Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Africa
Emmanuel Macron, Andry Rajoelina, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mohamed Médiène

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

Senegal
Macky Sall to attend Charles III coronation

The Senegalese president Macky Sall will be in London on 6 May for the coronation of the British king Charles III.

Congo
Congo provides fresh testimony to French judiciary in Commisimpex case

The Republic of the Congo has submitted to the investigative magistrate in charge of investigating potential rigging of the arbitration pitting Congo against creditor Commisimpex the testimony of a former finance minister who was in office in the early 1990s.

Congo
Congo ministers 'Kiki' and Bouya spar in contest to attract foreign investment

The international cooperation minister Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso has been given the official go-ahead for an inter-ministerial committee to manage foreign investments. His rival, the minister of territorial development Jean-Jacques Bouya, has been kept on the sidelines.

Palace Intrigues
Vladimir Putin, Abdelfattah al-Sisi, Emmanuel Macron, Tony O. Elumelu

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

EgyptVladimir Putin keen to honour Sisi during his Russia-Africa summit

CongoEmmanuel Macron will not attend Denis Sassou Nguesso's forest summit

FranceFrench-Algerian writer Karim Amellal candidate to head Arab World Institute

NigeriaBehind the scenes of Tony O. Elumelu's Israeli visit

Congo, France
Congo leader's Falcon 7X remains trapped in legal tussle with Commisimpex

The legal tussle between the Congo state and the Lebanese firm Commisimpex over Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso's seized Falcon 7X continues after a French court on 29 March rejected an appeal from Congo to suspend the aircraft's sale.

Spotlight | Congo
ENI's $5bn 'Marine XII' LNG project in Congo electrifies politicians and subcontractors alike

By promising substantial investments in an LNG export project off the coast of Pointe-Noire, Italy's ENI has raised hopes of breathing new life into a moribund industry. The Congolese authorities have placed high stakes on the project.

Palace Intrigues
William Ruto, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Kaïs Saïed, Ben Moctar Maouloud

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

KenyaState House employees find First Lady's fasting hard to swallow

CongoDenis Sassou Nguesso honours his oilmen

TunisiaKaïs Saïed blocks football boss from attending FIFA congress

Ivory CoastBen Moctar Maouloud courts French arms companies at Bpifrance salon

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Kais Saied, Mamady Doumbouya, François Beya

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Congo Macron's embarrassing handshake at presidential palace

Tunisia Saied requests $500m in aid from Al Thani

Guinea French-Guinean duo brings Pogba and Ronaldinho to Conakry and Abidjan

Central African Republic François Beya fails to show in Bangui

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ali Bongo, Gims, Mathilde of Belgium

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Gabon Biya skips summit, Sassou snubs group photo

Gabon Congolese delegation plays cat and mouse with Gabonese opposition

Senegal French rappers Gims and Maes pick luxury concierge service

Egypt Belgium's Queen Mathilde acts as ambassador for tourism

Congo
Ex-PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin shepherds French business leaders to Brazzaville

The Fondation Prospective et Innovation, run by the former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, is to dispatch a business delegation to Brazzaville from 27 to 29 March.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Pedro Sanchez and Mohammed VI

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond. This week: Ouattara's latest French holiday, Macron beats Sarkozy, Pedro Sanchez seeks Mohammed VI... again.

Ivory Coast Ouattara takes a new break in France

Congo Macron to beat Sarkozy... for shortest visit

Morocco/Spain Second time lucky for Sanchez and the king in Rabat?

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso gets in on forest summit act

High-level forest summits are coming up thick and fast. Denis Sassou Nguesso plans to stage an international equatorial forest summit in mid-June

Libya
African Union calls for national reconciliation conference in Libya

At the 36th summit of the African Union, the High-Level Committee on the Libyan question strongly urged the holding of a national reconciliation conference.