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Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Mahamat Idriss Déby

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

Ivory CoastOuattara set to complete his new palace in native village

SenegalFollowing in Macron's footsteps, Faye falls for luxurious Weston trainers

ChadEx-senior member of French far-right party courts Mahamat Idriss Déby

The New Guard
Benin, Mozambique, Cameroon

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

BeninMylène Flicka, a rising star of digital strategy

MozambiqueRassina Farassi, leading primatologist

CameroonKimberley Ntsimi, discreet presidential adviser

Tanzania
Restrictions on US travelers unsettle Samia Suluhu Hassan's administration

The country wants to turn over a new leaf after the violent crackdown on post-election protests. The stakes are high for this country, which prides itself on its stability and derives 17.2% of its GDP from tourism.

Tunisia
Spanish firm Ferrovial loses another round in Radès stadium battle

A financial legal dispute between the infrastructure giant and one of its Tunisian subcontractors over the construction of the country's largest stadium is coming to an end, over 20 years since it began.

Morocco
Casablanca Finance City firms head off on West African prospecting tour

A delegation comprising a dozen companies based in the CFC will travel to Benin, Togo and Ghana this month on a prospecting mission.

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga's running tab with Bangui

The Cameroonian media tycoon, who has been imprisoned in Yaoundé since March 2023, still refuses to pay his arrears to the Central African High Council for Communication.

Kenya
Nairobi gears up for summit on future tripartite free-trade zone

The William Ruto administration has set up a team from several ministries and administrations to organise a Tripartite Free Trade Area heads of state summit.

South Africa
ANC ministers divided over chromite tax

Two government heavyweights, Parks Tau and Gwede Mantashe, are at odds over the measures to be taken to revive the failing ferrochrome industry. Those under consideration have provoked strong opposition from mining groups, including Sibanye-Stillwater.

Algeria
Danone appoints new general manager to get back on track

The food multinational has signed up a new recruit to manage its local subsidiary to replace the French national Frédéric Sudre.

Tunisia
Tunis and New Delhi strengthen economic ties

With the agrifood, cinema and car manufacturing sectors, the country is putting its best foot forward to attract Indian investors, who still have a limited presence in the country.