Sylvie Baipo-Temon

Palace Intrigues
Patrick Pouyanné, Daniel Chapo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Jean-Noël Barrot

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

MozambiqueTotalEnergies boss meets Daniel Chapo in Brussels

CongoFleet of planes mobilised for Sassou-Nguesso's election campaign

CARFrench foreign minister's rocky visit to Bangui

Central African Republic
Rabat increases flights after Air France pulls out of Bangui

Royal Air Maroc will strengthen its connection between Casablanca and Bangui after Air France discontinued its direct service to Bangui on 1 February.

Central African Republic
Academics rally behind Touadéra

The president has maintained close ties with the University of Bangui, where he was rector and taught mathematics. Several professors are preparing to campaign for him, but not without ulterior motives.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

West AfricaAlassane Ouattara, Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Umaro Sissoco Embaló's secret WAEMU meeting

Central African RepublicThe bitter battle for access to Touadéra

GabonPascaline Bongo calls on Sassou for support

Central African Republic
Touadéra nurtures Moscow relations ahead of ministerial talks

The CAR foreign minister is due in Sochi in the second week of November.

Central African Republic
US and Russia clash at UN Security Council over Bangui's overflight ban

The meeting that followed the UN Security Council presentation of MINUSCA's most recent situation report on the Central African Republic revealed tensions concerning the overflight ban imposed by the country.

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo reconnect in secret

On 10 January, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara ordered the payment with arrears of the financial sum that Laurent Gbagbo had been claiming for over two years. Shortly afterwards, the two men spoke by telephone, and have agreed to meet in February.

Palace Intrigues
João Lourenço, Macky Sall, Jacques Ychalingonza Nduru, Laurent Gbagbo, Didier Drogba

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Angola/Senegal Lourenço cuts short Dakar trip after Sall leaves

DRC Military intelligence chief finds wire bug

Ivory Coast Gbagbo's bank account startlingly empty

Ivory Coast Super luxury La Résidence Hotel welcomes VIPs

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Nana Akufo-Addo, Karanja Kibicho, Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso wants Lotfi Bel Hadj's head

Ghana/France Nana Akufo-Addo's packed Paris stay

Kenya Securocrat Kibicho moves into luxury hotels

Ivory Coast Magnate Beydoun buys up Houphouët-Boigny's real estate assets

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Nana Akufo-Addo, Laurent Gbagbo, Sylvie Baïpo-Temon

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

France/Egypt Will Macron cut the ribbon of the Suez Canal Museum?

Ghana/France Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo heading to the Sorbonne

Ivory Coast Gbagbo's bank accounts unblocked

France/CAR Baïpo-Temon acts as stand-in CAR consul in France

Central African Republic
Wagner's phantom reinforcements

It was supposed to have been one of the outcomes of the United Nations (UN) Security Council's easing of its arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) on 30 July.

Central African Republic, France
Hindered by Russian influence, France closes its last army base in Bangui

After pulling French troops out of Mali, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce the closure ofa logistics base at Bangui airport next week. The departure of the last 130 French troops is scheduled for the end of the year.