MALI : Aid workers seek solution after Mali junta bans French-backed groups
To discuss the uncertain fate of associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) based in Mali, development workers from all European associations...
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DRC : Following Washington’s threats, Tshisekedi presidency tries to discreetly renegotiate its Gertler deal
André Wameso, the main author of the agreement made in February 2022 with the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, is now trying to remove some of...
UNITED STATES/ZAMBIA : President Hichilema pampered by Biden administration in Washington
Despite the modest size of his country, he was one of the few African heads of state to have had...
MADAGASCAR : Paris and Antananarivo hold discreet talks about French convicted Apollo 21 coup plotter
The trip was carried out in absolute discretion. On 2 December, Madagascar’s justice minister, François Rakotozafy, and the chief of...
AFRICA : Palace Intrigues: Alassane Ouattara, Henri Konan Bedie, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Emmanuel Macron and Assimi Goita
Ivory Coast: Bedie’s secret call to OuattaraIn late November, we understand that the president of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara spoke...
ALGERIA/FRANCE/SENEGAL : The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa
After Algiers, where he stayed from 18 to 19 December, the French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, arrives in...
NIGERIA : Crude oil theft: who are the tycoons at the heart of the investigation?
The drive to end oil theft in Nigeria, where 450,000 barrels disappear every day, is in full swing. Several of the culprits, who are particularly...
UNITED STATES/NAMIBIA : Windhoek’s green hydrogen hopes dashed in Washington
President Hage Geingob was counting on his stay in Washington to promote Namibia as the new promised land of the...
NIGERIA : Defence giants Leonardo and PolyTech top Nigeria pre-election spending
It’s a done deal at last. After years of talks with Nigerian authorities, the Italian defence giant Leonardo signed a...
MALI/SENEGAL : From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats
From his villa in the Sacré-Coeur district, the High Serigne of Dakar, Pape Ibrahima Diagne, is busy preparing a large-scale West African parallel diplomatic operation....
