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Gabon
Ex-pro grand master Lin Mombo takes masonry goals to Abidjan

Former pro grand master Lin Mombo is losing momentum within Gabon's freemasonry circles and wants to open a chapter of the American Royal Arch in Abidjan.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Alassane Ouattara, Joseph Boakai, Mohamed Bazoum

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

GabonOligui Nguema due in Abidjan

LiberiaOuattara lays on jet for Boakai

NigerJunta divided over Bazoum's release

Angola, Gabon
ECCAS commissioner in hot water

The Central African bloc's commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Mangaral Banté, recently came under fire from the sub-region's foreign ministers. He has been at loggerheads for weeks with the head of ECCAS, Angola's Gilberto da Piedade Verissimo.

Congo
Édith Lucie Bongo Ondimba memorial brings Libreville and Brazzaville closer together

Every year since her death in 2009, Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has organised a ceremony to honour his late daughter, the former First Lady of Gabon. Several heads of state, including Gabon's Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema are expected to attend this year's event.

Gabon
Czech consortium to rehabilitate regional airports

Transcon Electronic Systems and Koma Modular, which are already active in Senegal, signed a memorandum in late January, under which they will completely or partially modernise four of Gabon's inland airports.

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema promotes private office director to board of strategic investment fund

Transition President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is set to appoint the head of his private office Victorine Tchicot to the Gabonese Sovereign Wealth Fund (FGIS)'s board of directors.

Gabon
Gabon Grand Master swearing in moved forward

Jacques-Denis Tsanga, the new grand master of the Grande Loge du Gabon, is to be sworn in on 10 February, a week earlier than planned.

Gabon
AU to debate return to democratic rule in Gabon

The African Union's Peace and Security Commission is to debate Gabon's return to democratic rule on 9 February.

Senegal
Presidential candidate Daouda Ndiaye's wide-ranging networks

The malaria specialist, who is a candidate in next month's presidential poll in Senegal, is particularly well connected in the US. He is also benefiting from the advice of a French consultant familiar with Africa.

Palace Intrigues
George Weah, Faure Gnassingbé, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

LiberiaWeah strands Monrovia mayor at airport

TogoGnassingbé turns deaf ear to exiled opponent François Boko

GabonOligui Nguema finally recovers presidential Gulfstream

CARTouadéra snubs his environment minister

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema in secret tête-à-tête with French lawyer Robert Bourgi

On the sidelines of an official visit to Senegal, Gabon's interim leader met in private on 19 January with lawyer Robert Bourgi, a key figure in French-Africa relations, to discuss the transition process in Gabon.

Central African Republic, Gabon
Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

This year could see the largest airline in Central Africa start a regular service to Bangui for the first time, but that still depends on the Bangui-M'Poko International Airport meeting the required standards.

Gabon
Brothers in spot of bother for Grand Master election

Having been announced in October, the election of Jacques-Denis Tsanga as Grand Master of the Grande Loge du Gabon is about to take place. But behind the scenes, the previously dominant consensus has evaporated.

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron and Andry Rajoelina, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gims, Dadju, Chantal Biya

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

MadagascarMacron discreetly calls Rajoelina

GabonOligui Nguema flies Air Omar

CongoENI books Gims and Dadju for private concert

CameroonChantal Biya's highly political birthday bash