France, Gabon
French intelligence services probe "Libreville commando"

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DGSE, Kazakhstan's KGB

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Paris the DGSE adopts a TREX

Nur-Sultan the new KNB master's rise signals victory for the Tokayev camp

Paris DGSE more careful on the internet than DGSI

France
High tension between Dessenne and Gérardin at Erys

Arnaud Dessenne was ousted as chairman of Erys Group, which [...]

Congo, France
Daniel Forestier eliminated: French intelligence services on edge

A former DGSE officer who informed the DGSI about a plot to kill a Congolese opposition figure in France was gunned down last week.

'Scorpion' becomes a French affair

In the space of less than three months, the major anti-corruption drive that has claimed the scalps of Ali Bongo's former chief of staff and his allies has become a bone of diplomatic contention between Libreville and Paris.

Laccruche's special security detail

A few weeks ago, Ali Bongo's chief of staff Brice [...]

Former commando Lionel Deneuville takes charge at Amarante

The Algerian subsidiary of French security company Amarante has a [...]

Biendi Moussavou marries into presidential family

Although his father Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou was dismissed as the vice president of Gabon on 21 May (see here), the [...]

Brice Laccruche Alihanga wins over media

Ali Bongo's chief of staff, Brice Laccruche Alihanga, has been consolidating his relationship with the media in order to hone [...]

Investigation opened into ‘Libreville commando unit'

The abortive putsch on 7 January in Libreville has prompted Paris to ascertain why a French commando unit was present in Gabon just a few weeks previously.

King of Morocco caught out by Libreville putschists

The attempted coup, which was carried out in the morning of January 7 by 10 or so members of a [...]

Shadowy presence of French commando squad unnerves Libreville

In the absence of Ali Bongo, who is convalescing in Morocco after suffering a stroke in Riyadh on 24 October, the Gabonese government has rapidly disintegrated into squabbling factions. And in this already febrile climate, the arrival in Libreville of [.

Business continues (almost) as usual while Ali Bongo convalesces

To the dismay of the financiers, the president's absence has sent bond values plummeting, but may signal opportunities for the oil companies.

Mohammed VI acting as Ali Bongo's new regent?

Following a period of observation at Rabat's military hospital, where he had been since November 29 after suffering a stroke [...]

Macron takes an interest in Ali Bongo's health

The French president Emmanuel Macron is closely monitoring Ali Bongo's [...]