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Stéphane Séjourné

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South Africa
Ramaphosa and von der Leyen move closer to critical minerals agreement

A South Africa-European Union summit is taking place in Johannesburg today to put down the markers for an agreement on the supply of manganese. This agreement should help the EU reduce its dependence on China.

Free access Mining, Diplomacy 20.11.2025

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, 9 October 2025.

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI seals major Emirati investment to shake up energy sector

The surprise partnership between Emirati operator Taqa and the royal company Nareva has redrawn the map for energy players in Morocco, without however overshadowing the deal agreed a few months earlier between OCP and Engie.

Subscribers only Energy, Business, Diplomacy 06.06.2025

Morocco's King Mohammed VI (left) with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, in December 2023.

Spotlight | Kenya
Julius Mwale's medical castle in the air stretches from California to Butere

He presented himself as a genius inventor, a self-made man and a philanthropic investor. Storm clouds have however been gathering over Mwale, the US-Kenyan businessman who vowed to revolutionise healthcare in Africa but whose pharaonic scheme has swallowed up tens of millions of dollars with few tangible results.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 09.01.2025

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

SenegalSall confides in Ouattara

Central African RepublicTouadéra faces lengthy wait for top-level French delegation

South SudanNational football squad's troubles continue

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 31.10.2024

Morocco
Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

France's U-turn on Western Sahara was personally supported by Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron, while the role of French diplomats and the king's foreign affairs adviser in the talks was decisive.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.08.2024

Morocco's King Mohammed VI attending a ceremony of allegiance to mark the 25th anniversary of his enthronement at the Tetouan palace on 30 July 2024.

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

The French PM was due to visit Rabat in July to meet his Moroccan opposite number, but the trip was cancelled after the French president dissolved parliament and called snap elections. It also seems increasingly unlikely that the Algerian leader will travel to Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.06.2024

French president Emmanuel Macron (right) and France's prime minister Gabriel Attal.

Madagascar
Foreign minister cancels Paris visit after dissolution of French National Assembly

Madagascar's Foreign Minister Rafaravavitafika Rasata was supposed to travel to Paris on 17 June, but has since cancelled the visit following French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2024

Morocco
France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

French ambassador to Rabat Christophe Lecourtier has announced the introduction of a scheme to make it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas to France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.05.2024

Africa
Paris gears up for African ambassadorial reshuffle

The Elysée is currently putting the finishing touches to a vast shake-up of French embassies in Africa. Posts in Kinshasa, Cotonou, Addis Ababa, Abuja and Conakry are among those affected by the changes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.05.2024

Algeria
Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

The leading French pharmaceutical company seemed set to clinch a vaccine manufacturing deal with Algeria's Saidal and the Institut Pasteur. But it appears to have fallen out of favour with the government.

Subscribers only Business 10.05.2024

Eduardo Arce Parellada, Managing Director of Sanofi Algeria.

Sudan
Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Talks led by the US and Saudi Arabia aimed at resolving Sudan's civil war are due to resume in the coming days. The new US special envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, hopes to learn from his predecessors' failings.

Free access Diplomacy 12.04.2024

US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello.

Africa
New Africa adviser for French foreign ministry

Nadia Fanton, the Africa adviser to the French foreign minister, is set to leave her post this summer. Her successor has just been chosen.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.04.2024

Kenya
Nairobi still reluctant to sign up to OECD global minimum corporate tax

Kenya, where tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft operate, wants to keep its own digital tax in place for now instead of adopting the OECD's new global minimum rate on corporate profits.

Free access Finance 09.04.2024

Morocco, Rwanda
Akhannouch in Kigali to represent Mohammed VI

Invited by Paul Kagame to the 30th anniversary commemoration of the Tutsi genocide, the King of Morocco has sent his prime minister in his place to Rwanda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.04.2024

Moroccan PM Aziz Akhannouch during a visit to the Netherlands in 2022.

DRC
Tshisekedi's Paris visit takes shape

The DRC president's three-day visit to France is set to include an honours ceremony at Les Invalides, as well as football, fashion and talks with Emmanuel Macron.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.04.2024

Morocco
Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Without radically shifting its political stance on Western Sahara, France's foreign ministry is nevertheless now encouraging French companies to invest in the disputed territory.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 01.04.2024

Morocco's FM Nasser Bourita (right) greets his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné in Rabat, 26 February 2024.

Kenya
French foreign minister to talk Sudan and climate on maiden trip to Kenya

France's new foreign minister will spend part of his first trip to Africa in Kenya.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.04.2024

Morocco
French deputy trade minister Riester to visit Rabat

From 4-5 April, French deputy trade minister Franck Riester will be in Rabat to meet his Moroccan counterpart in another sign that diplomatic relations between Paris and Rabat are improving.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.03.2024

Cameroon
Michel Thierry Atangana takes legal battle to European Union

Atangana, who was held prisoner in Cameroon for 17 years, wants the French legislation inspired by his case to be transposed into EU law. It provides protection for citizens who are arbitrarily imprisoned while they are abroad.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.03.2024

Michel Thierry Atangana arrives at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on 28 February 2014.

Spotlight | Morocco
$1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains

French giant Alstom is in pole position for the mega-deal to supply 168 new trains to Morocco's Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), but faces stiff competition from Spain's CAF and Talgo.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.03.2024

A high speed train produced by Alstom departs La Rochelle's harbour for Tangier, on 26 June 2015.

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Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Stéphane Séjourné

South Africa
Ramaphosa and von der Leyen move closer to critical minerals agreement

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI seals major Emirati investment to shake up energy sector

Spotlight | Kenya
Julius Mwale's medical castle in the air stretches from California to Butere

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

SenegalSall confides in Ouattara

Central African RepublicTouadéra faces lengthy wait for top-level French delegation

South SudanNational football squad's troubles continue

Morocco
Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

Madagascar
Foreign minister cancels Paris visit after dissolution of French National Assembly

Morocco
France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

Africa
Paris gears up for African ambassadorial reshuffle

Algeria
Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

Sudan
Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Africa
New Africa adviser for French foreign ministry

Kenya
Nairobi still reluctant to sign up to OECD global minimum corporate tax

Morocco, Rwanda
Akhannouch in Kigali to represent Mohammed VI

DRC
Tshisekedi's Paris visit takes shape

Morocco
Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Kenya
French foreign minister to talk Sudan and climate on maiden trip to Kenya

Morocco
French deputy trade minister Riester to visit Rabat

Cameroon
Michel Thierry Atangana takes legal battle to European Union

Spotlight | Morocco
$1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains

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Burkina Faso, Mali Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Stéphane Séjourné

South Africa Ramaphosa and von der Leyen move closer to critical minerals agreement

Spotlight | Morocco Mohammed VI seals major Emirati investment to shake up energy sector

Spotlight | Kenya Julius Mwale's medical castle in the air stretches from California to Butere

Palace Intrigues Macky Sall, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

SenegalSall confides in Ouattara

Central African RepublicTouadéra faces lengthy wait for top-level French delegation

South SudanNational football squad's troubles continue

Morocco Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

Madagascar Foreign minister cancels Paris visit after dissolution of French National Assembly

Morocco France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

Africa Paris gears up for African ambassadorial reshuffle

Algeria Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

Sudan Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Africa New Africa adviser for French foreign ministry

Kenya Nairobi still reluctant to sign up to OECD global minimum corporate tax

Morocco, Rwanda Akhannouch in Kigali to represent Mohammed VI

DRC Tshisekedi's Paris visit takes shape

Morocco Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Kenya French foreign minister to talk Sudan and climate on maiden trip to Kenya

Morocco French deputy trade minister Riester to visit Rabat

Cameroon Michel Thierry Atangana takes legal battle to European Union

Spotlight | Morocco $1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains

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Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

South Africa
Ramaphosa and von der Leyen move closer to critical minerals agreement

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI seals major Emirati investment to shake up energy sector

Spotlight | Kenya
Julius Mwale's medical castle in the air stretches from California to Butere

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Morocco
Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

Madagascar
Foreign minister cancels Paris visit after dissolution of French National Assembly

Morocco
France makes it easier for Moroccan graduates to apply for visas

Africa
Paris gears up for African ambassadorial reshuffle

Algeria
Sanofi gets cold shoulder from authorities

Sudan
Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Africa
New Africa adviser for French foreign ministry

Kenya
Nairobi still reluctant to sign up to OECD global minimum corporate tax

Morocco, Rwanda
Akhannouch in Kigali to represent Mohammed VI

DRC
Tshisekedi's Paris visit takes shape

Morocco
Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Kenya
French foreign minister to talk Sudan and climate on maiden trip to Kenya

Morocco
French deputy trade minister Riester to visit Rabat

Cameroon
Michel Thierry Atangana takes legal battle to European Union

Spotlight | Morocco
$1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains