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Republican Guard

South Sudan
Salva Kiir bruised by his Tigers

Unable to recruit men of fighting age and pay their salaries, the military unit in charge of President Kiir's security is beset by persistent discipline problems.

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2021

Gabon
Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

On 18 April, Fidele Andjoua, the brother of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo and Ndjobi grand master, died and was buried shortly after in Franceville. His son, a presidential advisor, has replaced him at the head of this traditional ritual widely practised in Haut-Ogooué, the Bongo family stronghold.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2021

Algeria
Vigil Grup replaces Secur and Leader ANME on GR5 pipeline security

Sonatrach is reviewing security arrangements for its latest pipeline, which carries gas from Reggane to Hassi R'Mel. Vigil Grup, led by an ex-colonel of Algeria's gendarmerie, is doing well out of the overhaul.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 20.04.2021

Congo
Post-Sassou era on everyone's thoughts but not lips

President Denis Sassou Nguesso's re-election on 21 March for what will surely be his last term has stirred the ambitions of his close entourage, though no one dares admit to it.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2021

The Minister of Planning and Public Works, Jean-Jacques Bouya, also a cousin of President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Algeria
Vigil Grup recoups with Sonatrach and Cepsa's RKF field

Four months after losing a site security contract with Entreprise Nationale de Services aux Puits to El Amine Gard, Vigil Grup has won a contract to provide security to the Rhourde El Krouf oilfield.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 10.03.2021

Algeria
Tebboune moves to root out Gaid Salah's legacy in intelligence services and army

Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his military chief of staff Said Chengriha want to erase the legacy of Chengriha's predecessor Ahmed Gaid Salah, who had put the intelligence services under the control of the army. This major overhaul could take place as soon as the president returns from Germany.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2021

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his Chief of Staff Said Chengriha on 10 October 2020.

Libya
Fayez Sarraj lines up Tripoli's militias against Bachagha

Following the example of Rada, the Ghneiwa militia has now accepted the authority of Fayez Sarraj's Presidential Council. This brings the prime minister a step closer to gaining control of the Tripoli government's security system, which is normally answerable to the Ministry of the Interior, and, by the same token, to thwarting the ambitions of Misrati interior minister Fathi Bachagha.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2021

Algeria
Vigil Grup to protect Sonatrach, Total and Repsol's oil interests in Tin Fouyé Tabankort

Groupement Tin Fouyé Tabankort (GTFT) has hired private security firm Vigil Grup to provide armed security its the offices and sites through a €3.1m contract signed on 17 December.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2021

Algeria
El Amine Gard dethrones Vigil Grup in Hassi Messaoud

Nothing seems to be going the way of Vigil Grup, the security firm owned by the retired Republican Guard colonel Ahmed Assassi.

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2020

Gabon
A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Bilal Bongo, Gabonese President Ali Bongo's third son, interrupted his studies in the United Kingdom to join the force responsible for the security of his father's seaside palace residence and of the presidential staff.

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2020

Central Africa
Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Gabon is about to rotate troops within the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, but its soldiers there are still grappling with equipment problems.

Free access Defence, Business 04.11.2020

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Presidential affairs coordinator Noureddin Bongo, who is also the president's son, has for the last fortnight been campaigning over Gabon's domestic debt, deemed overvalued. He has also been placing his associates at the head of the country's main financial institutions.

Subscribers only Business 14.10.2020

Gabon
After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

The ex-public works minister Magloire Ngambia, a symbol of the "Mamba" anti-corruption drive, was released on 24 September. Now another high-profile probe into the affairs of former presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, is also experiencing setbacks that have been kept carefully secret until now.

Subscribers only Politics 07.10.2020

The former chief of staff to the president's office Brice Laccruche Alihanga.

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

Jean-Luc Ndong Amvame, the last of Ali Bongo's staff to have been with him at the time of his stroke in 2018, has discreetly stepped down from his duties as head of the president's personal security.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2020

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo.

Subscribers only Finance 22.04.2020

Gabon
Bongo family tightens its grip on security apparatus

Hitherto beyond the influence of first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son Noureddin, who has been acting as the presidency's number two since late last year, the Republican Guard has just been placed under the authority of people who owe their elevated positions to the Bongo family.

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2020

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Republican Guard

South Sudan
Salva Kiir bruised by his Tigers

Gabon
Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Algeria
Vigil Grup replaces Secur and Leader ANME on GR5 pipeline security

Congo
Post-Sassou era on everyone's thoughts but not lips

Algeria
Vigil Grup recoups with Sonatrach and Cepsa's RKF field

Algeria
Tebboune moves to root out Gaid Salah's legacy in intelligence services and army

Libya
Fayez Sarraj lines up Tripoli's militias against Bachagha

Algeria
Vigil Grup to protect Sonatrach, Total and Repsol's oil interests in Tin Fouyé Tabankort

Algeria
El Amine Gard dethrones Vigil Grup in Hassi Messaoud

Gabon
A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Central Africa
Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Gabon
After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Gabon
Bongo family tightens its grip on security apparatus

Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh infected with the virus of power

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Gabon A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

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Gabon Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Gabon After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

Gabon President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

Gabon Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

South Sudan
Salva Kiir bruised by his Tigers

Gabon
Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Algeria
Vigil Grup replaces Secur and Leader ANME on GR5 pipeline security

Congo
Post-Sassou era on everyone's thoughts but not lips

Algeria
Vigil Grup recoups with Sonatrach and Cepsa's RKF field

Algeria
Tebboune moves to root out Gaid Salah's legacy in intelligence services and army

Libya
Fayez Sarraj lines up Tripoli's militias against Bachagha

Algeria
Vigil Grup to protect Sonatrach, Total and Repsol's oil interests in Tin Fouyé Tabankort

Algeria
El Amine Gard dethrones Vigil Grup in Hassi Messaoud

Gabon
A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Central Africa
Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo regains control of Gabon's financial institutions

Gabon
After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Gabon
Bongo family tightens its grip on security apparatus

Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh infected with the virus of power

Djibouti
Tablighi Jamaat, the army's surveillance tool

Spotlight | Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune's limited room for manoeuvre

Ethiopia
How Addis put a stop to Somali-Afar clashes