Alassane Ouattara

Congo, Senegal
Faye prepares official visit to Brazzaville

The Senegalese president plans to visit Congo in early February at the invitation of his counterpart Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Several strategic issues are expected to be discussed during the trip.

Ivory Coast
Société de Transport Lagunaire in the sights of tax authorities

Founded by Adama Bictogo, STL was subject to a tax inspection at the end of 2025. The company, which operates in the river mobility sector in Abidjan, was briefly suspended before resuming its activities following negotiations with the authorities.

West Africa
Ouattara irked by Sandaogo Damiba's extradition to Ouagadougou

President Ouattara was far from happy with the extradition of former Burkinabé transitional leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba from Lomé to Ouagadougou.

Ivory Coast
FBI sends mission to Abidjan to look into Hezbollah networks

Washington is stepping up its efforts with the national authorities to accelerate investigations into alleged Hezbollah financing channels operating out of the Ivorian economic capital.

Ivory Coast
Téné Birahima Ouattara on his way to becoming National Assembly speaker

Alassane Ouattara's younger brother is expected to succeed Adama Bictogo as leader of the lower house at the end of this month. This promotion is part of his rise to power, closely endorsed by the president himself.

Ivory Coast
Transcao comes to the rescue of struggling cocoa traders

At the risk of undermining its own stability, the Conseil Café-Cacao trading subsidiary has had to step up to the plate to absorb the volumes dropped by a number of local operators facing financial difficulties.

Ivory Coast
Parliamentary polls: Téné Birahima Ouattara toils to gain ground in Abobo

Defence Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara, the younger brother of President Alassane Ouattara, is struggling to make his mark in Abobo, a large working-class district in northern Abidjan and historic stronghold of the ruling RHDP party.

Palace Intrigues
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Simone Gbagbo, François Louncény Fall

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

Central African RepublicFaustin-Archange Touadéra dispatches master spy to Belgrade

Ivory CoastOuattara has the power over Simone Gbagbo's electricity?

Guinea, ChadTwo former prime ministers take up the pen

Ivory Coast
Abidjan to boost gendarmerie's front-line role against terrorist threat

The armed force is setting up a new, more operational anti-terrorist unit and plans fresh deployments in the north of the country, as Abidjan seeks to tighten control of its borders with Mali and Burkina Faso amid growing regional insecurity.

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara's security apparatus undergoing reorganisation

From the Ministry of Defence to the general staffs of the army and the gendarmerie, discussions are underway to appoint the key figures in the president's security apparatus.

Ivory Coast
Government minister Éléonore Caroit to represent Paris at Alassane Ouattara's inauguration

The French Minister for Francophonie and International Partnerships, Éléonore Caroit, will represent Emmanuel Macron at Alassane Ouattara's inauguration on 8 December.

Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast
Ouattara finally entrusts monitoring the Bissau crisis to his VP

The president has entrusted his vice president with overseeing the crisis in Guinea-Bissau, triggered by the 26 November coup.