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Djibouti
What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

The president's office and the prime minister are rowing over how funds meant to feed Covid-19 patients are being used.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2020

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha purges security services

Far from the front lines, Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha has begun to shake up the security apparatus. But he is clashing with the Muslim Brotherhood, who want Khaled Al Sharif to succeed former spy chief Abdulkader al-Tuhami, who died on 9 May.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2020

Madagascar
Rajoelina's allies try to topple senate leader, the last opposition man standing

Senate President Rivo Rakotovao © Reuters

Subscribers only Politics 13.05.2020

DRC
Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

After four years of exile during the Kabila era, the former banker and coordinator of the Filimbi citizen movement Floribert Anzuluni is back in Kinshasa and has set his economic intelligence firm, Nyfalm & Associés.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 13.05.2020

Ivory Coast
Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

Ivorian prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. © Reuters

Subscribers only Politics 12.05.2020

Cameroon
Robert Bapooh Lipot, Biya's operative in Bassa country

Without waiting for the Covid-19 crisis to ease, President Biya is making preparations to recapture central Cameroon voters won over three months ago by the young opponent Cabral Libii.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2020

Tunisia
Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Mongi Marzouk is continuing to manœuvre to regain genuine control over the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which he has been back in charge of since late February.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Under pressure on the military front, Haftar tries a new political ploy

Faced with advances by the government of national accord's forces on the ground and ruptures in the supply lines of the Libyan National Army's allies, General Haftar could now find himself confronted by switches of allegiance among some of his supporters.

Subscribers only Politics 08.05.2020

Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya's strong man.

Angola
Lourenco's three-man squad to try to defuse the country's debt bomb

Included for a few month only in the G20's debt moratorium, Angola is trapped between the effects of falling oil prices and a dollar debt with private lendors which is greater than its GDP. A high-powered team has been appointed to find solutions.

Subscribers only Politics 08.05.2020

Angolan President João Lourenço and his wife Ana Dias Lourenço.

Angola
Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

Choked as it is by the fall in oil prices, Angola is already dangerously exposed to the risk of being unable to reimburse its private debt. Its finances have been complicated by another problem, however.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 08.05.2020

Former President José Eduardo dos Santos created the public company Recredit in 2016 to take care of the toxic claims of the PCB.

Libya
French embassy plans major foray into health sector with help from LFHS

Under the leadership of Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, France's embassy in Libya is preparing a major health programme focusing on maternity hospitals in Tripoli, Misrata and Benghazi, implemented by the Libyan French Health Society.

Subscribers only Politics 07.05.2020

Tunisia
Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

The transport minister Anouar Maârouf's attempt to appoint Ennahda members to the heads of the three main state-run port companies has enraged the UGTT, already troubled by the Islamist party's unionist ambitions.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.05.2020

View of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Rades in Tunis.

Senegal
Foreign Investment Promotion Agency's boss Mountaga Sy undermined by exodus of senior management

Over the course of the last year, several APIX executives have resigned from the powerful public body in charge of investment in the country, weakening the position of its boss Mountaga Sy.

Subscribers only Politics 07.05.2020

Ivory Coast
Abidjan governor reacts to dismissal of his fraud claim

Governor Robert Beugré Mambé still managed to find to time to react to the French courts' throwing-out of a case that the district of Abidjan launched more than a decade ago to recover over €324,000 lost to fraudsters

Subscribers only Politics 07.05.2020

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

In its drive to reform the Sudanese intelligence services and thereby curtail the power of this key cog in the regime of the ousted president Omar al-Bashir, the Khartoum government has deprived it of one of its principal sources of income: its gold mining company.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 06.05.2020

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Politics

Djibouti
What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha purges security services

Madagascar
Rajoelina's allies try to topple senate leader, the last opposition man standing

DRC
Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

Ivory Coast
Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

Cameroon
Robert Bapooh Lipot, Biya's operative in Bassa country

Tunisia
Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Spotlight | Libya
Under pressure on the military front, Haftar tries a new political ploy

Angola
Lourenco's three-man squad to try to defuse the country's debt bomb

Angola
Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

Libya
French embassy plans major foray into health sector with help from LFHS

Tunisia
Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

Senegal
Foreign Investment Promotion Agency's boss Mountaga Sy undermined by exodus of senior management

Ivory Coast
Abidjan governor reacts to dismissal of his fraud claim

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

DRC
Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Cameroon
Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

Libya
Italy's MED Spa sells speedboats to Tripoli coastguards before European fund closes

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Politics

Djibouti What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

Libya Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha purges security services

Madagascar Rajoelina's allies try to topple senate leader, the last opposition man standing

DRC Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

Ivory Coast Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

Cameroon Robert Bapooh Lipot, Biya's operative in Bassa country

Tunisia Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Spotlight | Libya Under pressure on the military front, Haftar tries a new political ploy

Angola Lourenco's three-man squad to try to defuse the country's debt bomb

Angola Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

Libya French embassy plans major foray into health sector with help from LFHS

Tunisia Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

Senegal Foreign Investment Promotion Agency's boss Mountaga Sy undermined by exodus of senior management

Ivory Coast Abidjan governor reacts to dismissal of his fraud claim

Sudan Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Gabon President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

DRC Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

Kenya Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Cameroon Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

Libya Italy's MED Spa sells speedboats to Tripoli coastguards before European fund closes

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Djibouti
What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha purges security services

Madagascar
Rajoelina's allies try to topple senate leader, the last opposition man standing

DRC
Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

Ivory Coast
Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

Cameroon
Robert Bapooh Lipot, Biya's operative in Bassa country

Tunisia
Minister Marzouk appoints Mohsen Mansouri as chief of staff to energise his ministry

Spotlight | Libya
Under pressure on the military front, Haftar tries a new political ploy

Angola
Lourenco's three-man squad to try to defuse the country's debt bomb

Angola
Unrepaid Dos Santos era loans risk becoming an economic fragmentation bomb

Libya
French embassy plans major foray into health sector with help from LFHS

Tunisia
Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

Senegal
Foreign Investment Promotion Agency's boss Mountaga Sy undermined by exodus of senior management

Ivory Coast
Abidjan governor reacts to dismissal of his fraud claim

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

DRC
Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Cameroon
Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

Libya
Italy's MED Spa sells speedboats to Tripoli coastguards before European fund closes