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Somalia
Brussels weighs up support for Somali army

After focusing on the Sahel and the DRC, the European External Action Service is looking towards the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.12.2022

Morocco
Morocco steps up lobbying to host CAN 2025 football fiesta

FIFA President Gianni Infantino (L) speaks with Qatar's Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani (C) and President of Morocco's Royal Football Federation (FRMF) Fouzi Lekjaa (R) prior to the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on 10 December 2022.© Odd Andersen/AFP

Free access Diplomacy 13.12.2022

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

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

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 13.12.2022

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

ECOWAS leaders have since October been calling for the release of Guinean ministers jailed after president Alpha Condé was overthrown in a military coup. They again addressed the issue at the regional organisation's summit on 4 December in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2022

Africa, Portugal
Portugal reinforces its diplomatic presence in Africa

At a time when many former colonial powers are reducing the number of diplomats they have in Africa, Portugal is increasing its representation on the continent with the aim of reaping economic reward.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2022

Djibouti, France
France to host talks with Djibouti on defence cooperation treaty

A delegation led by Djibouti's Defence Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed Bourhan is expected in Paris to finalise the terms of a nearly decade-old military agreement.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.12.2022

DRC
$15m luxury cars contract for DRC's embassies awarded to finance minister Kazadi's brother

DR Congo's foreign affairs minister Christophe Lutundula signed a contract in December 2021 for the delivery of 167 vehicles to embassies around the world. The deal was awarded to Sada Motors, a company in which the finance minister's brother Nicola Kazadi is a minority shareholder.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 12.12.2022

Libya
Stephanie Williams keeps an eye on Libya

The former special adviser to the United Nations secretary general has become a mainstay at international meetings on Libya, where she has capitalised on her experience in the country, and defended her record.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.12.2022

Stephanie Williams, UN Special Advisor on Libya, on 5 February 2021 in Geneva.

Ghana, West Africa
Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

The Ghanaian capital has been chosen to host the next edition of the UN Ministerial Conference on Peacekeeping. It should take place in the first week of December 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.12.2022

Spotlight | Mali, UN
Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

With several contingents pulling out of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, its commander El Ghassim Wane has been on a round-the-world trip to discuss its future. He is to deliver a report in the coming days that for the first time should raise the possibility of ending the nearly decade-long mission.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.12.2022

The head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), El Ghassim Wane, in Bamako, on October 2021.

United States
Biden's tricky US-Africa summit balancing act

Although nearly 50 African heads of state are expected to attend the mid-December summit in Washington, no bilateral meetings are currently scheduled with the US president, who will only allocate a short time to each of them.

Free access Diplomacy 09.12.2022

US President Joe Biden in Washington, on 8 December 2022.

Congo, France, Gabon
Sassou to meet Macron in Paris on 17 December

The French presidential palace is to host Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso on 17 December, on his return from the US-Africa summit in Washington, for a tête-à-tête with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.12.2022

Ethiopia
Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

The annual conference of Ethiopian ambassadors will take place in Addis Ababa in mid-December, four months late, as Abiy embarks on a diplomatic campaign following the ceasefire with the TPLF.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.12.2022

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy steps up fight against OLA in Kenya

The presence of Oromo activists and fighters in Kenya has become a cause for concern for the Ethiopian prime minister, who in August stepped up efforts against the outlawed Oromo Liberation Army.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.12.2022

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Libya, Tunisia
Libya's medical debts overshadow oil talks

During a visit to Tunis, Libya's prime minister offered to pay off in instalments debts totalling some €250m. But no major oil or finance deals were clinched.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.12.2022

Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

South Africa
Pretoria's international cooperation fund struggles to make its mark

The government's African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund was intended as an instrument of soft power across the continent, but its track record is rather underwhelming.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 08.12.2022

Mauritania
EU poised to stump up €12m to boost Mauritanian army

Le Service européen pour l'action extérieure planche depuis le mois d'octobre sur un vaste plan de soutien en faveur des Forces armées mauritaniennes.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.12.2022

Ethiopia
British Foreign Secretary to visit Addis Ababa

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is continuing to make the most of the signing of a ceasefire between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray rebels to rekindle relations with the country's Western partners.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.12.2022

The British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in London, 22 November 2022.

France, Gabon
Elysee gets going on One Forest Summit in Libreville

Emmanuel Macron's adviser Josué Serres recently travelled to Libreville to meet Gabon's environment minister Lee White to discuss the organisation of the One Planet Summit on preserving Central Africa's forests, planned for March or April in Gabon.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.12.2022

West Africa
French Order of Malta to get new international director

General Thierry Lion is shortly due to take over the as international director at the French Order of Malta. He will replace François Vuillemin, who will remain in his post until the end of December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.12.2022

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Somalia
Brussels weighs up support for Somali army

Morocco
Morocco steps up lobbying to host CAN 2025 football fiesta

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Africa, Portugal
Portugal reinforces its diplomatic presence in Africa

Djibouti, France
France to host talks with Djibouti on defence cooperation treaty

DRC
$15m luxury cars contract for DRC's embassies awarded to finance minister Kazadi's brother

Libya
Stephanie Williams keeps an eye on Libya

Ghana, West Africa
Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

Spotlight | Mali, UN
Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

United States
Biden's tricky US-Africa summit balancing act

Congo, France, Gabon
Sassou to meet Macron in Paris on 17 December

Ethiopia
Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy steps up fight against OLA in Kenya

Libya, Tunisia
Libya's medical debts overshadow oil talks

South Africa
Pretoria's international cooperation fund struggles to make its mark

Mauritania
EU poised to stump up €12m to boost Mauritanian army

Ethiopia
British Foreign Secretary to visit Addis Ababa

France, Gabon
Elysee gets going on One Forest Summit in Libreville

West Africa
French Order of Malta to get new international director

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Somalia Brussels weighs up support for Somali army

Morocco Morocco steps up lobbying to host CAN 2025 football fiesta

Africa Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Guinea ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Africa, Portugal Portugal reinforces its diplomatic presence in Africa

Djibouti, France France to host talks with Djibouti on defence cooperation treaty

DRC $15m luxury cars contract for DRC's embassies awarded to finance minister Kazadi's brother

Libya Stephanie Williams keeps an eye on Libya

Ghana, West Africa Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

Spotlight | Mali, UN Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

United States Biden's tricky US-Africa summit balancing act

Congo, France, Gabon Sassou to meet Macron in Paris on 17 December

Ethiopia Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

Spotlight | Ethiopia Abiy steps up fight against OLA in Kenya

Libya, Tunisia Libya's medical debts overshadow oil talks

South Africa Pretoria's international cooperation fund struggles to make its mark

Mauritania EU poised to stump up €12m to boost Mauritanian army

Ethiopia British Foreign Secretary to visit Addis Ababa

France, Gabon Elysee gets going on One Forest Summit in Libreville

West Africa French Order of Malta to get new international director

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Somalia
Brussels weighs up support for Somali army

Morocco
Morocco steps up lobbying to host CAN 2025 football fiesta

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Africa, Portugal
Portugal reinforces its diplomatic presence in Africa

Djibouti, France
France to host talks with Djibouti on defence cooperation treaty

DRC
$15m luxury cars contract for DRC's embassies awarded to finance minister Kazadi's brother

Libya
Stephanie Williams keeps an eye on Libya

Ghana, West Africa
Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

Spotlight | Mali, UN
Future of MINUSMA hangs in the balance

United States
Biden's tricky US-Africa summit balancing act

Congo, France, Gabon
Sassou to meet Macron in Paris on 17 December

Ethiopia
Abiy's ambassadors gather four months late in Addis

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy steps up fight against OLA in Kenya

Libya, Tunisia
Libya's medical debts overshadow oil talks

South Africa
Pretoria's international cooperation fund struggles to make its mark

Mauritania
EU poised to stump up €12m to boost Mauritanian army

Ethiopia
British Foreign Secretary to visit Addis Ababa

France, Gabon
Elysee gets going on One Forest Summit in Libreville

West Africa
French Order of Malta to get new international director