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Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Félix Tshisekedi

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

CongoJetsetter Sassou off to Paris and then Moscow

GabonMahamadou Bonkoungou, indispensable backer of Oligui Nguema

DRCEmirati ambassador conducts his diplomacy outside Kinshasa

Published on 10/04/2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Anwar Othman Barout Al Baroudi
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso
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Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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Andry Rajoelina (left) and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris, 26 July 2024.

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After postponing his Paris trip, Sassou set to visit Abu Dhabi

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will head to Abu Dhabi on 6 April to attend the AIM Congress, an investors' forum.

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Mamadi Doumbouya fine-tunes his Central Africa diplomacy

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Mamadi Doumbouya arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York City, 21 September 2023.

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Congolese First Lady flees France after judge issues summons

Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso left France in a hurry this week after a summons was issued in late February ordering her to appear before a Paris magistrate in connection with the so-called ‘ill-gotten gains' case.

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Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Addis Ababa, on 14 February 2025.

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has been pulling out all the stops to buy time since Rwandan-backed rebels captured swathes of territory in eastern DRC. He hopes that offering mining projects will win him support from the US and the United Arab Emirates.

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M23 rebels at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, 1 March 2025.

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The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Palace Intrigues
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Congo
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Spotlight | Madagascar, Mauritius
List of companies that will accompany Macron on Indian Ocean tour revealed

Congo
After postponing his Paris trip, Sassou set to visit Abu Dhabi

Guinea
Mamadi Doumbouya fine-tunes his Central Africa diplomacy

Congo
Congolese First Lady flees France after judge issues summons

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Spotlight | Southern Africa
Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

Gabon
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in Libreville

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso hopes Russia trip will reap rich rewards