Politics

Cameroon
Fecafoot rift places presidential 'high orders' in spotlight

Aides of Paul Biya see the tug-of-war between the government and football chief Samuel Eto'o as an opportunity to weaken the power of the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Pascaline Bongo, Patrick Achi

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

GabonGeneral Oligui loyal to Omar Bongo's favourite Parisian hotel

Equatorial GuineaObiang to visit Paris without meeting Macron

GabonPascaline Bongo's US exile

Ivory CoastEx-PM Patrick Achi ditches French passport

DRC
Military judges take over probe into alleged coup

The army inquiry is being led by Lieutenant General Likulia Bakumi.

The New Guard
Senegal, Madagascar, Uganda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Senegal Fatima Mbengue, PASTEF's ‘Madame Solidarity' and presidential insider

Madagascar Matina Razafimahefa, game, tech and match

Uganda Emmanuel Kibirige, speaking out for small-scale miners

Angola
Health minister Lutucuta's no-tender method

The cardiologist by training, who took over the ministry when Angolan President João Lourenço came to power in 2017, readily uses her influence in government to hand out major contracts to companies of her choosing.

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

Faced with a worsening fuel crisis, Central African Republic lawmakers and the IMF want Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri to end an exclusive deal with Cameroon's Neptune Oil.

Angola
In Switzerland, the Angolan prosecutor general fails to recover Carlos São Vicente's assets

Angola's anti-corruption chief travelled to Geneva to try to convince the authorities to hand over the Swiss assets of the Portuguese-Angolan tycoon. But the courts there continue to regard the businessman's trial as unfair.

Tunisia
New Economy Minister Feryel Ouerghi Sebai marks territory with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar

Spotted by Kais Saied in 2023, Feryel Ouerghi Sebai continues her ascent within the government, quickly taking over affairs that the head of the foreign ministry had been handling in the interim.

Cameroon
Confidential note on Martinez Zogo affair has Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh worried

The investigation into the journalist's murder is continuing to shake the upper echelons of the Cameroonian state. A note from a judicial expert to Paul Biya accuses Ngoh Ngoh of having blocked investigation of the role played in the affair by himself and two government ministers.

Kenya
Gachagua stumbles again in his would-be fiefdom

Kenya's deputy president has long striven to emerge as the most powerful politician in the Mount Kenya region. But numerous obstacles stand in his way, including the former resident of State House.

Libya
Eastern authorities make grab for top sovereign wealth fund

Tripoli's rival government in Tobruk is trying to take over the Egyptian branch of LAFICO by naming a new board of directors. A move for which it now needs Cairo's support.