In Focus | Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Sudan
General al-Burhan submits response to Boulos's peace plan

Donald Trump's Africa adviser intends to refer a proposal for ending the war in Sudan to the US president's Board of Peace. Yet Sudan's army and the paramilitaries remain firmly entrenched in their positions.

The New Guard
Libya, Morocco, Rwanda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

LIBYAOsama Dbeibeh, the PM's cousin, has a new goal: a career in the beautiful game

RwandaClarisse Iribagiza, putting tech at the service of development

MoroccoAmine Mazzen, a leading voice in continental football

Libya
The two factions go into battle over NOC chair

The two main clans controlling Libya, led by Ibrahim Dbeibeh and Saddam Haftar, are each pushing their respective candidates for chair of the national oil company.

DRC
Perenco hit with two state-mandated audits

The Congolese hydrocarbon ministry has commissioned two companies to carry out detailed audits of Franco-British energy company Perenco's oil business in the country. These reports should shed light on the firm's actual oil production, as well as its environmental impact.

Libya
ENI comes up short as battle between oil minister and NOC ensues

Italian oil major ENI's project to operate gas block NC7 in Hamada may fall through. Originally for three blocks, it began in 2019.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Paul Biya, Patrice Talon, Andry Rajoelina

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

GabonTurkey's BGN cosies up to General Oligui

CameroonPaul Biya refuses to replace head of presidential guard

BeninPatrice Talon on voicemail only at ECOWAS summit

MadagascarRajoelina to be sworn in without a French minister present