With Rwandan-backed M23 rebels increasingly threatening the eastern city of Goma, the Congolese leader is seeking to strengthen his ties with regional allies.
On 16 January Equatorial Guinea lodged an appeal against a US court's 17 November ruling that it must pay $9.3m in damages to Marseille-Kliniken, a German firm that manages private clinics.
Niger's military leader has recalled the country's defence attaché in Paris. And for the first time in nearly fifty years, Niamey will not be sending any of its officers to France for training.
Following President Macky Sall's decision on 3 February to postpone the presidential election, the French defence community is keeping a close eye on political developments in the country.
The executive committee of the ruling party is growing increasingly nervous ahead of its party conference next month. Its secretary-general Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh knows he is under threat and is mobilising his few remaining supporters in a bid to hang on to his position.
Kenya's civil service chief Felix Koskei and the president's personal assistant, Farouk Kibet, are making an outsized mark on the affairs of state. This has fuelled tensions with the deputy president and the prime minister, who feel their wings have been clipped.
The private security firm's mission to protect the EU delegation in Libya has been extended. This is the third time the contract has been awarded without a call for tenders.
Based on French-Tunisian chamber of commerce and industry figures, France was Tunisia's largest investor in 2023, to the tune of €132m.
French economy minister Bruno Le Maire is due to take part in April's Morocco-France 2024 Business Forum organised by Medef International and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises.
