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Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Laurent Gbagbo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema

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

Congo The stranger in Sassou's Italy-Africa summit delegation

DRC Tshisekedi clan annoyed by cousin Tony Kanku

Ivory Coast Gbagbo pays discreet visit to Paris

Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang's new ambassador to be accredited at last

Published on 08/02/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Congo
Sassou to meet Pope Francis and Giorgia Meloni in Rome

The Congolese president will be in Rome from 24 November for a working visit due to last several days.

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Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Bernard Arnault, Félix Tshisekedi, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Laurent Gbagbo

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

Gabon Bernard Arnault abandons bid to buy Paris mansion

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Ivory Coast Ex-president Laurent Gbagbo visits Paris and Brussels

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 13.06.2024

Inner circles | DRC
Tshisekedi's mother becomes key behind-the-scenes player in Congolese politics

Maman Marthe has become particularly influential at the start of her son's second term. She is increasingly being consulted by the country's political elite and is guiding some of the key appointments.

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2024

Marthe Kasalu Jibikilayi in Kinshasa on 31 July 2016.

DRC
French ex-PM Manuel Valls appointed president of new Kinshasa think tank

France's former head of government last month visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he agreed to take over the presidency of a modest think tank launched by people close to President Félix Tshisekedi.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 01.05.2024

French former prime minister Manuel Valls

Palace Intrigues
Dominique Ouattara, Mamadi Doumbouya, Valérie Pécresse, Abdou Diouf, Abdoulaye Wade

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

Ivory CoastVIPs galore for first lady Dominique Ouattara's foundation gala

GuineaDoumbouya's ministers told to stay home

MoroccoValérie Pécresse to visit Rabat

SenegalHamidou Sall, architect of Diouf-Wade joint statement

Subscribers only Politics, Business 15.02.2024

Equatorial Guinea
President Obiang's strategic game of ambassadorial musical chairs

Equatorial Guinea is redeploying its ambassadors in several key capitals. The aim is to ease strained relations with certain countries, such as France and the United States, while further cementing ties with Egypt, Turkey and China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.01.2023

Equatorial Guinea, France
Paris attempts to break deadlock in Malabo over luxury mansion

France's top Africa diplomat Christophe Bigot has just returned from a short trip to Malabo, where he met Teodoro Obiang Nguema in the hope of resolving the ongoing dispute over a Paris building currently occupied by the embassy of Equatorial Guinea which has been seized by the French state.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2023

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's prime ministerial dreams dashed

The president had reportedly undertaken to make his ex-chief of staff prime minister by early December. His failure to follow through leaves a question mark hanging over the future of the UNC leader.

Subscribers only Politics 22.12.2022

Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff Vital Kamerhe.

Inner circles | DRC
DRC presidential advisers split on how to handle Rwanda

Felix Tshisekedi has repeatedly accused Rwanda of backing the M23 rebel movement that is advancing in eastern DRC. But many of those around him are more ambivalent about how to deal with Kigali.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 11.11.2022

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi at the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September 2022.

Equatorial Guinea
Ill-gotten gains scandal sticks to Teodorin ahead of 2023 election

Tensions are running high between the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and European leaders over a corruption case involving ill-gotten gains. But the affair has also turned into useful ammunition for Malabo against Teodorin Obiang Nguema as next year's general election looms.

Subscribers only Politics 31.08.2022

Vice President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue gestures while arriving at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, for the inauguration of Incumbent South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on May 25, 2019.

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Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Laurent Gbagbo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Congo The stranger in Sassou's Italy-Africa summit delegation

DRC Tshisekedi clan annoyed by cousin Tony Kanku

Ivory Coast Gbagbo pays discreet visit to Paris