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Politics 03/10/2022

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries. [...]

Finance Politics Diplomacy 28/09/2022

The New Guard: Senegal, Benin, Kenya, Somalia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics. This week: Papa Amadou Sarr (Senegal), Schwan Badirou Gafari (Benin), Linet Chepkorir (Kenya), Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi (Somalia). [...]

Defence Diplomacy 23/09/2022

Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Revealed by Africa Intelligence, the new military accord between Kigali and Cotonou that is in the process of being finalised should see Rwandan soldiers being deployed to Benin in the near future, with a particular focus on supporting Benin's special forces in the north of the country. [...]

Defence 22/09/2022

Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Bertin Bada, President Patrice Talon's chief of military staff, met senior colleagues of French army chief General Thierry Burkhard in Paris in mid-September. Talks are in progress on military equipment purchases and a plan to set up a Beninese government arms procurement service. [...]

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Defence Diplomacy 21/09/2022

Inside the EU's new security lab

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Defence Diplomacy 09/09/2022

Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers on mission in Mozambique, July 2021. © Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP

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In Focus Business 29/08/2022

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Businessmen in Senegal and Ivory Coast are dreaming of building luxury resorts on sites abandoned by the French operator Club Med. But Covid has hit the tourism sector hard. [...]

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt.

Diplomacy 29/08/2022

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

The appointment of UN-mandated expert panels is being increasingly hotly debated in New York. On one side are the P3 members of the US, France and UK, and on the other the P2 of Russia and China. [...]

Diplomacy 19/08/2022

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau. [...]

Diplomacy 26/07/2022

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his ex-minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to brief the new defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and the new foreign minister Catherine Colonna on African issues. [...]

Defence 18/07/2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use. [...]

Commodity traders 12/07/2022

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

The heads of Ghana Cocobod and Ivory Coast's Conseil Café Cacao were in Accra last week to refine their joint strategy in the face of the industry's trading giants and industrialists, who are considering diversifying their supplies elsewhere. [...]

Diplomacy 07/07/2022

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post. [...]

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022.

Politics 05/07/2022

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

Ces dernières semaines, la question sensible de l'appartenance du Burkina Faso au cadre de coopération sécuritaire et de développement du G5 Sahel a été abordée durant au moins trois conseil des ministres. [...]

In Focus Diplomacy 04/07/2022

From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

Legal problems prevent the erstwhile foreign minister of Burkina Faso setting foot in his own country, but that hasn't stopped him discreetly advising junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Thanks to his people skills, he is also doing diplomatic work in Qatar, Ivory Coast and Paris. [...]

Former Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (photo from April 2012).

Diplomacy 01/07/2022

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders. [...]

Defence 29/06/2022

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

The European Union plans to use the European Peace Facility to provide operational support to four West African navies, which are to take on a regional leadership role to counter the persistent threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. [...]

Defence Business 28/06/2022

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Earlier this month, the former head of Israel's armed forces, who is now chairman of the board of directors of the Synaptech Capital fund that invests in defence equipment, visited Abidjan and Conakry. [...]

Tsahal's former Chief of Staff and former Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon.

Business 27/06/2022

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights. [...]

Diplomacy 23/06/2022

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions. [...]

Diplomacy 10/06/2022

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Although the Beninese president Patrice Talon is due to take the helm of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, his insistence that his economy minister chair the organisation's council of ministers has led to one of several disputes - and resulted in a special heads of state committee being set up to try to resolve the situation. [...]

Beninese President Patrice Talon is to become head of the UEMOA.

Defence Business 02/06/2022

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

The military contingents of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon deployed within the Multinational Joint Task Force are to receive a dozen intelligence-gathering drones from the French firm Delair. The project is being overseen by Coginta, an NGO active in supporting security initiatives in West Africa. [...]

A DT-26 intelligence drone sold by Delair in 2019 to the Niger National Guard.

Mining Business 27/05/2022

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ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The New Guard: Senegal, Benin, Kenya, Somalia

Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Inside the EU's new security lab

Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Cotonou to repatriate its MINUSMA peacekeepers to defend its borders

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ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The New Guard: Senegal, Benin, Kenya, Somalia

Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Inside the EU's new security lab

Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Cotonou to repatriate its MINUSMA peacekeepers to defend its borders

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