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France
On thin ice in France, Didier Raoult looks back to Africa

Controversial French microbiologist Didier Raoult sees a new future in Africa, where he began his career.

Subscribers only Politics 03.09.2021

Kenya
Kenyatta's allies deal fresh blow to president by opposing Odinga

President Uhuru Kenyatta.© @StateHouseKenya/Twitter

Subscribers only Politics Running Story - State House battle in Kenya 02.09.2021

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

The consultant was told to stop managing the assets of three former state-owned companies just after he testified in an investigation into the conduct of the director general of the Port of Douala.

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2021

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May, 2021.© Stéphane Lemouton/Pool/Abaca via Reuters

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2021

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

The head of the General Inspectorate of Finances is privately seething about the behaviour of some UDPS bigwigs.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

West Africa
Accrombessi blows his influence

Since moving to his native Benin several years ago, Ali Bongo's former right-hand man Maixent Accrombessi has managed to get close to some in the presidential family but remains on the sidelines of the president's inner circle.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

After the Rwandan army's successful intervention, the division of labour between the various troops deployed in the troubled Cabo Delgado region seems to have become clearer.

Subscribers only Politics 31.08.2021

Somalia
Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin turns to politics as influence wanes

The all-powerful director of Somalia's National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA), Fahad Yasin, will no longer be calling the shots in Mogadishu.

Subscribers only Politics 30.08.2021

Tunisia
A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

The head of the Islamist Ennahda party has instructed MP Mohamed Goumani, who is close to the president's brother Naoufel Saied, to reopen negotiation channels with the head of state.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2021

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

For several weeks, Félix Tshisekedi, his advisers and the country's senior military leadership have been at odds over the actual amount of soldiers in DRC's national army (FARDC), which is regularly inflated by the addition of soldiers who have actually died or are about to retire.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

DRC's national army (FARDC) troops in Beni, North Kivu province, DRC, in May 2019.

Sudan
What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

The transitional government in Sudan is trying to create a system for monitoring the peace agreement signed one year ago.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

The former Katanga governor and mining magnate is being less and less evasive about his possible presidential aspirations for 2023 and is looking for allies in the DRC's main partner nations, who for the moment all support Félix Tshisekedi's administration.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

Katanga's former governor Moïse Katumbi.

Libya
Dabaiba puts EACS in charge of the interior minister's aircraft

Transitional government leader Abdelhamid Dabaiba is looking to take direct control of the large aircraft fleet belonging to the Libyan state.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2021

Libyan head of government Abdelhamid Dabaiba (right), in front of the presidential plane.

Central African Republic
Touadéra finds jobs in presidency for former Ngrebada ministers

Central African Republic president Faustin-Archange Touadéra has used the torpor of the month of August to quietly carry out a game of musical chairs.

Subscribers only Politics 25.08.2021

President of Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera.

Spotlight | Sudan
Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

As Afghanistan crumbles, Washington is keen to show its backing for the Sudanese transition which is a rare case of a country breaking free from its fiercely anti-US Islamic government. But despite massive loan announcements, this support is failing to materialise into concrete projects.

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2021

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France
On thin ice in France, Didier Raoult looks back to Africa

Kenya
Kenyatta's allies deal fresh blow to president by opposing Odinga

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

West Africa
Accrombessi blows his influence

Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

Somalia
Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin turns to politics as influence wanes

Tunisia
A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

Sudan
What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

Libya
Dabaiba puts EACS in charge of the interior minister's aircraft

Central African Republic
Touadéra finds jobs in presidency for former Ngrebada ministers

Spotlight | Sudan
Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

Equatorial Guinea
First lady's brother Candido Nsue Okomo seeks new hideout as Villarejo trial looms

Kenya
Kenyatta loyalists target senior officials suspected of ties with Ruto

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

Cameroon
Under rising pressure from English-speaking separatists, Yaoundé goes after traditional leadership

Gambia
Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm

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France On thin ice in France, Didier Raoult looks back to Africa

Kenya Kenyatta's allies deal fresh blow to president by opposing Odinga

Cameroon Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

DRC Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

West Africa Accrombessi blows his influence

Mozambique In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

Somalia Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin turns to politics as influence wanes

Tunisia A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

Spotlight | DRC The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

Sudan What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

DRC, Israel, United States As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

Libya Dabaiba puts EACS in charge of the interior minister's aircraft

Central African Republic Touadéra finds jobs in presidency for former Ngrebada ministers

Spotlight | Sudan Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

Equatorial Guinea First lady's brother Candido Nsue Okomo seeks new hideout as Villarejo trial looms

Kenya Kenyatta loyalists target senior officials suspected of ties with Ruto

DRC Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

Cameroon Under rising pressure from English-speaking separatists, Yaoundé goes after traditional leadership

Gambia Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm

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France
On thin ice in France, Didier Raoult looks back to Africa

Kenya
Kenyatta's allies deal fresh blow to president by opposing Odinga

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

DRC
Presidential party bigwigs try to thwart Tshisekedi's anti-graft body

West Africa
Accrombessi blows his influence

Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado, Rwandans fight, SADC troops sit tight, Mozambicans look to the future

Somalia
Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin turns to politics as influence wanes

Tunisia
A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

Spotlight | DRC
The battle over phantom battalions and retired generals

Sudan
What lessons can Khartoum learn from South Sudan for its peace monitoring mechanism?

DRC, Israel, United States
As he eyes the presidency, Katumbi turns to US and Israel

Libya
Dabaiba puts EACS in charge of the interior minister's aircraft

Central African Republic
Touadéra finds jobs in presidency for former Ngrebada ministers

Spotlight | Sudan
Biden's massive aid plan stumbles

Equatorial Guinea
First lady's brother Candido Nsue Okomo seeks new hideout as Villarejo trial looms

Kenya
Kenyatta loyalists target senior officials suspected of ties with Ruto

DRC
Tshisekedi's military adviser under pressure from top brass

Cameroon
Under rising pressure from English-speaking separatists, Yaoundé goes after traditional leadership

Gambia
Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm