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Ivory Coast
US watches slowed Hezbollah financing probe with concern

The investigation into alleged networks funding the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah in Ivory Coast was launched in 2025, following a tip-off from the Moroccan foreign intelligence service.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.06.2026

Nigeria
National Counter Terrorism Centre's regional push raises the stakes

The NCTC is stepping up its efforts to become a regional centre of excellence. This process is still under discussion with ECOWAS.

Free access Defence 08.06.2026

Adamu Laka, head of the National Counter Terrorism Centre in Abuja, on 24 November 2025.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Abidjan redefines military cooperation with Beijing, Paris and Washington

With China delivering heavy weapons, the United States building closer military and diplomatic ties and France reshaping its partnerships, Ivory Coast is attracting ever-greater interest from these three powers.

Subscribers only Defence 02.06.2026

The US-led Flintlock exercise at the AILCT counter-terrorism school in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, on 30 April 2026.

Spotlight | Mali
The crucial mining element of Bamako and Washington's reconciliation

A transactional approach, combining a security partnership with mining interests, is at work behind the rapprochement between the Trump administration and Assimi Goïta's junta. Among the assets under discussion are deposits of gold, manganese, and lithium that Bamako is offering to American investors.

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2026

The Morila gold mine, in Sanso, Mali, in December 2017.

Ivory Coast
Washington tightens security cooperation with Abidjan for 2026 World Cup

As part of the organisation of the 2026 World Cup, the FBI and the International Police Cooperation Center have asked Abidjan to help ensure security for the competition.

Subscribers only Defence 03.03.2026

Kenya
Ruto's decision to reopen the Somali border catches Washington off guard

The Kenyan president's announcement was made without prior warning to his senior security officials, who work closely with US intelligence and security agencies. With terrorist attacks still proliferating on both sides of the frontier, the move is viewed as premature by many.

Subscribers only Defence 23.02.2026

Ivory Coast
FBI sends mission to Abidjan to look into Hezbollah networks

Washington is stepping up its efforts with the national authorities to accelerate investigations into alleged Hezbollah financing channels operating out of the Ivorian economic capital.

Subscribers only Finance 16.01.2026

Spotlight | Niger
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

In conjunction with the Trump administration, General Abdourahamane Tchiani's services began tracking the Christian missionary kidnapped in Niamey in October. While they have managed to gather information on where he was just after he was taken into captivity, they are encountering significant difficulties in pinpointing Kevin Rideout's current whereabouts.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2025

Ivory Coast
US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

For several months, the US administration has been holding a series of working meetings with the Ivorian authorities. The aim is to trace illicit financial flows that it suspects are linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah.

Subscribers only Finance 25.08.2025

Ivory Coast
Abidjan calls on Israeli Rayzone Group to boost its cybersecurity

Cyber firm Rayzone Group has become a partner of the ANSSI, an organisation recently created to combat cybercrime in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Defence 12.06.2025

Inner Circle | Nigeria
The tight and dedicated team around head of national security Nuhu Ribadu

Placed at the head of Nigeria's security apparatus, Nuhu Ribadu is meddling in political issues and attempting to deal with the multiple threats facing the country. To do this, he calls on a researcher, a number of specialists and his network in Western capitals.

Subscribers only Defence 14.02.2025

Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja, Nigeria, 10 December 2014.

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Afriland bank's DR Congo subsidiary, which is under provisional administration by the country's central bank and is in arbitration proceedings, may have one final use. The government may use it in a risky financial deal that would benefit Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 16.12.2024

The head office of Afriland First Bank, in Kinshasa, in April 2021.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Bola Tinubu, Faure Gnassingbé, Umaro Sissoco Embaló

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

West AfricaECOWAS leaders divided over ASS countries' withdrawal

Ivory CoastUS ambassador to Abidjan heads for exit

Guinea/Guinea-BissauEmbaló's discreet Paris meeting with opponent Diallo

Free access Diplomacy 12.12.2024

Nigeria
Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo to talk security in US

Washington is keen to bolster cooperation on security with Abuja and has invited the minister to the United States to discuss illegal migration, trafficking and terrorism, all of which are issues of growing concern in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Defence 02.07.2024

In Focus | Africa
The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

The hunt for the firm's embezzled funds continues. From Dubai to Djibouti, via Kyiv and Dar es Salaam, tens of millions of dollars have passed through suspicious entities. US, Swiss and French investigators are continuing their probes into a complex financial network controlled by Russians.

Subscribers only Finance 08.05.2023

Alexey Alexandrovitch Korotaev, Anastasiya Abramova, Hedayatollah Bakhtari Musa, Aleksei Korotaev.

Libya
Straife advises oil trader BGN International

The Emirati company is being supported on its Libyan operations by the US consultancy's boss Joseph Fleming, who formerly worked as a lobbyist for eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.03.2023

Spotlight | Cameroon
US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

The United States has become a rear base for Cameroonian separatist groups, as figures from the diaspora seek to raise funds there to finance fighters in the breakaway regions. This is of growing concern to Washington, which is closely monitoring the issue.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 22.02.2023

In Focus | DRC
From Texas to South Kivu's highlands, Mahoro Peace Association's complex channels finance militia

Washington and Kinshasa believe a vast network operating under the cover of an American association is financing the Banyamulenge community militias. According to FBI and Congolese intelligence evidence, hundreds of thousands of dollars may have been used to finance the war effort in South Kivu.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.01.2023

Washington and Kinshasa suspect a vast network, operating under the cover of an American humanitarian association, of financing the Banyamulenge community militias.

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

The Australian-Romanian businessman is under investigation by the US, UK and Swiss authorities, and is eager to divert attention away from suspicions of corruption regarding an oil and gas block acquisition. This gambit focusses on on arable land bought in Senegal via a company that he is looking to have listed on Wall Street.

Subscribers only Business 05.12.2022

The Australian-Romanian businessman, Frank Timis.

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Ever since Félix Tshisekedi took power, Washington had hoped he would curb China's huge influence in the country. Four years later, the United States is bitterly disappointed that it has failed to break Beijing's hegemony in strategic mining issues.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 05.09.2022

US president Joe Biden and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi in October 2021.

Ivory Coast
US watches slowed Hezbollah financing probe with concern

Nigeria
National Counter Terrorism Centre's regional push raises the stakes

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Abidjan redefines military cooperation with Beijing, Paris and Washington

Spotlight | Mali
The crucial mining element of Bamako and Washington's reconciliation

Ivory Coast
Washington tightens security cooperation with Abidjan for 2026 World Cup

Kenya
Ruto's decision to reopen the Somali border catches Washington off guard

Ivory Coast
FBI sends mission to Abidjan to look into Hezbollah networks

Spotlight | Niger
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

Ivory Coast
US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

Ivory Coast
Abidjan calls on Israeli Rayzone Group to boost its cybersecurity

Inner Circle | Nigeria
The tight and dedicated team around head of national security Nuhu Ribadu

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Bola Tinubu, Faure Gnassingbé, Umaro Sissoco Embaló

West AfricaECOWAS leaders divided over ASS countries' withdrawal

Ivory CoastUS ambassador to Abidjan heads for exit

Guinea/Guinea-BissauEmbaló's discreet Paris meeting with opponent Diallo

Nigeria
Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo to talk security in US

In Focus | Africa
The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

Libya
Straife advises oil trader BGN International

Spotlight | Cameroon
US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

In Focus | DRC
From Texas to South Kivu's highlands, Mahoro Peace Association's complex channels finance militia

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

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Ivory Coast US watches slowed Hezbollah financing probe with concern

Nigeria National Counter Terrorism Centre's regional push raises the stakes

Spotlight | Ivory Coast Abidjan redefines military cooperation with Beijing, Paris and Washington

Spotlight | Mali The crucial mining element of Bamako and Washington's reconciliation

Ivory Coast Washington tightens security cooperation with Abidjan for 2026 World Cup

Kenya Ruto's decision to reopen the Somali border catches Washington off guard

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Spotlight | Niger Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

Ivory Coast US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

Ivory Coast Abidjan calls on Israeli Rayzone Group to boost its cybersecurity

Inner Circle | Nigeria The tight and dedicated team around head of national security Nuhu Ribadu

Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Palace Intrigues Alassane Ouattara, Bola Tinubu, Faure Gnassingbé, Umaro Sissoco Embaló

West AfricaECOWAS leaders divided over ASS countries' withdrawal

Ivory CoastUS ambassador to Abidjan heads for exit

Guinea/Guinea-BissauEmbaló's discreet Paris meeting with opponent Diallo

Nigeria Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo to talk security in US

In Focus | Africa The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

Libya Straife advises oil trader BGN International

Spotlight | Cameroon US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

In Focus | DRC From Texas to South Kivu's highlands, Mahoro Peace Association's complex channels finance militia

In Focus | Senegal Frank Timis's Senegal feint

In Focus | DRC, United States US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

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Ivory Coast
US watches slowed Hezbollah financing probe with concern

Nigeria
National Counter Terrorism Centre's regional push raises the stakes

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Abidjan redefines military cooperation with Beijing, Paris and Washington

Spotlight | Mali
The crucial mining element of Bamako and Washington's reconciliation

Ivory Coast
Washington tightens security cooperation with Abidjan for 2026 World Cup

Kenya
Ruto's decision to reopen the Somali border catches Washington off guard

Ivory Coast
FBI sends mission to Abidjan to look into Hezbollah networks

Spotlight | Niger
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

Ivory Coast
US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

Ivory Coast
Abidjan calls on Israeli Rayzone Group to boost its cybersecurity

Inner Circle | Nigeria
The tight and dedicated team around head of national security Nuhu Ribadu

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Bola Tinubu, Faure Gnassingbé, Umaro Sissoco Embaló

Nigeria
Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo to talk security in US

In Focus | Africa
The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

Libya
Straife advises oil trader BGN International

Spotlight | Cameroon
US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

In Focus | DRC
From Texas to South Kivu's highlands, Mahoro Peace Association's complex channels finance militia

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing