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Cameroon
Fadil Yuzal, the very low-key Paul Biya broker

Fadil Yuzal is often chosen to organise Paul Biya's travel. With medical-grade Boeings and Airbuses chartered through his company Alfa Jet Services, the Franco-Turkish national pulls the strings of a carefully orchestrated presidential aviation network.

Kenya
Searching for a delicate balance, Kenya Airways suspends its Boeing-only plan

The Kenyan carrier is facing significant delays in obtaining aircraft and spare parts from Boeing. While waiting for a new investor, the group will continue to operate with a hybrid fleet.

Morocco
Western Sahara question damages relations with Ottawa

National holiday celebrations at foreign embassies in Rabat are usually marked by the presence of a Moroccan minister, but this year no political figure attended the Canada Day celebrations in the capital.

Central African Republic
Touadéra plans his return to Bangui

After four days in hospital, the CAR president has seen his state of health stabilise. He left the medical establishment on the morning of 24 June.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Yoweri Museveni

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

GabonBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's not-so-secret trip to Paris

Central AfricaThe misadventures of Faustin-Archange Touadéra with VistaJet

UgandaThe case within a case: the double life of Ayena Odongo, Dominic Ongwen's ousted lawyer

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Macky Sall, Félix Tshisekedi, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Emmanuel Macron

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

Ivory Coast, SenegalOuattara flies in Macky Sall

DRCTshisekedi government reaches out to opponent Martin Fayulu

EgyptSisi and Macron talk business in metro

South Africa
French development agency mulls €300m loan for South Africa's Transnet

The Agence Française de Développement is considering providing financial support to the South African logistics giant Transnet. But first it wants to find an auditor for the company, which has long been plagued by poor governance.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Emmanuel Macron, Alassane Ouattara, Farmajo

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

GabonGeneral Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema changes plane plans

Ivory Coast Tidjane Thiam on the menu at Alassane Ouattara's dinner with Emmanuel Macron

SomaliaBehind the scenes of Farmajo's rift with his ex-spymaster

Morocco
Canadian and Moroccan business leaders join forces to put free trade deal back on table

The Moroccan business federation CGEM is preparing to send a business delegation to Canada in September, at a time of unprecedented bilateral developments between the two countries' business sectors.

DRC
Congo Airways denies plans to sell planes

Following an Africa Intelligence article on Congo Airways' plans to sell two grounded aircraft, the airline issued a statement on 4 April denying this. But this runs counter to an email circulating among the management of the DR Congo national carrier.

DRC
State auditors pore over Congo Airways accounts

The financial authorities are currently going through the national airline's finances with a fine-tooth comb and claim to have detected a certain number of alleged irregularities.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Amadou Ba and Nicolas Sarkozy, Teodoro Obiang Nguema

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

DRC Helene Mercier-Arnault, wife of luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, pays a cultural visit to Kinshasa

SenegalNicolas Sarkozy phones Amadou Ba

Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Obiang Nguema mourns a death and a murder

DRC, Mozambique
PAL Aerospace to equip Maputo's Paramount spy planes

The Canadian firm will supply intelligence and surveillance systems for the Mwari aircraft designed by Paramount for Mozambique. Two orders have already been placed with the South African manufacturer, encompassing three aircraft for Mozambique's military and six for DR Congo's.

Kenya
Jambojet reaches for the sky as parent company Kenya Airways nosedives

The upturn in tourism bodes well for the low-cost airline which, unlike its parent company Kenya Airways, is aiming high.