Senegal
Macky Sall becomes latest addition to Richard Attias's firm

Senegal
French lawyer Antoine Vey contests the detention of Macky Sall allies

The counsel for the defence of Farba Ngom and Moustapha Diop has sent two letters to the courts denouncing Ngom's continued imprisonment and conditions under which Diop is being incarcerated.

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Togo, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea Louis Camara, a miner taking on the oil sector

Ethiopia Brook Taye, Addis's economic eminence grise

Togo Karl Lawson, cyber events guru

South Africa Philani Mthembu, batting for BRICS

Africa, France
Behind the scenes of Macron's Africa-France summit

With the Africa-France summit starting on 8 October, the French president is working behind the scenes on several key announcements. Foremost among them is the end in its current form of the Presidential Council for Africa.