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Ivory Coast
Ouattara dines at Élysée Palace

The Ivorian president is to meet with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris this evening, 22 March. The two men are expected to discuss the situation in West Africa and France's presence in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.03.2024

Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara, on 21 November 2023, at the Élysée Palace.

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

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 21.03.2024

Spotlight | Libya
All eyes on Takala before fresh round of talks on formation of new government

Whether a new unified executive in Libya, as supported by France, Morocco and Egypt, comes into being largely depends on the position taken by Mohamed Takala, the head of the country's advisory High Council of State.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.03.2024

Presidential council leader, Mohamed al-Menfi, Tobruk House of Representatives speaker, Aguila Salah Issa, Chairman of the High Council of State, Mohamed Takala.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Faure Gnassingbé, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

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

DRCJean-Claude Kabongo tags along on Tshisekedi's Doha trip

TogoGnassingbé's key role in lifting Niger and Mali sanctions

GabonAPF head Bruno Fuchs to meet Oligui Nguema

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 14.03.2024

Morocco
French and Moroccan MPs to convene in Paris in April

Several French and Moroccan MPs will meet in April for a conference organised by the alumni of public administration school ENA to discuss diplomacy between Paris and Rabat.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.03.2024

Spotlight | Madagascar
National Assembly speaker pays for past stand against Rajoelina

In the run-up to the legislative elections, President Andry Rajoelina has sacked several civil servants close to Christine Razanamahasoa, who opposed him during last year's presidential campaign.

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2024

Yaël Braun-Pivet welcomes Christine Razanamahasoa at the French National Assembly on 7 March 2024.

Senegal
Ouattara's discreet election advice to Sall

The outgoing Senegalese leader has been in regular contact with his Ivorian counterpart since postponing the presidential election, Ouattara has urged him to step down when his term as president officially comes to an end.

Subscribers only Politics 08.03.2024

Senegalese president Macky Sall and his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 14 June 2022.

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Brazilian plane order complicates negotiations to release French intelligence agents

The Burkinabe junta suspects Washington and Paris of blocking the delivery of an Embraer Super Tucano attack plane, and this is overshadowing negotiations for the release of four DGSE agents detained in Ouagadougou.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.03.2024

Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso's transitional government.

Spotlight | Morocco
$1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains

French giant Alstom is in pole position for the mega-deal to supply 168 new trains to Morocco's Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), but faces stiff competition from Spain's CAF and Talgo.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.03.2024

A high speed train produced by Alstom departs La Rochelle's harbour for Tangier, on 26 June 2015.

Nigeria
France-Nigeria Business Council reorganises following chairman's death

Banker Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede will temporarily lead the council pending the election of a new chairman in May. He was close to its former head Herbert Wigwe, who died earlier this month.

Subscribers only Business 29.02.2024

Morocco
French interior minister Darmanin set for talks in Rabat

Seconded imams and the granting of visas are to be among the topics discussed at meetings between Gérald Darmanin and the Moroccan authorities during his upcoming trip.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.02.2024

French interior minister Gérald Darmanin in Paris on 9 October 2023.

Spotlight | Madagascar
France takes step towards returning royal relics to Madagascar

France has finally taken a step towards returning three human skulls, including one believed to be of a king beheaded by French colonists in the 19th century, to Madagascar. Antananarivo requested their return twenty years ago.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.02.2024

French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati.

Morocco
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's schedule for Rabat visit

The French minister is expected in the Moroccan capital on 25 February. The trip looks set to pave the way for a series of meetings between the two countries' leaders - with an economic focus for now.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.02.2024

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné.

Morocco
French foreign minister Séjourné expected in Rabat this week

The newly appointed foreign minister is set to meet his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on 25 February. After months of frosty relations between the two countries, it's a highly symbolic visit and one that could pave the way for Emmanuel Macron's trip to the kingdom.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2024

French foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné in New York on 23 January 2024.

Namibia Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Emmanuel Macron

Ivory Coast Ouattara dines at Élysée Palace

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

GabonOligui Nguema due in Abidjan

LiberiaOuattara lays on jet for Boakai

NigerJunta divided over Bazoum's release

Spotlight | Libya All eyes on Takala before fresh round of talks on formation of new government

Palace Intrigues Félix Tshisekedi, Faure Gnassingbé, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

DRCJean-Claude Kabongo tags along on Tshisekedi's Doha trip

TogoGnassingbé's key role in lifting Niger and Mali sanctions

GabonAPF head Bruno Fuchs to meet Oligui Nguema

Morocco French and Moroccan MPs to convene in Paris in April

Spotlight | Madagascar National Assembly speaker pays for past stand against Rajoelina

Senegal Ouattara's discreet election advice to Sall

Spotlight | Burkina Faso Brazilian plane order complicates negotiations to release French intelligence agents

Spotlight | Morocco $1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains

Nigeria France-Nigeria Business Council reorganises following chairman's death

Morocco French interior minister Darmanin set for talks in Rabat

Spotlight | Madagascar France takes step towards returning royal relics to Madagascar

Morocco French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's schedule for Rabat visit

Morocco French foreign minister Séjourné expected in Rabat this week

Africa AFD gears up for October's Francophonie gathering

Ivory Coast Macron's brand-new Africa envoy due to meet Ouattara

Libya Paris launches new plan to end Libya's divisions

Ivory Coast Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

Palace Intrigues Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Laurent Gbagbo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Congo The stranger in Sassou's Italy-Africa summit delegation

DRC Tshisekedi clan annoyed by cousin Tony Kanku

Ivory Coast Gbagbo pays discreet visit to Paris

Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang's new ambassador to be accredited at last

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

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

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