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A container ship in the Suez Canal on 13 January 2024. © Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Egypt
Cairo alarmed by plummeting Suez revenue

The Egyptian economy has been hit hard by the attacks on container ships in the Red Sea and Cairo is struggling to reduce the impact.

Subscribers only Defence, Finance 15.02.2024

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 11 November, 2023. © Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu via AFP

Spotlight | Egypt
Erdogan brings Turkish arms heavyweights to Cairo

The Turkish president's visit to Egypt after a decade of chilled relations signals a rapprochement between Ankara and Cairo, while talks with Turkish arms agency SSB should spur military-industrial cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence 14.02.2024

Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria
EU prepares its disarmament programme in restive Lake Chad Basin

The European Union has commissioned a French expert to set up a €6m demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) programme for former jihadists in Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and Niger.

Subscribers only Defence 14.02.2024

Africa
Space intelligence: US and China look to leverage Russia's setbacks

Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang and Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat, in Egypt, on 25 June 2023. © Wang Dongzhen/Xinhua via AFP

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.02.2024

Mozambique
Bigger defence budget rekindles race for combat drone contract

The military budget hike for 2024 has combat drone industry leaders pushing for a supply contract with the Mozambique armed forces, needing to increase its airborne capacities.

Subscribers only Defence 13.02.2024

Angola
Lourenço and spymaster Miala overhaul military intelligence

Angolan president João Lourenço in Luanda on 25 January 2024. © Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via Reuters

Subscribers only Defence 09.02.2024

Central African Republic
First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

An employee of the private US security company was briefly arrested and interrogated by the police, with the involvement of Russian paramilitaries, in the Central African capital.

Subscribers only Defence 09.02.2024

Ivory Coast
Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

The US and France have both sent a spy plane to support intelligence operations in Abidjan, which is currently hosting Africa's biggest football tournament.

Subscribers only Defence 08.02.2024

In the foreground, Ivorian prime minister Robert Beugré Mambé with, to his right, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Abidjan on 22 January 2024.

Spotlight | Cameroon
UK troops caught up in military turf war

For the past few months a contingent of British soldiers fighting Boko Haram veterans in northern Cameroon has faced visa problems stemming from a row between the general staff and a formidable special forces unit.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.02.2024

Cameroonian soldiers from the BIR in Kolofata, Cameroon, 16 March 2016.

Africa
African securocrats flock to Riyadh arms fair

High-ranking security officials from many African countries have been attending the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia.

Subscribers only Defence 07.02.2024

The World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7 March 2022.

DRC
Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Kinshasa raised the issue of alleged sexual violence carried out by South African peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a visit by the head of the UN Department of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Subscribers only Defence 07.02.2024

Nigeria
Abuja cut off from Interpol search notices

For more than six months, Interpol notices have not been showing on the screens of Nigeria's customs services during their passport checks.

Subscribers only Defence 07.02.2024

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

At Washington's request, the Democratic Republic of Congo has reluctantly agreed to consider dialogue with Rwanda, but only if the latter ceases its military presence on Congolese soil. Kinshasa is at the same time maintaining its war rhetoric and trying to reboot its military campaign against M23 rebels.

Subscribers only Defence 06.02.2024

DR Congo president, Félix Tshisekedi, and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame.

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Defence

Egypt
Cairo alarmed by plummeting Suez revenue

Spotlight | Egypt
Erdogan brings Turkish arms heavyweights to Cairo

Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria
EU prepares its disarmament programme in restive Lake Chad Basin

Africa
Space intelligence: US and China look to leverage Russia's setbacks

Mozambique
Bigger defence budget rekindles race for combat drone contract

Angola
Lourenço and spymaster Miala overhaul military intelligence

Central African Republic
First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

Ivory Coast
Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

Spotlight | Cameroon
UK troops caught up in military turf war

Africa
African securocrats flock to Riyadh arms fair

DRC
Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Nigeria
Abuja cut off from Interpol search notices

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

Senegal
Military equipment brokers push for deals in Dakar

Mozambique, Rwanda
Nyusi in urgent security talks with Kagame

West Africa
Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Senegal
Paris tightens up defence cooperation with Dakar

Niger
Border security key to junta's rapprochement with Moscow

Ethiopia
Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

Central African Republic
US citizens still being turned back at Bangui airport

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Egypt Cairo alarmed by plummeting Suez revenue

Spotlight | Egypt Erdogan brings Turkish arms heavyweights to Cairo

Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria EU prepares its disarmament programme in restive Lake Chad Basin

Africa Space intelligence: US and China look to leverage Russia's setbacks

Mozambique Bigger defence budget rekindles race for combat drone contract

Angola Lourenço and spymaster Miala overhaul military intelligence

Central African Republic First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

Ivory Coast Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

Spotlight | Cameroon UK troops caught up in military turf war

Africa African securocrats flock to Riyadh arms fair

DRC Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Nigeria Abuja cut off from Interpol search notices

Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

Senegal Military equipment brokers push for deals in Dakar

Mozambique, Rwanda Nyusi in urgent security talks with Kagame

West Africa Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Senegal Paris tightens up defence cooperation with Dakar

Niger Border security key to junta's rapprochement with Moscow

Ethiopia Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

Central African Republic US citizens still being turned back at Bangui airport

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Egypt
Cairo alarmed by plummeting Suez revenue

Spotlight | Egypt
Erdogan brings Turkish arms heavyweights to Cairo

Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria
EU prepares its disarmament programme in restive Lake Chad Basin

Africa
Space intelligence: US and China look to leverage Russia's setbacks

Mozambique
Bigger defence budget rekindles race for combat drone contract

Angola
Lourenço and spymaster Miala overhaul military intelligence

Central African Republic
First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

Ivory Coast
Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

Spotlight | Cameroon
UK troops caught up in military turf war

Africa
African securocrats flock to Riyadh arms fair

DRC
Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Nigeria
Abuja cut off from Interpol search notices

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

Senegal
Military equipment brokers push for deals in Dakar

Mozambique, Rwanda
Nyusi in urgent security talks with Kagame

West Africa
Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Senegal
Paris tightens up defence cooperation with Dakar

Niger
Border security key to junta's rapprochement with Moscow

Ethiopia
Agew rebels split in Amhara after failed mediation bid

Central African Republic
US citizens still being turned back at Bangui airport