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Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Yoweri Museveni

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

GabonBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's not-so-secret trip to Paris

Central AfricaThe misadventures of Faustin-Archange Touadéra with VistaJet

UgandaThe case within a case: the double life of Ayena Odongo, Dominic Ongwen's ousted lawyer

Published on 08/05/2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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