Africa, Comoros islands
Allies eye opportunity as Assoumani takes African Union helm

Angola, Comoros islands
Moroni and Luanda lay foundations for cooperation

Presidents Azali Assoumani and João Lourenço want to deepen the collaboration between their countries. They have instructed their heads of diplomacy to sign an agreement to this effect ahead of the African Union summit of heads of state in mid-February.

Africa
North Africa torn over 2024 African Union chair

The severely damaged relationship between Morocco and Algeria is preventing the region from reaching consensus over who will serve as AU chair next year.

Angola, Comoros islands
Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Foreign Affairs Minister Tete António is scheduled to travel to the Comoros at the end of this month to discuss the unrest in eastern DRC.

Palace Intrigues
Alpha Condé, Azali Assoumani, William Ruto, Denis Kadima

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

GuineaAlpha Condé seeks African Union boss's help for comeback

KenyaRuto shuns predecessor Kenyatta's hotels

AlgeriaPresident's office rallies Algerian NGOs after AQIM leader's interview with France24

DR CongoElectoral commission boss in training in Johannesburg

Africa
AU summit special: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame, Moussa Faki, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond. This week, we report back from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

Egypt
Cairo throws hat into ring to chair African Union in 2024

For several weeks the North Africa region has been unable to choose between Morocco and Algeria for the first vice presidency of the African Union. Cairo has now thrown its hat into the ring in the hope of resolving the impasse.

African Union, Comoros islands, Rwanda
M23: Vincent Biruta lobbies Azali Assoumani

Officially, Vincent Biruta visited Moroni on 16 January to sign partnerships that had been planned for several years between Rwanda and the Comoros. In reality, it was to talk about the DRC.

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Western capitals and the United Nations remain wary of dealing with the evidence that they say they have concerning Rwanda's support for the rebel M23 movement, much to the displeasure of Kinshasa.