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Guinea
AMR co-founders Romain Girbal and Thibault Launay quietly exit Guinea

The two founders are selling their stakes in the AMR mining company to devote themselves to metaverse projects in Dubai and Lisbon. The current CEO, Sonny Doumbouya, is set to become its largest shareholder in the Conakry-approved takeover.

Guinea
Gambling baron Antonio Souaré seeks to reclaim Guinée Games

Mamadou Antonio Souaré was marginalised by the ruling junta and dispossessed of his lucrative betting company Guinée Games last August. He is hoping that the recent creation of a gambling regulator will help him get it back.

Kenya
Kenyatta sticks to the wings as Odinga-Ruto drama plays on

Little has been heard of the former president since the man he had hoped would succeed him embarked on a crusade against the eventual winner of last August's presidential election. Kenyatta's people worry that rocking the boat could jeopardise the family's sprawling business interests.

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

Guinea
From Istanbul, Alpha Condé disrupts his party's plans

The ousted president did not warn his Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée party when he made a recent bid to remobilise his supporters. Some party bigwigs are annoyed at the move as it jeopardised their own attempts to discreetly revive the erstwhile leading political movement.

Guinea
Conakry and ECOWAS clash over Condé-era ministers

In a series of letters seen by Africa Intelligence, the ECOWAS Court of Justice and Guinean state lawyers go head-to-head over the detention of three senior figures who served under Alpha Condé. Among them is former prime minister Fofana, whose corruption trial is to begin on 20 March in Conakry.

Guinea
ECOWAS tries to reboot dialogue between Conakry junta and opposition

The US embassy in Conakry last week hosted a delegation from Guinea opposition parties, including Union des Forces Démocratiques de Guinée (UFDG), l'Union des Forces Républicaines (UFR) and the RPG to try and restart dialogue with the junta.

Guinea
Kaloum Hotel owner Dennis Lin moves into bauxite

Silver Valley International, the company which owns Conakry's Kaloum hotel prized by the authorities, has applied for an operating licence for Bauxite mines north-east of the capital, despite having no previous experience in this field.

Guinea
Diallo and Touré ponder their junta strategy from Abidjan

The opposition politicians Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sydia Touré have had a discreet meeting in the Ivorian capital and are continuing to push for a dialogue to be held with the junta outside Guinea. But they also have to contend with the manoeuvring of ousted president Alpha Condé, who is currently based in Istanbul.

Guinea
Ismael Bah plays middleman between junta and French senators

Straddling Conakry and Paris, the Franco-Guinean national has persuaded France's Senate to host a symposium on Guinea's transition. Supported by Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya's junta, he is banking on Prime Minister Bernard Goumou making an appearance at the event that is set to take place in March.