Businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, the scourge of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. ©CC MAURITANIA Published on 25/04/2018 Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war
Congo-B Denis Sassou Nguesso is in a very precarious economic position. ©Antoine Gyori - Corbis CONGO-B Published on 14/11/2017 Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope
Filipe Nyusi MOZAMBIQUE Published on 16/02/2017 President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals
Corridors of power 13/02/2019 Russia keeps tabs on Khartoum accord Although sidelined from the accord that it had itself initiated in Sudan, Russia has maintained its influence. [...]
Business circles 13/02/2019 The truth behind France's ‘plundering' Accused of ‘plundering' CAR's economic resources, Paris claims it has negligible business interests there. Analysis. [...]
Diplomatic Affairs 30/01/2019 Valeri Zakarov set to depart The security advisor to President Faustin Archange Touadera, the Russian [...]
Corridors of power 30/01/2019 Rome's renewed interest in military base On a visit to Niger on 15 January, the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte revived the project to set up [...]
Corridors of power 16/01/2019 Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh Until now rather reluctant to get involved in the military sphere in Africa, Qatar nevertheless donated twenty-four armoured vehicles to [...]
Corridors of power 02/01/2019 Moscow exploits media and NGOs to torpedo Paris Numerous organisations are underpinning the Russian offensive in Bangui by spreading anti-Western propaganda. Analysis. [...]
Corridors of power 02/01/2019 Doha asserts itself With Saudi Arabia becoming mired in the war Yemen, on [...]
Corridors of power Guess what ? 02/01/2019 Guest what of January 2, 2019 Free Warning | Curiosity | Eternity | Copycat | Anger [...]
Business circles 12/12/2018 Where private security companies are king The fraught situation in the country since 2013 has proved a boon for a burgeoning private security sector. An investigation. [...]
Spotlight Corridors of power 28/11/2018 Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare For many years regulars at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, African heads of state are now increasingly likely to get their check-ups in Saudi Arabia, Morocco or Israel rather than checking into a clinic in the French [. [...]
Exploration-Production 20/11/2018 Diamonds: Peter Meeus' busy schedule at Kimberley plenary Belgian consultant Peter Meeus set himself a clear goal for the Kimberley Process (KP) plenary meeting held in Brussels from [...]
Power brokers 14/11/2018 Where next for Abdallah Wafy? Niger's permanent representative at the United Nations (UN) , the diplomat Abdallah Wafy, is tipped to succeed Gabon's Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, [...]
Corridors of power 31/10/2018 Paris pushes back against the Russians Having underestimated Moscow's offensive, France seeks to regain the initiative in the country. [...]
Business circles 31/10/2018 French expertise deployed in Chad A delegation from the French agency for technical cooperation, Expertise [...]
Spotlight Business circles 17/10/2018 Moscow's mission creep Although the security and extractive sectors were its first port of call in francophone Africa, in particular in late 2017, post-Soviet Russia is intending in the very near future to diversify its activities by branching out into other sectors. [...]
Business circles 17/10/2018 Ethiopian Airlines swoops on local airlines The first flight of Tchadia Airlines signals the growing influence of the Ethiopian airline in the sub-region. [...]
Spotlight Corridors of power 03/10/2018 The young guard invades the corridors of power As their long-standing allies enter their dotage, African heads of state are turning to a new generation of highly qualified pretenders who are colonising the presidential palaces and forging their own networks. An exposé of the inner circles of tomorrow. [...]
Electricity 02/10/2018 SNEL wants to pick up pace of interconnection with CAR Congo's Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SNEL) headed by Jean-Bosco Kayombo Kayan [...]
Power brokers 19/09/2018 Theodore Jousso grounds Francois Bozize In August, the Central African minister of transport and civil aviation, Theodore Jousso, signed a circular requesting airlines flying to [...]
Corridors of power 11/09/2018 CEMAC mining code in final stages before launch A work group tasked to validate the mining code to [...]
Diplomatic Affairs 22/08/2018 Tamlyn appointed to Bangui Free One year after the departure of Jeffrey Hawkins from Bangui in August 2017, the United States has finally appointed its [...]
Corridors of power Palace whispers 18/07/2018 Moscow gets a dose of Realpolitik The cancellation of a round table on 12 July in [...]
Business circles 18/07/2018 Moscow sets its sights on the gold and diamonds Having arrived amid great fanfare in Bangui to train the country's army, the Russians are being more discreet about their mining ambitions. An exclusive investigation. [...]
Corridors of power 10/07/2018 Diamonds: Kimberley confidence not enough for USA Not everyone is willing to accept the Kimberley Process leaders' satisfaction with the progress achieved by the Central African Republic [...]
Diplomatic Affairs 20/06/2018 After much manoeuvring by Moscow, Beijing enters the fray With an arms supply deal in prospect, Poly Technologies seeks to secure its access to natural resources. An investigation. [...]