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Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat desalination plant prey to miscalculations by Veolia and the kingdom

Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit (left) and Veolia CEO Estelle Brachlianoff. © Christophe Gateau/DPA/Alain Apaydin/Abaca via Reuters

The French group has, for better or worse, embarked on the development of Africa's largest desalination plant to be. It's a project with highly diplomatic overtones, credited to Emmanuel Macron's state visit last year.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Business

The Continent

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, William Ruto

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CongoSassou family celebrates weddings, settles scores

DRCTshisekedi cancels on EU special representative for Great Lakes

KenyaRuto has little taste for son's flamboyant bus business

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Cameroon
Dredging issues at the Douala port spark anger among shipowners

The Douala port authority shipowners collective wrote to Paul Biya at the end of August to complain about access problems to the docks due to insufficient depth. Several ships have run aground in recent months, forcing more and more boats to divert to Kribi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Cameroon
Rio Tinto's comeback takes shape

Representatives of the British-Australian mining giant are expected in Yaoundé on 11 September.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Senegal
Turkish defence industry's ambitions thwarted in Dakar

Despite proactive declarations and an intensification of exchanges between security officials, progress in defence cooperation between Senegal and Turkey is hampered by the budgetary constraints prevailing in the African country.

Subscribers only Defence

Ivory Coast
Ouattara aims to relaunch ECOWAS common currency project

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (right) welcomes Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama in Abidjan, 5 March 2025. © Yvan Sonh/Xinhua News Agency/MaxPPP

Announced in 2019 in Abidjan by Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron, the eco project has stalled. While the WAEMU zone is going through a turbulent period, the Ivorian president wants to revive the project.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Ruto races against clock with privatisations to reassure IMF

Kenya's President William Ruto in Nairobi, 12 May 2025. © Simon Maina/AFP

On the eve of critical talks with the international financial institution, the Kenyan president is not ruling out any options that would help him raise money for his ailing budget. However, the privatisation of certain state assets is facing significant opposition, including from his own camp.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics

Ethiopia, Kenya
Nairobi on trail of human trafficking network from Ethiopia

Kenyan authorities are investigating possible human trafficking from its northern neighbor. The National Intelligence Service and police have been deployed to the border at Moyale.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Morocco
French startup Mistral AI seeks opportunities in the kingdom

The CEO of the French specialist in generative AI will meet with leading Moroccan business leaders and politicians.

Subscribers only Business

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