Evariste Ndayishimiye

Madagascar
Junta and Rajoelina face off from afar at SADC and AU

Colonel Michaël Randrianirina must submit a detailed roadmap for the transition by the end of February, as demanded by the regional organisation of Southern African states, while the African Union is not currently considering lifting Madagascar's suspension.

Burundi
After its congress, the ruling party preserves a semblance of unity

Évariste Ndayishimiye and the head of the party in power have provisionally set aside their differences to prepare for next year's presidential election. Some of the head of state's pledges, however, run up against the faction loyal to his rival within the CNDD-FDD.

Burundi
Gitega recruits Washington lobbyist

Gitega will rely on PR firm Nestpoint to advocate for its interests with the US administration and American investors.

Burundi
Gitega mends fences with IMF despite franc dispute

By promising reforms, the government has returned to the International Monetary Fund's good graces. The latter had suspended its programmes after the Ndayishimiye administration refused to devalue its currency at the beginning of the year.

DRC, Rwanda
Talks in Doha, airstrikes in east DRC: M23 and Kinshasa brace for battle

Kinshasa and the rebel movement may be discussing peace in Qatar, but at ground level in eastern DRC both are beefing up their respective military presence.

DRC
Emmanuel Macron seeks crisis resolution role with Great Lakes conference

Paris has invited no fewer than seven African leaders to its humanitarian conference on the crisis in eastern DRC. Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame are both expected in the French capital.

Somalia
AU draws almost total blank on Somali mission

After heading to the UN General Assembly in the hope of raising $190m, the pan-African body only received a modest pledge from the British. Doubt is still hanging over AUSSOM.

DRC, Rwanda
Eastern DRC crisis lands in talks at TICAD in Yokohama

On the fringes of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), several consultations to discuss the war in the east were held between the continent's heads of state, who are concerned about the resumption in fighting.

Central Africa
Burundi prepares to head ECCAS commission

At the end of August, a new commission chaired by Burundi will take office within the Economic Community of Central African States, as the sub-regional institution struggles to gain momentum.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara

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

GabonMassad Boulos, a discreet guest at Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's gala

CongoPrime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso in Dubai for "Kiki's" wedding

Ivory CoastProtocol spats between Adama Bictogo and Kandia Kamissoko Camara in Brazzaville