MOZAMBIQUE : Brussels and Paris gift Zodiac Milpro coastguard vessels to Maputo
The European Union has tasked the Economat des Armées (EDA), the French defence ministry’s service provision agency, to deliver a maritime security...
Month : March 2023
KENYA : Ruto quietly builds mainstream media support
For several months, William Ruto has been courting businessman Simon Gicharu so as to make the most of the latter’s extensive Cape Media network. When...
FRANCE/IRAQ/TUNISIA : Iraq and Tunisia neck and neck for top job at Institut du Monde Arabe
The question of who will be the next director-general of the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris has gone...
LIBYA : Straife advises oil trader BGN International
The business intelligence firm Straife is watching the back of the Emirati company BGN International. The US consultancy has taken...
MALI/MAURITANIA : Ghazouani strives to get Bamako back into G5 Sahel
When Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani spoke with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in early February, one of the subjects they discussed...
ANGOLA : UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan
Very discreetly, the leadership of UNITA is honing its strategy as an opposition force while at the same time developing its diplomatic connections and influence...
AFRICA : Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Ethiopia
Senegal – Mouhamadou Lamine Bara, the PR man advising Macky Sall’s opponentsMouhamadou Lamine Bara and his new movement, the Forces...
IVORY COAST : Cogitech is army’s preferred supplier for northern border protection
The high command of the Ivorian armed forces (FACI), which is looking to strengthen its capacity to contain the expansion...
SENEGAL : Military drone procurement sparks scramble
European drone specialists have been jostling for attention at the headquarters of the Senegalese Armed Forces, which are looking to...
CONGO : Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville
In a further illustration of the rapprochement that began last August between Brazzaville and Ankara, Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso sent his chief of staff,...
