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Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat's plan to win over AU on Western Sahara

A portrait of Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Laayoune, the main city of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, on 7 November 2025. © Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP

Back at the pan-African organisation after pursuing an empty chair policy and buoyed by a UN resolution in its favour, Morocco wants to push for the regional body to withdraw its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

The Continent

Palace Intrigues
Teodorin Obiang Nguema, Paul Biya, Raila Odinga, Cyril Ramaphosa and Alassane Ouattara

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

CameroonTeodorin Obiang Nguema cosies up to busy Biyas

KenyaRaila Odinga's posthumous, final memoir in the offing

South AfricaCyril Ramaphosa chides his oil minister for being hooked on hydrocarbons

Ivory CoastOuattara and Macron like ships in the night

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

DRC
Provincial minister and Tshisekedi cousin Berthe Lumbala takes care of business in Katanga

Responsible for mines in the Kasaï-Oriental government since 2024, Berthe Lumbala has developed private business activities in parallel in the south of the country. At the head of Viahara Mining, she recently signed a mining contract with Gécamines.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics

West Africa

Ivory Coast, Senegal
Alassane Ouattara gets in the middle of Macky Sall and Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (left) with ex-president of Senegal Macky Sall in Abidjan, on 12 July 2019. © Issouf Sanogo/AFP

Looking to restore calm between the former Senegalese president and his successor, the Ivorian leader has just held lengthy talks with Sall in Paris. Yet this move has greatly annoyed PM Ousmane Sonko.

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West Africa
Head of Belgian diplomacy sets up West African tour

Maxime Prévot plans to travel to West Africa in 2026. He could notably visit Nigeria, especially as Brussels is set to inaugurate a new embassy there in January.

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Guinea-Bissau
Amid coup, Umaro Sissoco Embaló makes last call for help to Brazzaville

People flee the scene as gunfire rings out near the Presidential Palace in Bissau, 26 November 2025. © Patrick Meinhardt/AFP

Before being removed by the army, the now ex-president phoned a close adviser of Denis Sassou-Nguesso to warn him of the situation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Nairobi prepares to host EAC summit amid crisis

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) with Kenyan President William Ruto in Nairobi, on 29 February 2024. © Simon Maina/AFP

On the eve of its great get-together, the East African Community is going through a turbulent time, bearing the marks of friction between its members and elections organised in a climate at boiling point. Discussions on infrastructure are set to be held, with international partners in attendance.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy

Kenya
Ruto looks to bring onside rising star in west George Natembeya

The by-elections sped up the rise of the governor of Trans-Nzoia county. Seeking out new electors since the death of his ally Raila Odinga, the head of state is keen to secure the support of this opponent and is even willing to offer him a place in the front row for the forthcoming presidential campaign.

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Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Surprise reopening of vanilla approval requests

Vanilla exporters who submitted their approval requests in August but did not get the green light, now have an additional grace period in which to get their houses in order.

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North Africa

Morocco
Troubled sustainable energy agency Masen seeks green shoots

As the sole body representing the country's green hydrogen initiative, the organisation has embarked on a last-chance transition to fix its ongoing problems, under the guidance of CEO Tarik Ameziane Moufaddal.

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