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Laborinho was dismissed in early November officially because of his handling of the issue of fuel smuggling to the DRC. He had, however, made no bones of his ambitions to run in Angola's 2027 presidential election.

Nigeria, Djibouti and South Africa are among 12 countries to have called for continued collaboration between UNESCO and the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. The re-election of Donald Trump in the US has raised doubts over the organisation's future.

The president's special adviser on oil for more than 25 years, Gokana has been replaced by Stev Simplice Onanga, a close associate of the minister for hydrocarbons. It is a rare reshuffle within Denis Sassou-Nguesso's entourage.

The ousting last month of his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, threatened the Kenyan president's standing in the centre of the country. Now he wants to show he's listening to growers of a leading export earner irked by recent sector reforms.

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

The DRC's national intelligence agency is investigating whether information relating to assets I and II in the Albertine Graben area, once owned by the Israeli billionaire, have been manipulated.

The president's new chief of staff may lack political clout, but he has a strong business background and enjoys support from powerful government figures. During Tshisekedi's first term, the leadership of his private office was deemed erratic, and he is keen to buck that trend.

CAR finance minister Hervé Ndoba is counting on international aid to wrap up his 2025 budget but finds himself at odds with the powerful energy minister Arthur Bertrand Piri.

The Central African Republic president is distancing himself from Sudan's paramilitary RSF leader Hemeti and forging ties with his enemy in the country's civil war, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. In exchange, Bangui wants CAR rebel leaders in Sudan arrested.

The oil company, headed by an ex-adviser to former president Obasanjo, is the first Nigerian firm to build such a terminal. It hopes to begin operations next March.

French investigators have concluded the former Senegalese finance minister died by suicide in early October in Paris. Their findings have been transmitted to their Senegalese counterparts, who have launched their own inquest, deeming the circumstances of Ba's death to be suspicious.

The Mauritanian president has failed to make an imprint on the continent's affairs as chair of the African Union, which he will head for another three months only.

The Burkinabe community in Ivory Coast has been quietly boycotting efforts by the junta to raise funds to combat jihadist insurgents back home. They are unhappy about a perceived lack of transparency over how the money is being spent.

A few months after Ethiopia released their leader, several members of the Liyu Police, suspected of numerous abuses, returned in numbers to neighbouring Jubaland in Somalia. And the Somali president has just appointed one of these ex-paramilitaries to head the army.

The future of the East African Community and regional insecurity topped the agenda of a recent tete-a-tete between Kenya President William Ruto and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Security concerns have prompted shipping companies to use smaller vessels for containers bound for Djibouti, the main port of entry for goods heading to Ethiopia, where the ensuing delays have set back key projects.

The leader of the Democratic Alliance party has just appointed a new ministerial liaison officer. This is the first step towards forming a ministerial team that is still sparse.

The Sumbe cement factory developer is claiming $100m in damages and unpaid bills from the Angolan state. Certain elements of the Sonangol-funded project are still shrouded in mystery a decade after its construction, not the least the final cost or its beneficiaries.

Mthuli Ncube was little known before he became finance minister in 2018, though he came with an impressive contact book from his time at the African Development Bank. However, he has struggled to make Zimbabwe more democratic as demanded by the country's international financial backers.

Two consultancy firms warned of major flaws in South Africa's draft law on the creation of a state oil company, and even questioned its legitimacy. The ministry of petroleum resources has ignored their caveats.

South Africa is to host the G20 summit in 2025 and intends to use the event to push its political and economic agendas. The president has called on his inner circle to coordinate preparations.

Libya's state oil company National Oil Corp remains eager to acquire Emirati firm Trasta Energy's shares in LERCO, the joint venture intended to modernise the Ras Lanuf refinery.

After deciding to unofficially take economic retaliatory measures against France, Algeria has finally backed down. Several major groups had begun to reorganise their logistics.

Eastern Libya's "Mr Reconstruction" has invited French companies interested in taking part in the numerous construction plans financed by his fund.

The gathering is due to take place on 18 November after years of tension between the two countries.

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

Kimathi Rawlings, the youngest of the children of former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings, is working on a project for spotting illegal gold mining, which is widespread in Ghana, using AI and satellite imaging.

Next May, Berlin will host a major conference devoted to United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Created in August 2024 at the instigation of Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, the commission charged with auditing oil, gas and mining contracts signed during Macky Sall's presidency met on the afternoon of 7 November in Dakar.

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