Politics

Kenya
Ruto follows troops with cash in Rift Valley pacification strategy

The Kenyan army and police have managed to reduce levels of violence in the northwestern region. Troops deployed there are now set to oversee development projects.

Ivory Coast
Standard Chartered facilitates €533m loan for Abidjan

The financially challenged Ivory Coast is to receive a Standard Chartered Bank-facilitated €533m loan in late November.

Sudan
Tensions emerge amid efforts to draft new constitution

The Max Planck Foundation is helping Sudanese civilians lay the groundwork for a constitution, but the involvement of a coalition close to the army has sparked uproar.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, David Cameron, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara, Guillaume Soro

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

DRCWill Cameron get through to Tshisekedi?

Ivory Coast/TogoOuattara and Gnassingbé's discreet tête-à-tête in Riyadh

NigeriaOlivier Becht keeps billionaire company in Lagos

Ivory CoastExiled opposition figure Guillaume Soro back in Africa

Madagascar
Rajoelina welcomes Liberal International electoral observers

Andry Rajoelina, running for a new term in the first round of Madagascar's presidential polls on 16 November, has with the agreement of interim president Richard Ravalomanana authorised a Liberal International (LI) electoral mission to follow the voting.

Kenya
Ruto keen to revive fortunes of state's debt-laden textile firm

The Kenyan president has made a priority of ensuring Rivatex, a company based in his political heartland, emerges from its deep financial woes.

Congo
Security services dismantle Commisimpex side channel

Several senior officials in charge of coordinating the long-running legal battle with Commisimpex have been questioned by the security services. They are suspected of conducting parallel negotiations with this company, to which Congo has been ordered to pay $1.

Madagascar
Diplomatic community shores up speaker of parliament

It was a close call for Christine Razanamahasoa, the speaker of Madagascar's lower house, who was almost dismissed by her peers after sharply criticising Andry Rajoelina during her speech at the opening of the parliamentary session on 17 October.