Africa, Angola, Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast
Guess what of August 28, 2019

Palace Intrigues
Nicolas Sarkozy, Teodorin Obiang, François Beya and Thomas Boni Yayi

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

Congo/France Denis Sassou Nguesso invites Sarkozy to stay

Equatorial Guinea VP Teodorin Obiang holidays in Lisbon

Congo/DRC François Beya looked after by JDO

Benin/Guinea Thomas Boni Yayi enlists daughter in mediation

Guinea
Alpha Conde casts net wide in search of support for third term

Before going through a constitutional reform that would allow him to seek a third term, the Guinea president is trying to burnish his international image.

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and the Grand Duke

Alassane Ouattara , Emmanuel Macron and Henri, Grand Duke of [...]

France, Liberia
George Weah tries to unlock francophone support in Paris

Former international footballer George Weah, who is hoping for a first round victory in Liberia's October 10 presidential elections, is [...]

Spotlight | France
Friendship, security & business: Macron's brimming Africa agenda

It took less than a month after Emmanuel Macron's election as French president for all the pieces of his African jigsaw puzzle to fall into place The new tenant in the Elysee Palace has no lack of connections and friends [.