Gabon : Opposition figure Alexandre Barro Chambrier succumbs to junta’s overtures
Gabonese junta leader General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema appointed Alexandre Barro Chambrier, aka ABC, one of the main opposition figures...
Month : February 2024
Ethiopia : Fano rebels register lobbyist in US
Last week, the US Department of Justice officially registered Getachew Beyene under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) – a legal formality required of individuals...
Ivory Coast : Macron’s brand-new Africa envoy due to meet Ouattara
Emmanuel Macron’s new ‘personal envoy’ for Africa, former minister Jean-Marie Bockel, will be in Abidjan on 20-21 February to discuss the ongoing reorganisation of France’s...
Kenya : Nairobi prepares Haitian police mission despite court ruling
Kenyan prime minister and foreign secretary Musalia Mudavadi has confirmed to Africa Intelligence that the National Police Service is ploughing...
Libya : NOC counts on SLB to meet Hamada oil field deadlines
National Oil Corp (NOC) will have its work cut out to stick to the schedule for developing the Area 47...
Libya : Turkish foreign minister seeks to mediate between Central Bank and Tripoli
Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan has quietly met with the head of the Libyan Central Bank (LCB), Al-Seddik Omar al-Kabir....
Angola : The mysterious shareholders in oil juniors ACREP and Etu Energias
The Angolan oil junior ACREP Exploração Petrolifero, founded in 2003 during the José Eduardo dos Santos era, has long kept...
Senegal : Sall’s discreet phone call to Ouattara
Macky Sall called up his Ivorian opposite number Alassane Ouattara on 8 February and began by congratulating him on Ivory Coast’s victory...
Central African Republic/Sudan : Burhan and Touadéra seek rapprochement under Algiers’ watchful eye
The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, is seeking closer ties with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council...
Africa : Dominique Ouattara, Mamadi Doumbouya, Valérie Pécresse, Abdou Diouf, Abdoulaye Wade
Ivory Coast – VIPs galore for first lady Dominique Ouattara’s foundation galaThe cameras are likely to be flashing a lot...
