Spotlight | Africa
UN ponders future of its African peace operations

Sahel
Pentagon brings together experts to brainstorm Sahel situation

A seminar focused on security threats in Africa was organised in New York by the US Department of Defense during the week of 20 to 24 January.

Libya
Former Ghanaian minister Hanna Tetteh proposed as UN special envoy

Diplomat Hanna Tetteh, whose appointment as special envoy to Libya is being championed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has an extensive network within the African Union.

African Union
AU security bigwigs to meet in Abidjan this week

Senior officials from the UN, EU, and OIC have also been invited to attend the retreat organised by the AU's Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security.

Spotlight | Africa
Estonia's Africa ambitions stretch from Cotonou to Nairobi

Tallinn has made its expertise in digital technology the spearhead of its African diplomacy. After an initial presence in French-speaking West African countries, it is now focusing on English-speaking states.

DRC
Head of UN peacekeeping expected in Kinshasa

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is due to visit Kinshasa in February to discuss the details of MONUSCO's withdrawal from Ituri and North Kivu.

The New Guard
Benin, CAR, Qatar-Somalia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

BeninAbiola Oïtchayomi, BCG consultant and cofounder of African publication Jamaa

Central African RepublicPamela Audrey Derom, standard-bearer for youth

QatarFaisal bin Abdullah Al Hanzab, the new ‘Mr Somalia'

Morocco
Turkish armoured vehicles for Moroccan peacekeepers

The contingents of Morocco’s Forces Armées Royales deployed in United Nations peacekeeping missions will soon be equipped with new armoured vehicles made by Turkey.

Africa
Accra outlines roadmap for UN financing of AU missions

Ghanaian diplomats have submitted a draft project to the United Nations Security Council for how the organisation can take over the financing of African Union operations.

DRC
Election observation missions arrive in DRC

Election observation missions, including from the AU, EU and Carter Center, are beginning their deployment in the DR Congo.

Mali
MINUSMA plans ahead after mass withdrawals announced

With the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Ivory Coast and Benin, expressing their wish to withdraw their peacekeeping contingents from the MINUSMA mission in Mali, the United Nation's Department of Peace Operations (DPO) has been trying to compensate for the expected loss of peacekeepers.

Ghana, West Africa
Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

The Ghanaian capital has been chosen to host the next edition of the UN Ministerial Conference on Peacekeeping. It should take place in the first week of December 2023.