Congo
Paris job agency seeks to lure expat execs back home

DRC
Belgian embassy struggling to sell its former premises in Kinshasa

Nearly six years after relocating its embassy to a new building, Belgium is still looking for a buyer for its old premises, but offers are few and far between.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Faure Gnassingbé, Charles Blé Goudé, Blaise Matuidi

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

Ivory CoastOuattara and Macron try to set date for meeting

TogoGnassingbé's quiet London escape

Ivory CoastOpposition leader Charles Blé Goudé prepares own "address to the nation"

CongoFootball world champion Blaise Matuidi nurtures his networks

The New Guard
Congo, Guinea, Burundi, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Congo Michel Djombo becomes the bosses' boss

Guinea Lionel Chobli picked to roll out fibre optic

Burundi Evrard Havyarimana boosts business links for Burundi diaspora in France

Kenya Carolyne Kamende Daudi at heart of the trial of the year

Congo
Sassou chief of staff Florent Ntsiba at heart of power struggle

Some members of the Congolese president's inner circle have in recent weeks been pushing for Denis Sassou Nguesso's chief of staff, Florent Ntsiba, to be replaced. Among them is the influential minister of territorial development, Jean-Jacques Bouya.

Congo
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso sows confusion among business owners over compliance checks

In a letter to the chairman of Congo's employers' association, Unicongo, the minister of international cooperation and public private partnerships caused a great deal of confusion regarding the imported goods certification process, forcing Fylla de Saint-Eudes, the minister of industry, to offer clarification.

Congo
Unicongo beside itself

The long-standing French-born president of the Unicongo (Union Patronale et [...]