SIGINT

Senegal
Paris lends Dakar helping hand on Youth Olympics security

At the request of the Senegalese authorities, the French Interior Ministry recently seconded an adviser to Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé’s office.

DRC
Former Tshisekedi special envoy seeks cybersecurity equipment

His schedule includes trips to the US for the World Cup, Paris for the luxury boutiques, Brussels for downtime and Dubai to discuss the procurement of cyber equipment. This national security council consultant is making waves in intelligence and business circles, from Kinshasa to Tel Aviv.

Ethiopia
'Strategic' leadership in Tigray gears up for potential war

The Tigrayan command is preparing for the official end of the term of its interim president Tadesse Werede Tesfay. Despite regular contact with Eritrea, a circumstantial ally against the federal power in Addis Ababa, differences of opinion remain.

Egypt, Sudan
Cairo increasingly drawn into the Sudan conflict

Egypt has intensified its support for Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's regular army since its defeat in El Fasher in October. The war in Iran offers the Sudanese Armed Forces commander a decisive opportunity to launch an offensive in western Sudan, with the strategic support of his allies.

Palace Intrigues
"Siteny", Wagner, Faure Gnassingbé

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

MadagascarNational Assembly speaker worms way into Colonel Randrianirina's Paris delegation

Central AfricaRussia tests propaganda machine on French aid worker's arrest

West AfricaFaure Gnassingbé hosts ECOWAS 50th anniversary

Chad
Tensions at the top of security apparatus put state under pressure

As the situation on the ground deteriorates and the divisions within the security forces deepen, N'Djamena and Western embassies are watching with concern.

Ivory Coast
Abidjan to boost gendarmerie's front-line role against terrorist threat

The armed force is setting up a new, more operational anti-terrorist unit and plans fresh deployments in the north of the country, as Abidjan seeks to tighten control of its borders with Mali and Burkina Faso amid growing regional insecurity.

Sudan
General Burhan reviews military alliances in light of El Fasher defeat

Discussions between Port Sudan and its main allies have intensified since the fall of the North Darfur capital. While awaiting a potential ceasefire, the Sudanese regular army hopes to catch up technologically with the RSF paramilitary.

Nigeria
President Tinubu's securocrats due in Brussels for peace and security talks

Nigeria's National Security Adviser and its Defence Minister will be heading to a first bilateral summit organised by the European Union this month. On the agenda will be the fight against terrorism, drug trafficking and cybercrime.

Sudan
Composition of UN panel of experts called into question

The mandate of the experts has been renewed until next March, but is currently paralysed by the United Nations Security Council. Port Sudan is subtly opposing the appointment of two of its members.