UNION

Morocco
Institut Choiseul gives Benin pride of place at Casablanca forum

The French think tank has opted for the second year running to hold its annual business forum in Morocco.

Djibouti
The meteoric rise of Ibrahim Zakaria Jnr

Despite his lack of a university degree or noteworthy operational experience, Zakaria Jnr is soaring up the army ranks. Meanwhile, his octogenarian father, who is the army chief of staff, has confounded repeated rumours of his imminent retirement.

DRC
Unease grows over Kagame opposition plans to meet in Kinshasa

Though postponed, a gathering of 60 Rwandans from the worlds of politics, civil society and academia planned for early this month in an attempt to unify the opposition to Paul Kagame could further degrade relations between Kinshasa and Kigali.

Ivory Coast
Local companies say government ignored their demands in tobacco traceability tender

Angry Ivorian companies believe the government has ignored their complaints about the tender to design a traceability system that they say favours international players such as the Swiss firm SICPA at the expense of local firms.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Mahamat Idriss Déby

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

Ivory Coast Ouattara and Sassou neatly avoid the Soro issue

DRC Tshisekedi calls up Israeli counterpart for support

Cameroon Did the Chadian ambassador stay or go?

Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania
EU to fund EAC's ballistic expertise

On 19 June, the European Union invited service providers to bid for a contract to support the East African Community (EAC) in its ballistics investigations.

Uganda
Attacks leave Ugandan army with its back to the wall

The cracks in President Museveni's security strategy are increasingly apparent as disappointment grows and international cooperation diminishes. After a brutal attack by Al-Shabaab in May, a massacre near the DRC border in June has thrown the army's inability to fend off threats into sharp relief.

Somaliland
Somaliland recognition returns to British parliamentary agenda

The British government is careful not to take any initiative on recognising Somaliland's independence, but the issue regularly comes up for discussion in parliament. A motion on the issue is due to be tabled this week.

Egypt
East Med Gas Forum postpones ministerial summit

The meeting of the energy ministers of the eight member states of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), initially scheduled for 12 July in Cairo, has been postponed for two months.

Egypt
Plans for European investors' conference resurface

Europe's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell plans to organise an investment summit in Egypt. The EU's 27 member states hope to please an indispensable ally in the fight against illegal migration.

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mahamat Idriss Déby, Abdelfattah Al-Sisi, Paul Biya, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Félix Tshisekedi, Umaro Sissoco Embalo

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

Senegal Sall talks with his inner circle

Senegal, Congo, Chad, Egypt, Nigeria Paris summit attendees stay in city's finest hotels

DRC Tshisekedi's birthday Bentley

West Africa Indonesian president turns down ECOWAS summit invite

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Douglas Carpenter, EU ambassador to Bangui, recently took a flight operated by Minair. That firm's parent company is the Central African mining company Badica, whose assets were frozen by the EU between 2015 and 2021 following UN sanctions, which have since been lifted.