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Palace Intrigues
Jay-Z, Pascaline Bongo, Lionel Talon, Franck Biya, Muhammadu Sanusi II

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

AfricaA host of VIPs at Jay-Z's Parisian concert

CameroonFranck Biya on low-key trip to France

NigeriaThe Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, visits Paris

Palace Intrigues
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Mahamadou Issoufou, Christophe Lecourtier

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

Africa-France SummitBassirou Diomaye Faye promotes Youth Olympics, while Samia Suluhu Hassan misses gun

NigerAbba Issoufou, son of Mahamadou Issoufou, settles in New York

MoroccoRabat bids French ambassador Christophe Lecourtier goodbye

Algeria
Algiers slowly severs diplomatic ties with Abu Dhabi

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has decided to reduce Algeria’s diplomatic representation in Abu Dhabi to the bare minimum.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Muhammadu Sanusi II, Nicolas Sarkozy

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

GabonPresident Oligui Nguema digs Ebomaf's luxury Airbus

NigeriaMedina, stage of confrontation between Emir Sanusi and his predecessor Bayero

AfricaNicolas Sarkozy guest of honour at French law firm Forward

Niger
Sopamin wins its arbitration against uranium trader Curzon

Sopamin has won its arbitration case against British trader Curzon Uranium at the International Chamber of Commerce tribunal in Geneva.

Nigeria
Kano throne turns into poisoned chalice for Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi returned to the head of the northern Nigerian emirate last May, four years after being dethroned, but now once again finds himself in the crosshairs of the central government.

Niger
Tuareg diaspora gathers in France

They will being holding their annual meeting in Évreux in mid-July.

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

The Angolan oil and gas regulator has authorised eight oil companies to take shares in 12 blocks that featured in a recent tender call. Once again, firms with close connections to the Dos Santos administration have been amply rewarded.

Spotlight | Niger
Why Niger coup leaves China's CNPC with cause for optimism

For executives at the Chinese state-owned company CNPC, Niger's new regime is not necessarily bad for business. The oil major now hopes to make swift and cost-effective progress on certain thorny issues dating back to the Bazoum era.