MOROCCO | Fouzi Lekjâa, the head of the FRMF Moroccan football federation, is a shrewd negotiator who also heads the country’s budget ministry. He has a reputation for pugnacity and can count on the unfailing support of his early allies.africaintelligence.com/north-africa/2…

ZIMBABWE |As the organisation is yet to publish its final report on the 2023 elections, it looks unlikely that Zimbabwe will be readmitted at the forthcoming summit in Samoa, despite support from African member states.africaintelligence.com/southern-afric…

BENIN | Beninese forces fighting armed groups in the north will shortly take reception of armoured vehicles donated by France and the European Union.africaintelligence.com/west-africa/20…

DRC | The company Congo Immobilier (Conimmo) has received $19m from the Treasury since 2019 for badly needed renovation works on the prison in Kinshasa, but very little work has been carried out since then.africaintelligence.com/central-africa…

A bill before Kenya's parliament would revise the roles played by the executive and legislative branches of government in clinching free trade agreements.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

GABON | Gabon Oil Co has still not appointed new management for Assala Energy's London office, now a subsidiary of the national oil company. The delay could mean a drop in production on Carlyle's former oil blocks.africaintelligence.com/central-africa…

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has for months been using the services of a discreet Israeli firm for his close protection. The company is also helping train soldiers from the DRC’s elite Garde Républicaine.africaintelligence.com/central-africa…

The arrival of new African and Latin American members has bolstered the OIF French-speaking nations club, which has become attractive for non-francophone states. Ghana and Angola will be in the spotlight at an OIF summit next month in France.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

NIGERIA | Since 2023, attacks and kidnappings have multiplied in the Nigerian state of Zamfara. Efforts to rein in the gangs have been hampered by the bad blood between the state's governor and the federal defence minister.africaintelligence.com/west-africa/20…

CAR | The Russian paramilitary group Wagner, which is well-established in the Central African Republic, is taking a dim view of the growing ties between President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame.africaintelligence.com/central-africa…

BURUNDI | The recent adoption of a supposedly more liberal media law has done little to curb threats faced by journalists. Amid a precarious economic climate, President Évariste Ndayishimiye's administration continues to clamp down on the press.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

ALGERIA | The former ambassador to France, Saïd Moussi, who was recalled from Paris following the French president's recognition of Morocco's autonomy plans for Western Sahara, is set to be appointed ambassador to Portugal.africaintelligence.com/north-africa/2…

SOMALIA/SUDAN | With just a few days to go before the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, the European and American blocs are struggling to speak with one voice, while conflict situations are multiplying on the African continent.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

MADAGASCAR | Seven companies are already lined up for the call for tenders to renovate the road leading to the Sahofika dam, launched in mid-August.africaintelligence.com/southern-afric…

GHANA | Algest Consulting chair Ibrahim Magassa is the latest adviser to help President Nana Akufo-Addo in his talks with international backers of plans to reduce the country's debt.africaintelligence.com/west-africa/20…

DRC | Investigations by the Inspectorate General of Finance into alleged embezzlement within the Banque Central du Congo have ground to a halt, but Africa Intelligence has been able to access the document that gave rise to the incendiary affair.africaintelligence.com/central-africa…

LIBYA | Despite the drop in Libyan oil production and the country’s banking crisis, oil tankers are returning to Benghazi and other ports in eastern Libya, which are also hosting a range of other vessels. africaintelligence.com/north-africa/2…

KENYA | The Kenya Tea Development Agency, the country's leading tea consortium, is in the regulator's firing line. The private group, which is supported by the deputy president, is also under investigation for alleged embezzlement.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…

MADAGASCAR |Entic Madagascar, a company run by the son of Rajoelina acquaintance Mamy Ravatomanga, has partnered with a German firm to bid on two contracts to digitalise the country's institutions.africaintelligence.com/southern-afric…

KENYA | Newly appointed mining minister Ali Hassan Joho intends to reform the sector at breakneck speed, at the risk of rekindling old rivalries between Kenya's counties and Nairobi.africaintelligence.com/eastern-africa…