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Spotlight | Gabon, Namibia, South Africa
Why Gunvor is dismantling Dubai subsidiary responsible for African deals

A Gabon-flagged crude oil tanker passes through the Bosphorus in February 2024. © Yoruk Isik / Reuters

The Geneva-based trader has dismissed all of the executives at Gunvor Middle East, which oversees oil trading in Africa. The move is aimed at quietly disconnecting an entity that is exempt from certain compliance requirements, something the group strongly denies.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders

The Continent

The New Guard
Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

NigeriaFrancis Sani, promoter of digital start-ups

Guinea-BissauFlávio Baticã Ferreira, the opponent rallying the EU

MadagascarElysa Rakotonirina, Rajoelina's discreet chief of staff

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Central African Republic
Tensions within the Fulani community after the peace accords

Now that the UPC and 3R rebel groups have signed a peace agreement with the government, their respective leaders, Ali Darass and Bobo Sembé, intend to compete with their former ally, the Minister of Livestock, Hassan Bouba.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Nigeria
Abuja and Washington sparring over migration issue

Donald Trump participates in a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the White House, Washington, 9 July 2025. © Jim Watson / AFP

The Trump administration is proferring a new migration agreement to Nigeria and other African countries, under pain of restricting US visas. The offer was rapidly refused by President Bola Tinubu.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara due to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara in Paris, France, in October 2024. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP

Ivory Coast's president, who has been in France for over a week, will meet discreetly with his French counterpart on 16 July. With the Ivorian presidential election just months away, several European capitals are concerned about the political climate in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya, Somalia
William Ruto and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expected at Tokyo's TICAD summit

The Kenyan president and his Somali counterpart are the first East-African heads of state to confirm their attendance in Japan, which maintains significant bilateral cooperation activities with the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Tigray readies its military leadership for war

Debretsion Gebremichael at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, 16 February 2025. © Tiksa Negerid / Reuters

At a time of rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Tigrayan leaders are reorganising their military chain of command in preparation for a possible conflict.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

North Africa

Libya
US operator Berry Aviation patrols Libyan airspace

One of the company's aircraft regularly flies between the western coastal city of Misrata and the eastern capital, Benghazi.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Morocco
UM6P's senior management off to NYC to set up shop

Senior management from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University are expected in New York in September to open a local branch of the Moroccan university.

Subscribers only Business

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