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Palace Intrigues
Emmanuel Macron, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Paul Biya, Teodorin Obiang

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

GabonMacron's Libreville detour

CameroonCRTV resorts to tight frames on Paul Biya's rallies

Equatorial Guinea‘Teodorin' Obiang extends his US trip to the West Coast

Published on 09/10/2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Palace Intrigues
Mohammed VI, Vincent Biruta, Félix Tshisekedi

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

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Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon, Samia Suluhu Hassan

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Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara to be sworn in on 8 December

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Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2025

Gabon
Oligui Nguema personally promotes new Baie des Rois business district

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema intends on giving Emmanuel Macron a tour of the future Baie des Rois business district during his flash visit to Libreville on 23 November.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 30.10.2025

Gabon
Who is Alfred Nguia Banda, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's new envoy to Paris?

The 68 year-old was unexpectedly appointed as Gabon's ambassador in Paris on 23 October. He knows the French capital well, having lived there in exile during Ali Bongo's second term in office, from 2016 to 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.10.2025

Cameroon
Issa Tchiroma Bakary's plan to claim victory in presidential poll

Paul Biya's opponent has claimed victory in Cameroon's 12 October presidential election. He is now working from his stronghold in Garoua on the next stage.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2025

Equatorial Guinea
"Teodorin" Obiang goes on charm offensive in the US

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the Equatorial Guinean vice president, despite being under Treasury sanctions, received an exemption from the American authorities to travel to Washington. There, he met with Donald Trump's Africa advisor and representatives of US majors.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2025

Cameroon
Back from Switzerland, Paul Biya is prepping for a flash campaign

Out of the picture until now, Paul Biya is getting ready for a short but intense campaign. The logistics are being entirely managed by the civil cabinet and presidential party, the CPDM, while the secretary general to the presidency, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, remains on the sidelines.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2025

An Airbus A320-232 Prestige, registered VP-CHA and used by Cameroon's President Paul Biya, takes off from Geneva Airport (Switzerland) on its way to Yaoundé, on 1 October 2025.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar

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Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 16.07.2025

Spotlight | Cameroon
Far North shakes up Cameroon's presidential pre-campaign

The candidacies of two ministers from northern Cameroon have shaken up the presidential election, which had seemed a foregone conclusion. This has been closely monitored by the presidency and benefits Paul Biya, who continues to fuel divisions within his own camp.

Subscribers only Politics 10.07.2025

Cameroon President Paul Biya in Paris, 12 November 2019.

Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has enlisted the services of a businessman to set up a system for collecting carbon contributions from polluters, known as the Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry. Several countries are following suit, attracted by the promise of this lucrative scheme.

Subscribers only Energy, Business, Diplomacy 20.06.2025

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Nairobi, on 3 September 2022.

Africa
Macron finalises new top postings at African embassies

Around a dozen French embassies in Africa will see new chiefs appointed this summer. The Élysée Palace has already signed off on several names, while further moves are expected within the foreign ministry's Africa Directorate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.06.2025

France's President Emmanuel in Paris on 5 June 2025.

Spotlight | Gabon
General Oligui blows hot and cold over Chinese navy base

The plan to build a naval base in Port-Gentil, as agreed by Beijing and Ali Bongo in 2023, has stalled. But Gabon's transitional president Oligui Nguema is cultivating deliberate ambiguity about the project's future, much to Washington's displeasure.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.05.2024

Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema at the opening of the National Dialogue in Gabon at the Libreville Gymnasium, 2 April 2024.

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