Paris Saint-Germain

Algeria
PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi covets Algerian tennis ace

The president of Paris Saint-Germain and Qatar Sports Investments is interested in young tennis player Djamel-Dine Bey, who represents Algeria. He is looking to make him one of Qatar's sports ambassadors.

Tunisia
Investigation into Lotfi Bel Hadj and Nabil Karoui creeps forward

While UReputation has recently been back in the news with revelations about Paris Saint-Germain's "digital army", its former technical director is under investigation in Tunis.

DRC
Kinshasa hopes to host France's 2025 Champions Trophy

The Congolese government had hoped to host French football's Champions Trophy this year, but is now banking on the 2025 event. President Tshisekedi, a huge fan of the sport, is also eyeing the next CAN.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Macky Sall, Chantal Biya

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

DRC/FranceTshisekedi turns down football invitation over Rwanda ads

SenegalHow Faye first learned of his election victory

CameroonChantal Biya buries the hatchet

DRC
Tshisekedi's Paris visit takes shape

The DRC president's three-day visit to France is set to include an honours ceremony at Les Invalides, as well as football, fashion and talks with Emmanuel Macron.

Algeria
Lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane pursues battle with Rachida Dati's lawyers

The next round in the legal stand-off between French-Algerian businessman Tayeb Benabderrahmane and those he claims acted as his advisers during his 2020 detention in Qatar will take place on 23 January before the Paris Court of Appeal.

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

The New Guard
Madagascar, Rwanda, Togo

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

MadagascarHasnaine Yavarhoussen, energy transition and arts advocate

RwandaZephanie Niyonkuru, sports ambassador

TogoGuy-Victoire Sanbena, Togolese president's communicator

Algeria, Qatar
Consultant Tayeb Benabderrahmane takes his battle against Qatar to World Bank

The World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes will hold a first sitting on 27 March in Washington, DC on the disputes between Tayeb Benabderrahmane and the Qatari authorities.

Algeria
Bettahar Boudjellal, the discreet guardian of Qatar's secrets

Based in Doha for over a decade, the Franco-Algerian lawyer may turn out to be an unexpected link in the chain between the PSG spying affair and the 'Qatargate' affair at the European parliament. The figure at the centre of the Paris football club inquiry, the lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane, recently launched legal action against him in Algeria, while Belgian investigators want to question him about his links to the MEP scandal.

Algeria
Lobbyist Benabderrahmane's African network stretched from Libreville to Niamey

The Franco-Algerian businessman and lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane is at the heart of a major French legal case involving Qatar and the PSG football team. He was also very active in Africa. A confidential French intelligence report details his lobbying practices, private intelligence-gathering and alleged trafficking in French residence permits.

Ghana
Prestea-Sankofa goldmine to reopen soon?

Officially, the Prestea-Sankofa gold mine owned by the state-run Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC) halted all of its operations in 2016. In fact, over the past few months production tests have started up again.