DRC
Arrest of Tshisekedi's security adviser spreads ripples from Kigali to Washington

Uganda
Attacks leave Ugandan army with its back to the wall

The cracks in President Museveni's security strategy are increasingly apparent as disappointment grows and international cooperation diminishes. After a brutal attack by Al-Shabaab in May, a massacre near the DRC border in June has thrown the army's inability to fend off threats into sharp relief.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Kais Saied, Mamady Doumbouya, François Beya

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

Congo Macron's embarrassing handshake at presidential palace

Tunisia Saied requests $500m in aid from Al Thani

Guinea French-Guinean duo brings Pogba and Ronaldinho to Conakry and Abidjan

Central African Republic François Beya fails to show in Bangui

Congo, France
Chrysoula Zacharopoulou's tour of the two Congos

France's secretary of state for the Francophonie, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, is to visit Brazzaville from 18 to 20 December to discuss the One Planet Summit with Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.

DRC
Beya arrest sparks unease from Washington to Kigali

The fate of Felix Tshisekedi's former senior security adviser François Beya, who was arrested and has been detained for nearly 100 days, continues to worry governments on the continent and further afield, who have sent their envoys to Kinshasa to enquire about the former spymaster.

Congo
Kigali solidifies investments in Brazzaville

There was a great deal of buzz about Rwandan President Paul Kagame's April 11 to 13 visit to Brazzaville during which he met with Denis Sassou Nguesso. His visit led to the signature of eight economic cooperation agreements.

DRC
Two more foreigners detained secretly by the ANR

Africa Intelligence revealed at the start of last week that a Lebanese businessman had been held for more than month by the Congolese intelligence services. It now turns out that two other people, who were with him, are also being held.

Congo
Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

There were initially supposed to be five heads of state invited to Oyo, the birthplace of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the evening of 11 February.