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Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.
The French energy and telecoms giant is struggling to maintain its subcontracting work with oil companies in Africa. It has been directly accused of responsibility for the deadly fire on the Becuna platform in Gabon in March and faces other problems elsewhere in the wider region.
The barracks housing the French forces stationed in Abidjan are due to be officially handed back to Ivory Coast on 22 January. President Alassane Ouattara is also due to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris this month.
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has struggled to attract new investors to revitalise Senegal's seriously cash-strapped economy since International Monetary Fund financing was frozen in October. Negotiations with the institution have, however, resumed.
Amid a rapprochement between Houthi rebels and armed groups operating in the Horn, the president of the autonomous Puntland region, Said Deni, is also having to contend with Mogadishu's plans to appoint a new ambassador in Aden.
The Sudanese mogul is a high-profile figure in his homeland and an expert at adapting to the country's ever-changing political landscape. His clout in the army and ties to the royal Emirati family place him at the heart of the conflict that has been waging since 2023.
Two years after the conflict in the region, an investigation is assessing the extent of the economic and social damage suffered there. But the committee is keen to avoid any political manipulation of its findings amid heightened tensions between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the local administration.
The state-owned electricity company Eskom is calling for sharp price increases, which Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is keen to limit. To do that, the minister is hoping to obtain the support of the DA, the ANC's main government ally, which is calling for the sector's regulator to remain independent.
Former president Marc Ravalomanana and his wife have both served as mayor of Madagascar's capital. Now their son Tojo is going for the job. He made good use of his famous surname and his parents' political connections while on the campaign trail.
Just days before President Emmanuel Macron paid a state visit to Morocco last October, a French public broadcaster aired a "documentary" about the country's king that bore all the hallmarks of a PR job.
Investigators are probing whether the sale of a luxury villa in the chic Tunisian seaside town of Sidi Bou Said was used to finance a smear campaign against Kaïs Saïed. The inquiry was sparked by allegations of money-laundering involving Youssef Zarrouk and Quantum Investment Bank boss Mohamed Idriss Ghodbane.
A new legal case is likely to be made involving Farhat Omar Bengdara, on top of two previous suits. This one is based on the ruling of the Tripoli Court of Appeal, which determined in October that the head of the NOC held Emirati nationality.
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