Adama Bictogo and Kandia Kamissoko Camara in Brazzaville

Congo
Denis Sassou-Nguesso to meet with Macron in Paris on 24 May

The Congolese president will finally travel to Paris on 23-24 May, his trip having been postponed twice.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Félix Tshisekedi

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

CongoJetsetter Sassou off to Paris and then Moscow

GabonMahamadou Bonkoungou, indispensable backer of Oligui Nguema

DRCEmirati ambassador conducts his diplomacy outside Kinshasa

Congo
After postponing his Paris trip, Sassou set to visit Abu Dhabi

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will head to Abu Dhabi on 6 April to attend the AIM Congress, an investors' forum.

Libya
Dabaiba, Menfi and Haftar reject Sassou's Libyan reconciliation plan

With the exception of Saif al-Islam, Muammar Gaddafi's son, the main Libyan leaders have rejected a charter signed at a meeting on national reconciliation held on the sidelines of an African Union summit.

Congo
'Ill-gotten gains': Sassou clan braces for fresh charges

The Congolese so-called 'ill-gotten gains' case will gather pace in the next months. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is irked that his granddaughter, Yacine Queenie Bongo, has been summoned by the French courts, who may follow suit with his son, Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso, in late August.