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Cameroon, Chad
Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

The Chadian subsidiary of Tradex, a major player in oil trading, has been immobilised after a 15-year legal dispute with the brokerage firms Velissa and Losange.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 03.10.2025

Cameroon
Low-key media magnate takes charge of Paul Biya's campaign comms

Full Circle Advertising is the company behind Paul Biya's campaign video that has just been put online. The consulting agency belongs to tycoon Bony Dashaco, who is at the head of a group active across multiple sectors.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 03.10.2025

Cameroon
Back from Switzerland, Paul Biya is prepping for a flash campaign

An Airbus A320-232 Prestige, registered VP-CHA and used by Cameroon's President Paul Biya, takes off from Geneva Airport (Switzerland) on its way to Yaoundé, on 1 October 2025. © Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2025

Equatorial Guinea
"Teodorin" Obiang goes on charm offensive in the US

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the Equatorial Guinean vice president, despite being under Treasury sanctions, received an exemption from the American authorities to travel to Washington. There, he met with Donald Trump's Africa advisor and representatives of US majors.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2025

DRC
M23 military leader sanctions officers responsible for looting and embezzlement

General Sultani Makenga has been punishing his senior men involved in offences committed in areas under the movement's control. High-ranking officers and even his own brother have already been thrown into prison for short sentences.

Subscribers only Defence 01.10.2025

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso's last chance saloon campaign for UNESCO leadership

The head of state is personally involved in Firmin Edouard Matoko's candidacy for the head of UNESCO. Brazzaville has hired an American communications agency to help him in his mission.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.09.2025

DRC
Serge Tshibangu at work to promote American investments

The former high representative of the Congolese head of state has organised an event in mid-October in Washington to present the different sectors of the Congolese economy to American businessmen.

Subscribers only Business 30.09.2025

Congo
Congo Grand Lodge holds AGM

On 18 October the freemasons of the Congo Grand Lodge will hold their AGM in Brazzaville for the first time in two years, at the invitation of Grand Master Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics 29.09.2025

Gabon
Behind the scenes of Oligui Nguema's meeting with World Bank president

Gabonese Leopold Engozogo Mba and his compatriot Herman Nzébi, special adviser to the Gabonese president, facilitated the meeting between the head of state and the president of the World Bank.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.09.2025

Congo
Secret African clients of former Paris CIA chief revealed

The CIA's French station chief at the start of the 2010s, Dale Bendler, became a consultant while keeping a foot in his former employer's camp. Awaiting sentencing for accessing classified documents for private clients, he worked for many figures active in Africa.

Subscribers only Business 26.09.2025

Cameroon
French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

The French courts will rule on the merits of the case involving a €19m loan agreement granted by the panafrican banking institution to exporter Producam.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.09.2025

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi holds low-key meeting with Erik Prince

During his stay in New York, the Congolese president met with the head of Frontier Services Group to discuss the possible extension of his contract. Alongside the peace processes, Kinshasa is seeking to strengthen its private military apparatus, which lacks coordination.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining 25.09.2025

The billionaire and boss of Frontier Services Group, Erik Prince, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 5 April 2025.

Central Africa
EY's French-speaking partners gear up for next chapter

The accounting firm's French-speaking offices are to create an independent network to take over from the British giant when it leaves sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for April 2026. The future entity will be supported at a technical level by the consultancy and audit firm during this transition.

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2025

DRC
The Lebanese arms broker embarrassing Tshisekedi

Arms broker and Prince Invest Group boss Dani al-Achkar, who was arrested in April, is still barred from leaving the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been ordered to reimburse money paid to him in a €31.

Subscribers only Defence 24.09.2025

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Lobito, Angola, 4 December 2024.

Central African Republic, Gabon
Air France confronted with headache of serving Bangui

The French airline is considering suspending the direct service from Paris to the Central African capital, a route already significantly reduced. It is reportedly relying on the expansion of its partnership with Afrijet to put this into place.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 24.09.2025

Cameroon
Justice Minister Laurent Esso reopens Portsec case

Laurent Esso is looking into the conditions under which Portsec was awarded the contract to secure the port of Douala, which dates back to 2018. He is particularly interested in the close ties between the company and his rival, secretary general to the presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 23.09.2025

Access to the Douala Port Authority on 21 March 2025.

DRC
Demand for death penalty for Joseph Kabila raises tensions in SADC countries

The request for the death penalty against former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has worried several countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which fear a precedent within the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.09.2025

Cameroon
Paul Biya's phantom presidential campaign

The head of state is standing for re-election on 12 October but his supporters are struggling to ascertain whether or not he will campaign in person.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 22.09.2025

Equatorial Guinea
Presidential Boeing temporarily seized in Rome

An Equatorial Guinean presidential plane was seized in Rome in August by a maintenance company claiming unpaid bills from the national airline Ceiba. The Italian courts ordered the seizure to be lifted within a few days.

Subscribers only Business 19.09.2025

Congo
Denis Sassou-Nguesso makes his big return to UN General Assembly

The Congolese head of state is expected in New York, where he will attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly, a forum he has avoided in recent years.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.09.2025

Central African Republic
Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to strengthen Bangui-Rome ties

In search of new partners, the president is to meet with the head of Italian diplomacy in New York. He has long relied on the Community of Sant'Egidio, founded in Rome, to carry out several mediation actions in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.09.2025

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni with Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Rome, in January 2024.

Spotlight | Cameroon
Paul Biya's plan to conquer powerful business leaders from the west in view of presidential race

The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement has unveiled the team expected to secure Paul Biya's re-election. The list gives pride of place to wealthy families from the west of the country, a region where the electorate is generally favourable to the opposition.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 18.09.2025

Paul Biya and his wife during the celebration of the 53rd anniversary of the national holiday in Yaoundé on 20 May, 2025.

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has two irons in the fire in legislative elections

The Gabonese head of state is supporting two parties in the upcoming elections: Omar Bongo's historic party, the Parti Démocratique Gabonais, and the brand new Union Démocratique des Bâtisseurs.

Subscribers only Defence 17.09.2025

Cameroon
Yaoundé aims to strengthen its naval cooperation with the EU

Cameroon is seeking to strengthen its cooperation with the EU, particularly to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Defence 17.09.2025

Chad
Former head of general intelligence soon to be extradited to Belgium

Abderahman Moussa, who has been held in France since August after a European arrest warrant was issued in his name, will shortly be heard by the Belgian courts. He is suspected of having helped the builder of the grand hotel in N'Djamena to bribe local officials.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 16.09.2025

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Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Central Africa

Cameroon, Chad
Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

Cameroon
Low-key media magnate takes charge of Paul Biya's campaign comms

Cameroon
Back from Switzerland, Paul Biya is prepping for a flash campaign

Equatorial Guinea
"Teodorin" Obiang goes on charm offensive in the US

DRC
M23 military leader sanctions officers responsible for looting and embezzlement

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso's last chance saloon campaign for UNESCO leadership

DRC
Serge Tshibangu at work to promote American investments

Congo
Congo Grand Lodge holds AGM

Gabon
Behind the scenes of Oligui Nguema's meeting with World Bank president

Congo
Secret African clients of former Paris CIA chief revealed

Cameroon
French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi holds low-key meeting with Erik Prince

Central Africa
EY's French-speaking partners gear up for next chapter

DRC
The Lebanese arms broker embarrassing Tshisekedi

Central African Republic, Gabon
Air France confronted with headache of serving Bangui

Cameroon
Justice Minister Laurent Esso reopens Portsec case

DRC
Demand for death penalty for Joseph Kabila raises tensions in SADC countries

Cameroon
Paul Biya's phantom presidential campaign

Equatorial Guinea
Presidential Boeing temporarily seized in Rome

Congo
Denis Sassou-Nguesso makes his big return to UN General Assembly

Central African Republic
Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to strengthen Bangui-Rome ties

Spotlight | Cameroon
Paul Biya's plan to conquer powerful business leaders from the west in view of presidential race

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has two irons in the fire in legislative elections

Cameroon
Yaoundé aims to strengthen its naval cooperation with the EU

Chad
Former head of general intelligence soon to be extradited to Belgium

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Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

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Mamadi Doumbouya

Central Africa

Cameroon, Chad Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

Cameroon Low-key media magnate takes charge of Paul Biya's campaign comms

Cameroon Back from Switzerland, Paul Biya is prepping for a flash campaign

Equatorial Guinea "Teodorin" Obiang goes on charm offensive in the US

DRC M23 military leader sanctions officers responsible for looting and embezzlement

Congo Sassou-Nguesso's last chance saloon campaign for UNESCO leadership

DRC Serge Tshibangu at work to promote American investments

Congo Congo Grand Lodge holds AGM

Gabon Behind the scenes of Oligui Nguema's meeting with World Bank president

Congo Secret African clients of former Paris CIA chief revealed

Cameroon French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

DRC Félix Tshisekedi holds low-key meeting with Erik Prince

Central Africa EY's French-speaking partners gear up for next chapter

DRC The Lebanese arms broker embarrassing Tshisekedi

Central African Republic, Gabon Air France confronted with headache of serving Bangui

Cameroon Justice Minister Laurent Esso reopens Portsec case

DRC Demand for death penalty for Joseph Kabila raises tensions in SADC countries

Cameroon Paul Biya's phantom presidential campaign

Equatorial Guinea Presidential Boeing temporarily seized in Rome

Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso makes his big return to UN General Assembly

Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to strengthen Bangui-Rome ties

Spotlight | Cameroon Paul Biya's plan to conquer powerful business leaders from the west in view of presidential race

Gabon Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has two irons in the fire in legislative elections

Cameroon Yaoundé aims to strengthen its naval cooperation with the EU

Chad Former head of general intelligence soon to be extradited to Belgium

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Cameroon, Chad
Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

Cameroon
Low-key media magnate takes charge of Paul Biya's campaign comms

Cameroon
Back from Switzerland, Paul Biya is prepping for a flash campaign

Equatorial Guinea
"Teodorin" Obiang goes on charm offensive in the US

DRC
M23 military leader sanctions officers responsible for looting and embezzlement

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso's last chance saloon campaign for UNESCO leadership

DRC
Serge Tshibangu at work to promote American investments

Congo
Congo Grand Lodge holds AGM

Gabon
Behind the scenes of Oligui Nguema's meeting with World Bank president

Congo
Secret African clients of former Paris CIA chief revealed

Cameroon
French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi holds low-key meeting with Erik Prince

Central Africa
EY's French-speaking partners gear up for next chapter

DRC
The Lebanese arms broker embarrassing Tshisekedi

Central African Republic, Gabon
Air France confronted with headache of serving Bangui

Cameroon
Justice Minister Laurent Esso reopens Portsec case

DRC
Demand for death penalty for Joseph Kabila raises tensions in SADC countries

Cameroon
Paul Biya's phantom presidential campaign

Equatorial Guinea
Presidential Boeing temporarily seized in Rome

Congo
Denis Sassou-Nguesso makes his big return to UN General Assembly

Central African Republic
Faustin-Archange Touadéra wants to strengthen Bangui-Rome ties

Spotlight | Cameroon
Paul Biya's plan to conquer powerful business leaders from the west in view of presidential race

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has two irons in the fire in legislative elections

Cameroon
Yaoundé aims to strengthen its naval cooperation with the EU

Chad
Former head of general intelligence soon to be extradited to Belgium