DRC
Kinshasa to sign sponsorship deal with AS Monaco

Djibouti
National football arena plans reopening with September World Cup qualifiers

Renovation work on the El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, which began last August, should be completed in the next few months. Djibouti hopes that its men's national team will be able to face Burkina Faso's on its new pitch this September.

Palace Intrigues
Paul Kagame, Romi Bhatia, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi

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

DRC-FranceÉlysée and foreign ministry bid to postpone Solidarité Congo concert

MoroccoRomi Bhatia takes a plane ride

EgyptMacron due in Cairo on 7 April

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara's team buys up football clubs, hoping to score goals... and votes

With the presidential election in mind, a handful of ruling party heads are buying up clubs in the Ivorian league. Among them are several ministers and even the president's brother.