Kais Saied

Libya, Tunisia
Business France focuses efforts on North African security markets

France's business development agency is striving to attract French companies back into the Tunisian and Libyan security and civil protection markets. France is preparing a cooperation partnership with Libya and a financing plan for Tunisia.

North Africa
Union for the Mediterranean members jostle for top post

Egyptian diplomat Nasser Kamel's term as secretary-general of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which he has led since 2018, ends next year. Behind the scenes, negotiations are already underway between member states to appoint his successor.

Tunisia
Hayet Guettat brings culture ministry into line for Kais Saied

Tunisian cultural affairs minister Hayet Guettat is making great efforts to strengthen her control over her ministry and to make sure she is noticed by the Tunisian president. She hopes to get a ministerial post with a bigger budget allocation in future.

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

Tunisia
Anne Guéguen expected to head French embassy in Tunis

Anne Guéguen, the French foreign ministry's North Africa and Middle East director, is expected to succeed André Parant as France's ambassador in Tunis.

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

Tunisia
African Union scolds Tunis after Saied attack on sub-Saharan migrants

Several African Union member countries have expressed discontent with Tunisia after President Kais Saied's controversial statement on sub-Saharan African migrants.

Tunisia
Khayam Turki's myriad networks at heart of Tunis investigations

Tunisian investigators are particularly keen to question Khayam Turki, the first person to be arrested in a flurry of arrests of politicians and lawyers that began on 10 February.

The New Guard
Niger, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Africa

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

Niger Karim Soumana, Bazoum's soon-to-be ambassador in Qatar

Tunisia Faouzi Daas, Kais Saied's strategic adviser and upcoming MP

Ivory Coast Bakary Traoré, guardian of Ivory Coast's forests

South Africa Leon Schreiber, the opposition MP embarrassing the ANC

Russia, Tunisia
Cloudy skies ahead for Moscow-Tunis relations

The Russian foreign minister's trip to Tunis scheduled for the beginning of February has been put off indefinitely. This is the second time Sergei Lavrov's has had to cancel a visit to Tunisia.

Tunisia
How a Frenchman came to be suspected of plotting against the Tunisian state

Jean-Pierre M., a former local elected official in the south of France, was surprised to see his name appear on a leaked Tunisian court document that outlined alleged plotting against the state. He denies any attempt to intervene in the country's politics.