Salva Kiir

The New Guard
South Sudan, Benin, Madagascar

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

South SudanAwow Daniel Chuang, taking charge of petroleum ministry

West AfricaJoé Dwèt Filé, from the stage to presidential palaces

MadagascarHoussen Mebobaly Safy, budding agribusiness entrepreneur

South Sudan
Salva Kiir's opponents take their case to the UN General Assembly

Despite internal tensions, South Sudan’s main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–In Opposition, is determined to make its voice heard this week at the United Nations General Assembly.

South Sudan
Riek Machar's SPLM-IO party splinters ahead of elections

Two factions of the opposition party are clashing through a series of statements. The position of the country's first vice-president, still under house arrest, is the subject of much speculation.

South Sudan, Sudan
RSF presses Juba to control oil revenues

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo's visit to Juba has put the Heglig oil field back at the centre of fraught talks over revenue-sharing, exposing the South Sudanese president to pressure from both Sudan's warring sides.

Central African Republic
Plane shipping ammunition makes curious return trip after Bangui grounding

Held on the tarmac at M'Poko airport with an arms shipment bound for Chad, an Airbus A321 freighter was eventually authorised to leave for Cairo before continuing on to N'Djamena. The episode highlights a cooling in relations between the Central African Republic and its northern neighbour.

Uganda
Museveni hires new lobbyists in Washington

Two public relations firms active on the continent will work with the Ugandan embassy in the United States, where power and opposition have equal spheres of influence.

South Sudan, Sudan
Riyadh turns to Juba to reach out to Hemeti

In an effort to revive the Jeddah process, Saudi Arabia is urging the South Sudanese authorities to use their close ties with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo to bring him back to the negotiating table.

South Sudan
Central bank looks for a loophole in Doha's $1bn lawsuit

Proceedings in the case between the Bank of South Sudan and Qatar National Bank in a Washington DC court have been going on for nearly a year now.

South Sudan, Uganda
One setback after another for junior Oranto

The Nigerian group founded by Arthur Eze continues to rack up refusals of its permit renewals on the continent due to insufficient work.