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Spotlight | Niger
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

A market in Niamey, in May 2023. © Michele Cattani/AFP

In conjunction with the Trump administration, General Abdourahamane Tchiani's services began tracking the Christian missionary kidnapped in Niamey in October. While they have managed to gather information on where he was just after he was taken into captivity, they are encountering significant difficulties in pinpointing Kevin Rideout's current whereabouts.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Cameroon
World Bank conditions Kikot dam funds on further efforts from Yaoundé

The Bretton Woods institution stated once again that no support would be forthcoming for the Kikot dam until Cameroon had undertaken reforms in the electricity sector.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance

DRC, Rwanda
Tshisekedi and Kagame due in Washington to seal peace pact

Donald Trump with a photo of himself alongside Rwanda and DRC's foreign ministers, in Washington, 27 June 2025 © Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

Under pressure from the United States, the DRC president will travel to meet Donald Trump's team on 4 December and sign a peace agreement with his Rwandan counterpart. It's a risky move, given that M23 rebels still control large swathes of territory in the east of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

West Africa

Inner circles | Nigeria
The architects behind President Tinubu's diplomacy

Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar (left) and President Bola Tinubu. © Alet Pretorius/Reuters/DPD

Nigeria's 100-plus embassies have gone without ambassadors for two years, as the head of state increasingly relies on a select group of businessmen and diplomats to shape his foreign agenda.

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Guinea-Bissau
A curious coup

More than 24 hours after the putsch that overthrew Umaro Sissoco Embaló, confusion reigns in the capital. While the opposition has claimed that the former president orchestrated the coup, foreign partners remain in a state of uncertainty.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

South Sudan, Sudan
Port Sudan welcomes return of Salva Kiir's security adviser

Back in the job he was fired from in January, Tutkew Gatluak Manime is expected to mend fences with South Sudan's northern neighbour to ensure the full resumption of critical oil exports.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Sudan
Confusion surrounds Burhan adviser's visit to Europe

Critical of the truce proposal put forward by Donald Trump's Africa adviser Massad Boulos, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces has cancelled a trip planned for his humanitarian envoy.

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Kenya, Tanzania
Dodoma and Nairobi get EAC summit pushed back

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks to his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Addis Ababa in February 2025. © Marco Simoncelli/AFP

The regional organisation's heads of state are not expected to meet before early January at the earliest. The rule requiring the participation of all member states for a summit appears to justify the postponement.

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Sudan
Abu Dhabi watches closely as European Parliament votes on war resolution

Refugees who fled El Fasher after the arrival of the RSF wait for humanitarian aid at the Al Afad camp in northern Sudan, 25 November 2025. © Ebrahim Hamid / AFP

The United Arab Emirates have sent their diplomats to Strasbourg as European deputies call for an end to foreign powers' support to the fighting parties in Sudan.

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Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Inside Ramaphosa and Macron's pre-G20 meeting

Presidents Macron and Ramaphosa in Johannesburg on 22 November 2025. © Halden Krog/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Just before the summit in Johannesburg, the South African president invited his French counterpart to thank him for his support and discuss future avenues for collaboration.

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North Africa

Libya
French investors walk tightrope between Dbeibeh and Haftar

Business groups from France are trying to advance their interests in western Libya, while maintaining their business networks in the east. It's a successful strategy that has resulted in the recent creation of two partnerships in Paris.

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Morocco
UN dismisses its Western Sahara representative in Tindouf refugee camps

Palestinian diplomat Yusef Jedian has just received a letter from his employer, the United Nations, informing him of the impending end of his MINURSO mandate.

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