Faure Gnassingbe

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

Niger
Junta sets conditions for Mohamed Bazoum's release

The ex-president's son was released on 8 January on the orders of Niger's military leader, General Tchiani, but his own fate is still being negotiated.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Paul Biya, Patrice Talon, Andry Rajoelina

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

GabonTurkey's BGN cosies up to General Oligui

CameroonPaul Biya refuses to replace head of presidential guard

BeninPatrice Talon on voicemail only at ECOWAS summit

MadagascarRajoelina to be sworn in without a French minister present

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, David Cameron, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara, Guillaume Soro

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

DRCWill Cameron get through to Tshisekedi?

Ivory Coast/TogoOuattara and Gnassingbé's discreet tête-à-tête in Riyadh

NigeriaOlivier Becht keeps billionaire company in Lagos

Ivory CoastExiled opposition figure Guillaume Soro back in Africa

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Faure Gnassingbé, Charles Blé Goudé, Blaise Matuidi

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

Ivory CoastOuattara and Macron try to set date for meeting

TogoGnassingbé's quiet London escape

Ivory CoastOpposition leader Charles Blé Goudé prepares own "address to the nation"

CongoFootball world champion Blaise Matuidi nurtures his networks

Palace Intrigues
Bill Gates, Faure Gnassingbé, Ali Bongo, Jutta Urpilainen

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

Senegal Gates due in Dakar for another Grand Challenges

Togo/Gabon Faure Gnassingbé loses his EPL-watching pal Ali Bongo

Ethiopia EU Commissioner Urpilainen's big Addis Ababa announcement

Ivory Coast
Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné set to attend UN General Assembly

Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Koné will represent Alassane Ouattara at the next UN General Assembly in New York in late September.

West Africa
The heads of state who are set to attend the UN General Assembly

Several heads of state from ECOWAS are preparing to travel to New York at the end of the month to attend the next United Nations General Assembly.

Togo
Africom chief Michael Langley set to visit Lomé

AFRICOM chief General Michael Langley is to visit Lomé on 27 July

West Africa
Paris presents military restructuring plan to African presidencies

The Elysée and the defence ministry have been holding discreet consultations with a handful of African "partners" to present the reorganisation of France's military presence on the continent.