Ivory Coast
Luxury giant LVMH makes a courtesy visit to Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Main global cocoa buyers refuse poor-quality beans

Three weeks into the largest sales campaign of Ivory Coast's 2025-26 cocoa harvest, the main international traders have turned up their noses at the beans, due to their poor quality.

Ivory Coast
Prosuma's bubbles burst as it loses champagne and spirits distribution

The Prosuma group, controlled by the Kassam and Fakhry families, will no longer be distributing champagnes and spirits in Ivory Coast.

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

DRCTshisekedi renews relations with Moïse Katumbi

Algeria Dominique de Villepin's secret tête-à-tête with Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Ivory Coast Ex-president Laurent Gbagbo visits Paris and Brussels

Gabon
Sale of Pozzo di Borgo mansion in Paris held for ransom by Gabon's creditors

The Gabonese state has seen the sale of its mansion, long the home of late German designer Karl Lagerfeld, grind to a standstill in Paris.