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HORN OF AFRICA - 17/05/2013
British business’s new frontier
   British Prime Minister David Cameron’s reason for holding an international conference on Somalia in London on 7 May, along with an associated business forum the following day, was not only so he could claim success in diplomacy. He mainly wanted to pave the way for his country’s companies to be well placed to win the future reconstruction contracts, and so not leave the field open to the Turkish companies that are already very active in the Horn of Africa (ION 1351). (...)  [723 words]  

DJIBOUTI - 17/05/2013
IOG not yet discussing with opposition in Djibouti
   The BBC’s interview with President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) in the Somali language on 8 May gave a glimmer of hope that negotiations with the opposition would open soon. (...)  [273 words]   FREE

KENYA - 17/05/2013
The generals don’t want Omamo
   Certain Kenyan military leaders are unhappy with the appointment of Raychelle Omamo as defence minister. According to a well-placed military source, these senior officers have already made their disapproval known to the General Chief of Staff, General Julius Karangi. (...)  [167 words]  

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MOROCCO - 16/05/2013
Why king seeks to mend PJD-Istiqlal feud
   Despite a crisis that flared up when the Istiqlal party announced on May 11 it was withdrawing from the coalition government, the split between that party and the moderate Islamist PJD movement looks likely to be smoothed over in talks between their respective bosses, Hamid Chabat and prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane. (...)  [535 words]  

ALGERIA - 16/05/2013
Benyounes on the runway with Vueling
   Son of Algerian senator Mohamed Akli Benyounes and nephew of regional development minister Amara Benyounes , Reda Benyounes is a high flyer in business circles- and in more ways than one. (...)  [195 words]   FREE

Royal Palace, Rabat - 16/05/2013
Who's going to take the fall for Minurso?
   A number of leading dignitaries could become scapegoats of the Minsurso affair even though Rabat managed to eventually save the day. (...)  [176 words]  

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CONGO-K - 14/05/2013
Outcry over new mining legislation
   Mining companies are engaged in an angry tug-of-war with Kinshasa as the government puts the final touches to revisions in a mining code that came into force just 10 years ago. The government deems that the industry doesn’t contribute enough to Congo-K’s budget and thus wants to impose higher taxes. (...)  [292 words]  

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 14/05/2013
Diamonds on a slippery slope
   Bangui’s diamond industry is under the gun. The object of “increased vigilance” by the Kimberley Process for several weeks, its gems could be suspended by the certification organization in coming days. (...)  [297 words]  

IRON/NICKEL - 14/05/2013
China Railways wins deal in Ivory Coast
   The Ivory Coast government awarded a direct contract without competitive bidding to China Railways on May 4 to build a railway to carry iron and nickel ore from Man in the west to San Pedro port. (...)  [163 words]  

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AFRICA - 01/05/2013
Behind every great man
   While Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf or Malawi’s Joyce Banda testify to the rise of women in African politics, women are also making their mark behind the scenes in Africa's corridors of power. Whether dressed in Western business suits or made-to-measure boubous, the ambitions of wives, daughters or presidential advisors has resulted a growing numbers joining political staff or being given strategic affairs to handle. (...)  [618 words]  

IVORY COAST - 01/05/2013
Michel Gbagbo may be freed
   The imprisonment of Michel Gbagbo, which was discussed during Francois Hollande and Alassane Ouattara’s meeting in Paris on April 11, remains a sore subject between France and Ivory Coast. (...)  [272 words]  

SENEGAL - 01/05/2013
Corruption drive leads to minister’s ex.
   Aminata Toure, Senegal’s justice minister and a former Time magazine “leader of the 21st century” will apparently stop at nothing to bring corruption to its knees in Senegal - even if that means detaining her ex-husband. (...)  [287 words]  

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GABON - 30/04/2013
How oil nationalism gains grip on policy
   Gabon’s oil and energy minister Etienne Ngoubou, backed by Maixent Accrombessi, the president’s powerful chief of staff, has come under wide attack by oil companies, unions and some wage-earners. The reason is simple enough: the creation of new institutions and the arrival of a raft of senior officials intent on widening the government’s role in the sector. (...)  [654 words]  

NIGER - 30/04/2013
CNPC finds itself in the dock
   Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou and his oil minister, Fumakoye Gado, are to have the final word on an audit concerning the operations of China’s CNPC since the company turned up in 2008 on the Agadem field. (...)  [288 words]  

SUDAN - 30/04/2013
Som Petrol in Erdogan’s wake
   Very close to the Turkish prime minister, the Som Petrol group is making hay out of good relations between Ankara and Sudan. (...)  [320 words]   FREE

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