La France Insoumise

Palace Intrigues
Mahamat Idriss Déby, William Ruto, Alassane Ouattara

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

ChadMahamat Idriss Déby hesitates over trip to Paris business forum

KenyaWilliam Ruto urges churches to switch to his preferred bank

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara, keen viewer of the LCI news channel

Tunisia
Paris cancels parliamentary mission to Tunis at last minute

While a persistent chill has set in between Carthage and the Élysée Palace, parliamentary diplomacy has so far failed to pick up the baton. The situation highlights Tunisia's hardening stance in the face of criticism from abroad.

Morocco
Parliamentary dialogue with Paris disrupted by the cost of French schools

With the French-speaking elite's unwavering fondness for French international schools, the increase in tuition fees at these institutions is taking on diplomatic proportions.

Algeria
French senator Mellouli's fresh efforts to thaw Paris-Algiers relations

The French parliament is setting up a new delegation to head to Algeria. This despite there being no hint of interest in improving relations from the two country's presidencies.

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Alassane Ouattara, Évariste Ndayishimiye

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

Senegal Sall due back in Dakar to attend son's wedding

Ivory Coast Ouattara monitors French legislative elections closely

BurundiGradual rapprochement between Pierre Buyoya's family and Ndayishimiye

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi, Amadou Ba, Mahamat Idriss Déby

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

Ivory Coast Ouattara sponsors African journalism award ceremony

DRC Tshisekedi offers Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella signed copy of his book

Senegal Amadou Ba's stay in Paris

Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby to publish new autobiography

Ethiopia, Nigeria
French MP delegation heads to Abuja and Addis Ababa

A French parliamentary mission departed on 14 January for an African tour. The MPs want to brainstorm ways to develop partnerships in Africa with Nigeria and Ethiopia, while also working with ECOWAS and the African Union.

Africa
MP Bruno Fuchs wins battle for Francophonie assembly

After several months of negotiations within France's presidential majority, the Modem party MP Bruno Fuchs is to be appointed on 22 March as secretary general of the parliamentary assembly of the Francophonie, the club of French-speaking nations.

France, Senegal
Senegal opposition party PASTEF's links with French far left

The far-left La France Insoumise party and Senegal's main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his group came together ahead of the vote on the extradition deal between the two countries in late January. MP Arnaud Le Gall, LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Africa adviser, was key to the move.

DRC
French MP Carlos Martens Bilongo to make first ever visit to DRC

The French MP Carlos Martens Bilongo (La France Insoumise-Nupes), a member of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, will be in Kinshasa for work from 22-26 January.

Africa, France
Parties squabble over Franco-African parliamentary friendship groups

In a rare occurrence, negotiations for the presidencies of parliamentary friendship groups in France's National Assembly are the subject of bitter negotiations between the majority and opposition groups. The France-Morocco group is particularly disputed.

Guinea
MEP Marie Arena scrutinises human rights in Guinea

The MEP Marie Arena is considering an emergency resolution on human rights violations allegedly committed in Guinea by the junta led by Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya.