Tunisia : Justice ministry in sights of military intelligence
Leila Jaffel’s justice ministry has been in the sights of the military intelligence service since February. A few months earlier,...
Month : July 2024
Africa : Madagascar, Senegal, Mauritania
Madagascar – Hands-on foreign minister RasataSince her appointment as foreign minister in the January reshuffle, Rafaravavitafika Luciana Rasata has been...
Togo : Lomé turns to Turkish instructors and Paramount for military support
Several dozen Turkish military specialists are becoming increasingly active around the Dihiaga military base in the far north of Togo. They are there to teach...
Madagascar : Island nation’s renewable energy producers court Andry Rajoelina
Seven companies launched the Madagascar Renewable Energy Association (MAREA) in Antananarivo in mid-June with the medium-term objective of persuading President...
Senegal : Telecoms agency haunted by ghosts of Macky Sall era
Officials from Senegal’s IGE state inspectorate have in recent weeks been visiting the premises of the Autorité de Régulation des...
Niger : Abdourahamane Tchiani’s junta’s IMF operation
A joint delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank is due to visit Niamey on 17...
Benin : Patrice Talon’s lieutenants manoeuvre into position
Benin’s presidential election is only two years away, but it is already a topic of conversation in Cotonou. Some in President Patrice Talon’s entourage and...
African Union/Sudan : AU struggles to advance inter-Sudanese dialogue
Negotiations led until the last minute by Abdallah Hamdok, who served as Sudan’s prime minister between 2019 and 2022 and...
Morocco : Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara
Morocco’s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM), headed by Amina Benkhadra, has recently been given the responsibility of...
Angola : Luanda gears up for full membership of the Francophonie
Five years after first applying for membership, Angola is now certain to be accepted into the Organisation Internationale de la...
