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

France/Niger Macron's discreet dinner with Bazoum

Liberia/USA Weah seeks face-to-face with Harris

France/DRC Hollande on billionaire-sponsored PR trip to see Mukwege

Togo DSK home from home in Lomé

Ivory Coast Cesareo, Houphouët-Boigny-era master builder, passes away

Morocco
Former diplomatic adviser to the Elysée joins French embassy in Rabat

French diplomat Arnaud Pescheux has taken up a new position as minister-counsellor in Rabat, just as the French ambassador to Morroco Hélène Le Gal is about to leave. Her position has yet to be filled

Cameroon, France
Macron announces declassification of already public archives

During his recent African tour, the French president ordered the opening of archives concerning the violent repression carried out by his country during Cameroon's independence. A similar promise was made by his predecessor back in 2015.

France, Sahel
Change at top of Operation Barkhane

This summer, a two-star general will likely become the number two of Operation Barkhane, taking over for another fighter pilot, General Fabien Kuzniak.

Africa
AU security commissioner Bankole Adeoye hires heavyweight advisers

The African Union's most sought-after commissioner, Bankole Adeoye, has finally found a way to hire advisers to help him manage a portfolio where crises and coups are piling up dangerously.

Africa, France
French embassy shakeups to follow presidential election

Both Hollande and Sarkozy carried out diplomatic reshuffles in embassies just before the end of their mandates, but current French President Emmanuel Macron is not expected to make any such changes before April's presidential election.

DRC
Emmanuel Macron expected in Kinshasa in the autumn

Over a working lunch at the Elysée Palace on April 26, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi discussed the possibility of a visit by Emmanuel Macron to the DRC.

Inner circles | Africa, France
AFD head mobilises his networks to boost agency's foreign policy profile

As the Agence Francaise de Dévelopement prepares to have its financial capacities increased by recently adopted development legislation, its head, Rémy Rioux, is putting his connections to work to convince African financial institutions to put greater emphasis on climate change in their development strategies.