Ethiopia
Donor conference on reconstruction in the works

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Togo, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea Louis Camara, a miner taking on the oil sector

Ethiopia Brook Taye, Addis's economic eminence grise

Togo Karl Lawson, cyber events guru

South Africa Philani Mthembu, batting for BRICS

Horn of Africa, Switzerland
Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Switzerland, which already had an extensive diplomatic network in Africa, has now been expanded further after the federal department of foreign affairs appointed Sylvain Astier as the country's special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia, Gabon, Senegal
African battle for coveted UNESCO post

Divisions have arisen over who should become the next assistant director-general of the Priority Africa and External Relations Department at the UN institution, with the prospect a possible face-off between Ethiopia and Gabon.