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

Palace Intrigues
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Ousmane Sonko, Chantal Biya, William Ruto

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

SenegalDiomaye Faye and Sonko's hotel marathon

CameroonFrench gong for Chantal Biya

KenyaFirst and second ladies embroiled in turf war

Ivory Coast
Hôtel Masseran sale in doubt

The Ivorian notary managing Félix Houphouët-Boigny's inheritance is legally contesting the sale of the luxury Paris townhouse.

France, Gabon, Senegal, Zambia
Macron seeking to include African leaders at global financial pact summit

French President Emmanuel Macron is looking to involve a slate of African leaders at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact that he is hosting in June.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Laurent Gbagbo, Emmanuel Macron, Teodoro Obiang, William Ruto, Dadju

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

Ivory CoastOuattara, Bédié and Gbagbo to meet in Yamoussoukro

Equatorial GuineaMacron suggests meeting with Obiang to end Paris private mansion dispute

KenyaRuto administration's appointment of Kenyatta's cousin ruffles the ex-presidential family's feathers

France/AfricaRapper Dadju tours Africa, from Libreville to Abidjan

Congo, France, Gabon
Macron's green diplomacy seeks to unite Bongo and Sassou

The French president, keen to promote the potential of Central Africa's rainforests, will attend a summit on the issue in Gabon early next year. But he also wants to see Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has abysmal relations with his Gabonese counterpart, involved.

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
Vital Kamerhe, OIF summit, Denis Sassou Nguesso, François Gouyette

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

DRC President Tshisekedi's promise to Vital Kamerhe

Africa French-speaking nations summit brought forward due to World Cup clash

Congo Sassou's luxury Airbus A340

France-Algeria French ambassador in Algiers, François Gouyette, still struggles to find his feet

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mohamed Bazoum, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Faure Gnassingbé, Moïse Katumbi

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

Congo Sassou purchases self-promotion in Paris

Niger/Burkina Faso Bazoum orders Colonel Damiba to dress in civilian clothes

Togo Gnassingbé plans to build new ministerial district in Lomé

DR Congo Moïse Katumbi's discreet lobbying in Paris

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

Africa, Tunisia
UReputation boss Lotfi Bel Hadj launches all-out legal attack on Facebook

After filing a complaint in November 2020 against Facebook in France, the Franco-Tunisian businessman who's the head of the Ureputation group has just launched a legal battle against the Californian giant in Tunisia.