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Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Alassane Ouattara

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

CongoWedding season kicks off within Denis Sassou Nguesso's entourage

DRCFélix Tshisekedi invites influential pastor Joel Osteen to Kinshasa

Ivory CoastAbidjan sued in New York over poorly maintained pavement

Ivory Coast
Aircraft manufacturer Grob trains Ivorian Air Force pilots in France

The French branch of the German group is currently teaching Ivory Coast military personnel in western France. The aim is to get them ready for Chinese aircraft that are due to be delivered.

Ivory Coast
Agriculture minister clashes with Conseil Café-Cacao regulator over cocoa bean stock estimates

Yves Brahima Koné openly confronted Bruno Koné during a meeting at the CCC’s headquarters attended by the two officials and a group of exporters.

Ivory Coast
Communications officer Ibrahim Kourouma joins the presidency

The RCG West Africa CEO’s arrival comes with the backing of Secretary General of the Presidency and Director of Communications Masséré Touré-Koné, of whom he becomes one of the advisers.

Kenya
Moi business empire rocked by renewed tensions with Ruto

The rapprochement initiated in October between the head of state and Gideon Moi has not materialised. Once again, the former president's clan's companies are in trouble, whetting the appetites of those within the corridors of power.

Africa
French foreign ministry finalises diplomatic reshuffle

France's diplomatic body has put the finishing touches on its list of appointees to chancelleries in Dakar, Maputo and Dodoma. Still, a handful of key posts have yet to be filled.

Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro set to turn itself into a defence industry hub

The country’s administrative capital could, in the medium term, be home to a zone specialising in the defence sector, an idea championed by a handful of advisers to Defence Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara.

Palace Intrigues
Mamadi Doumbouya, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

GuineaRobert Bourgi and Mamadi Doumbouya's discreet one-on-one

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara makes a stop in Paris

Central African RepublicIvorian businessman Tommy Tayoro Nyckos gives Touadéra a lift

Palace Intrigues
William Ruto, Emmanuel Macron, Aya Nakamura

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

Africa ForwardThe very diplomatic seating plan for heads of state dinner

KenyaRaila Odinga Junior on a fact-finding mission at the Africa-France summit

MaliSinger Aya Nakamura finalises her own documentary ahead of her three Paris shows

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara due in France following Nairobi summit

The Ivorian president's plane is scheduled to land at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport on the evening of 12 May.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara sets ministers straight

The Ivorian president sharply reprimanded Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé during the cabinet meeting on 29 April, following the consideration of two proposals to increase the minimum wage in an economic climate deemed fragile by the government.