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DRC
MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear

The Democratic Republic of Congo has reaffirmed its wish to see the United Nations mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) begin its withdrawal on 1 January next year in accordance with a deal reached last year between Kinshasa and the UN.

Chad
Déby asks Switzerland to help trigger rebel disarmament programme

Chad junta leader Mahamat Idriss Déby is banking on Bern to help convince donors to finance his country's disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme aimed at bringing former rebels back into the fold.

Burkina Faso
EITI unhappy with Ouagadougou's implementation of its rules

Wagner, sale of permits to AfroTurk, requisitioning of gold... Burkina Faso's military junta has been caught up in a series of scandals recently. This is jeopardising the country's membership of the EITI, which investors see as a guarantee of reliability.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon and Faustin-Archange Touadera

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

Ivory Coast IMF wraps up Ouattara's 2023 budget

Benin Ex-foreign minister Agbenonci's costly ambitions

CAR Opposition leader Dologuele's discreet campaign

Somalia
Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

The group of security partners of Somalia, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and whose goal is to assist the government of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is to meet again next week in Doha.

Central African Republic, South Africa
Touadéra pays visit to Gupta brothers' Indian base

The Central African president Faustin Archange Touadéra recently travelled to Dehradun to meet the Gupta brothers, who have applied for asylum in his country to escape prosecution in South Africa.

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Andry Rajoelina, Felix Tshisekedi, Marcel Niat Njifenji and Abakar Manany

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

MadagascarMacron and Rajoelina in Parisian tête-à-tête

DRCFormer adviser 'JCK' invites himself along on Tshisekedi's Oyo trip

ChadAbakar Manany, a minister far from N'Djamena

CameroonSenate president Marcel Niat Njifenji holidays in Geneva