Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Raila Odinga, Serigne Guèye Diop

Senegal
Senegal industry minister to visit Paris for trade fair

Senegal's Trade and Industry Minister Serigne Gueye Diop is scheduled to visit Paris this week to take part in the Bpifrance Inno Generation trade fair organised by the French state investment bank.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

Congo Sassou puts finishing touches on Congo Basin summit preparations

Ivory Coast Ouattara thinks twice about naming bridge after Gbagbo

Benin President's son Lionel Talon seeks to bring NBA to Cotonou

CAR Pro-Russian sports minister invited to Paris Olympics

Mali
Olympics committee on edge ahead of Games

Habib Sissoko, the chairman of Mali's national Olympics and sports committee, will be running to keep his seat on 6 July. But his position has already been contested by several sports federations, and he is also facing a financial investigation.

Senegal
Macky Sall-era spin doctors switch to comms consultancy

Hamidou Anne, a former adviser to Macky Sall, has just opened a firm specialising in influence strategies and political marketing. He has teamed with another PR man who also worked with the former Senegalese president.

Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Gérald Darmanin

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

Africa Macron invites African leaders to 80th anniversary of Provence landings

Algeria Tebboune keeps Algerian Cup finalists waiting

Congo Sassou attends Ramaphosa's inauguration with supersized delegation

Egypt French interior minister's Cairo visit foiled by snap elections