Conseil Superieur de la Magistrature

The New Guard
DR Congo, Guinea, Ethiopia, Eswatini

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

DRC Charlotte Kalala, a bridge between the diaspora and the two Congos

Guinea Mohamed Diawara, leader of the revolting judges

Ethiopia Noel Daniel, promoting venture capital in Addis

Eswatini Sicelo Mngomezulu, the pro-democracy lawyer exiled by the absolutist king

Tunisia
German President tries to re-establish contact between Kais Saied and G7 countries

The EU and the ambassadors of the G7 countries are trying to arrange a joint meeting with Tunisian president Kais Saied to preserve contact with Carthage Palace while the head of state is in the process of finalising the draft of the new constitution.

Tunisia
Kais Saied in Brussels to resume talks with EU partners

Tunisian president Kais Saied is leaving the country for the first time in several months to attend the EU-AU summit. The political and economic situation in Tunisia is deteriorating and he is keen to exit the diplomatic isolation which his coup of 25 July last year has placed him in.

Burkina Faso
Stormy times ahead within the judiciary

Ideological splits and the handling of ultra-sensitive cases have prompted a grave crisis of confidence within the profession.

Congo
Sassou Nguesso purges the judiciary

At a meeting of the Conseil superieur de la magistrature [...]

Gabon
Ali Bongo takes a leaf out of his friend Faure's book

The revision of the constitution sought by the president mirrors the path taken by his Togolese counterpart.

Madagascar
Minister Andriamiseza turns deaf ear to SMM

Justice minister Charles Andriamiseza is avoiding talks with the Syndicat des Magistrats de Madagascar (SMM) even though he has been [...]

Cameroon
Biya takes liberty with constitution

A presidential decree on February 18 that saw businessman and [...]

Benin
Patrice Talon affair claims new victim

Heads continue to roll in the ongoing Patrice Talon affair. The latest to be shown the door is prosecutor Justin Gbènamèto.

Madagascar
Nirina Rakotomanantsoa

After being successively a close advisor to President Marc Ravalomanana, then a supporter of Andry Rajoelina in the race to [...]

Tunisia
Bhiri doesn’t pass muster

Justice minister Noureddine Bhiri is going to have to revise [...]

Chad
Brahim Al Khalil Hileou

Following the closure of the Djermaya refinery, Chad’s oil minister, Eugene Tabe, was replaced on Jan. 27 by a newcomer [...]

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohamed VI seriously out of step

Designed to defuse a street revolt, a draft project for constitutional reforms that Mohammed VI presented on June 17 could well do exactly the opposite, igniting fresh unrest. The Palace nervously produced a few last minute corrections in the wording, [.

Morocco
Sorcery Claim at Eco Medias

Summer was particularly torrid in the newsrooms of Eco Medias, publisher of the dailies L’Economiste and Assabah. On July 29, [...]

Djibouti
Consuls

Whilst the Thai Kereephon was appointed Djibouti Consul to Bankok, [...]