SOUTH AFRICA : Riyadh and Abu Dhabi eye South African army’s artillery stocks
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is currently locked in intense negotiations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
Month : February 2023
IVORY COAST : Abidjan keeps close eye on exiled Guillaume Soro
On 13 February, Abidjan’s court of appeal upheld the prison sentences against several allies of Guillaume Soro convicted of undermining...
SENEGAL : Inside Macky Sall’s secret talks with Casamance rebels
It is arguably one of the most sensitive issues of Macky Sall’s presidency. In the past few weeks, his representatives have been secretly working to...
TUNISIA : Kais Saied fills his regime’s top posts with military men
On 31 January, President Kais Saied issued a decree appointing air force general Abdennabi Bel Aati as agriculture and fisheries minister. Bel Aati, previously the...
TUNISIA : Khayam Turki’s myriad networks at heart of Tunis investigations
When Tunisian president Kais Saied summoned his justice minister Leila Jaffel on the evening of Friday 10 February, no one...
SOUTH AFRICA : Ramaphosa makes dubious fuel refining claims in state of nation address
Buried deep in his 105-minute state of the nation address, 9 February, Cyril Ramaphosa made just one reference to the...
GUINEA : Doumbouya snubs ECOWAS
In a move that is likely to further strain relations between Guinea and the West African regional body, Mamadi Doumbouya’s ruling junta did not inform...
BURKINA FASO : Junta struggles to defuse security fears at mines
Simon Pierre Boussim only spent two days at Mining Indaba, the major African mining conference which took place in Cape Town from 6 to 9...
SOUTH AFRICA/DRC : Pretoria launches airlift to supply its peacekeepers in DRC
An Il-76 TD cargo plane, operated by the Emirati firm Bu Shames FZE, provides an almost daily link between the...
AFRICA : Niger, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Africa
Niger: Karim Soumana, Bazoum’s soon-to-be ambassador in Qatar Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massasoudou’s main advisor, Karim Soumana, will move into his...
