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DRC
CENI electoral commission still severely cash-strapped

According to its annual report, CENI only raised half the money it asked for last year, which meant it had to cancel several local elections. It must also contend with increasingly ageing infrastructure.

Ivory Coast
French defence firms visit Jacqueville anti-terror academy

Companies including Airbus Helicopters, the uniform manufacturer Marck & Balsan and the cybersecurity specialist Gatewatcher were given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the requirements of the academy led by General Allah Joseph Kouamé.

Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda
Cairo woos Kampala to counter Addis

As the Ethiopian government launches tenders for three new dams on the Blue Nile, Egypt is manoeuvring to pull Uganda out of Ethiopia's orbit – and to paralyse the future Nile Basin Commission from within.

Sudan
The Emergency Response Rooms' elusive unity

In Berlin, on the sidelines of the international conference on Sudan, the ERR, one of the country's leading grassroots organisations, is facing a governance crisis. The horizontal model on which it built its reputation is now under attack from within.

Morocco
Football federation president Lekjaa switches tack with CAF

Long accustomed to playing the emergency back-up role for tournament organisation and the hosting of official matches for African countries, Morocco now wants the procedures for awarding continental tournaments to be better regulated.

Morocco
Rabat boosts UNESCO funding

In November, the kingdom lost a "friend of Morocco" at the helm of the UN agency for education, science and culture with the departure of Audrey Azoulay as director-general. Since then, Rabat has decided to increase its financial contribution.

Uganda
With First Lady absent, Kainerugaba flexes muscles

The presidential couple's son, who has a strained relationship with his parents, is capitalising on Janet Museveni's absence due to ill-health to strengthen his political ties.

Palace Intrigues
Robert Beugré Mambé, Wale Edun, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

Ivory CoastPrime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé gets ready to tie the knot

NigeriaFinance minister tipped to attend Paris anti-terror summit

Central African RepublicFranco-Ivorian banker Ibrahim Magassa invited to Touadéra's inauguration

Kenya
The Kibakis' major property development in limbo

Nearly a decade after it was conceived outside Nakuru, the neighbourhood sometimes described as a "future new town" is still far from getting off the ground. Amid a succession dispute, the former presidential family is being extra cautious in how it manages its wealth.

North Africa
Mahgreb experts launch strategic think tank

Three specialists from Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have launched a new 'incubator' of ideas, the Paris-based Policy Network for Transitions. Its aim is to help local elites meet long-term climate and economic challenges in the Maghreb.

Sudan
Pro-RSF coalition, Tasis, plans parallel Berlin event

Criticising the event's format, the Sudan Founding Alliance has decided to bypass the international conference on Sudan and instead focus on another meeting organised by its own members. This will bring together several of the group's heavyweights and political figures from across the continent.