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MOROCCO - 02/02/2012
CEN-SAD, Rabat’s secret weapon in Sahel
   Dormant since the death of its founder and principal supporter Muammar Gaddafi, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) has attracted the keen interest of Morocco recently. Rabat wants to revive the organisation, established in Tripoli in 1998, and take it in hand in order to counter Algeria’s predominant influence in the troubled region. (...)  [522 words]   [$11,2]

LIBYA - 02/02/2012
IMF plays it subtle
   On a visit to Tripoli at the end of January to carry out one of its Chapter IV audits, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave some precious advice to the new financial authorities in the country, and offered to advise on the development of “Sharia compliant” banking products and Islamic banking, which will be the object of amendments to the country’s banking law. (...)  [186 words]   FREE

NTC headquarters, Tripoli - 02/02/2012
NTC’s “too Qatari” spymaster out
   Barely a week after the appointment of Salem Al Hassi as head of Libya’s new external intelligence service, the National Transitional Council (NCT) has been obliged to replace him. (...)  [181 words]   [$7]

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IVORY COAST/FRANCE - 02/02/2012
Ouattara’s state visit revives nostalgia
   The world may be changing, but Franco-Ivorian relations are the same as ever. During his state visit to France January 25-28, Alassane Ouattara was given the kid-glove treatment by Nicolas Sarkozy, in a reminder of the “special” relationship between the two countries. (...)  [627 words]   [$11,2]

IVORY COAST - 02/02/2012
Ouattara spares Simone the ICC
   President Alassane Ouattara wants former first lady Simone Gbagbo to be tried in Ivory Coast, rather than at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, for her role in the post-electoral crisis that caused 3,000 deaths in the first quarter of 2011. (...)  [231 words]   [$7]

CONGO-B - 02/02/2012
Fake passports scandal
   Suspected of operating a fake diplomatic passport service, the Republic of Congo’s foreign ministry is being probed by the country’s intelligence services. (...)  [211 words]   [$7]

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ANGOLA - 01/02/2012
Dos Santos forced to share the cake
   The ruling MPLA party won’t be in any danger of losing power in legislative elections at the end of this year but the day is fast approaching when Luanda will have to give others as bigger piece of Angola’s oil wealth. (...)  [666 words]   [$11,2]

NIGERIA - 01/02/2012
Vultures fight over PPMC debt
   A no-holds-barred fight could well be shaping up over the debt of Pipelines & Product Marketing Co. (PPMC) which holds the monopoly on imports of oil products in Nigeria and owes a total of $. (...)  [168 words]   [$7]

AFRICA - 01/02/2012
Max de Vietri
   Geologist Max de Vietri, who was the first to believe in the oil potential of Mauritania in the 1990s, has started up a new firm on the continent. (...)  [150 words]   [$7]

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ETHIOPIA - 28/01/2012
Insecurity rules on the steps of the empire
   After two decades in power, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has still not been able to bring a lasting peace to certain of the country’s peripheral regions and establish regional administrations that are considered legitimate by the local populations. (...)  [728 words]   [$11,2]

REUNION ISLAND - 28/01/2012
Nassimah Dindar joins Bayrou
   The chair of the Reunion Island General Council, Nassimah Dindar, decided a while ago that she was going to call her supporters to vote for François Bayrou, the candidate of the centre party MoDem, in the French presidential election in April and May. (...)  [186 words]   [$7]

FRANCE/MADAGASCAR - 28/01/2012
Jean-Marc Châtaigner
   The French Ambassador in Antananarivo, Jean-Marc Châtaigner, is unlikely to be present at the forthcoming elections in Madagascar, as he would have liked. (...)  [151 words]   [$7]

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ALGERIA - 25/01/2012
Phosphates: urgent need for new thinking
   As a result of the Arab Spring, phosphate output plunged in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011 but demand climbed in neighboring Algeria and at Somiphos, the country’s state-owned phosphates producer. But its limited transportation capacity is hobbling Somiphos long-term prospects for growth. (...)  [317 words]   [$11,2]

IRON - 25/01/2012
Indonesia’s PT Bumi takes the offensive
   Active in exploring for iron ore in Mauritania since 2005, Bumi Mauritania SA, an affiliate of Indonesia’s leading coal manufacturer PT Bumi Resources Minerals, has moved into higher gear. (...)  [238 words]   [$7]

GUINEA - 25/01/2012
George Soros
   The key role that American billionaire George Soros is playing with regards Guinea’s leadership has been confirmed (AMI 242/ 245). (...)  [84 words]   [$7]

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