N°659 - Paris, 22/05/2013

Frédéric Lejeal
GABON Editor in Chief
Emerging nation, or not
On one hand there is the macro-economic Gabon, whose numbers seem to tell that longed-for African success story: The economy is expected to grow 5.5% in 2013, slower than 7.2% in 2012 but a significant improvement on the annual 2% during Omar Bongo’s era. (...)   [639 words]  

POWER PLAYERS
IVORY COAST
Martin Bouygues gets VIP treatment
   Alassane Ouattara rolled out the red carpet for Martin Bouygues, his friend for more than two decades, during the French construction group leader’s recent visit to Abidjan.  (...)  [265 words]  
IVORY COAST
Ouegnin puts spanner in ADB's works
   The African Development Bank’s imminent comeback to Abidjan has revived old rows including one with founding President Felix Houphouet Boigny's head of protocol, West Africa Newsletter can reveal.  (...)  [345 words]  

COURT CIRCULAR
CONGO-B
Sassou on edge
   Agents of the Republic of Congo’s National Security Council, headed by Jean-Dominique Okemba, are on high alert  (...)  [67 words]  
ACP
Gaoussou Kone’s barracks farm rankles military
   Commander Gaoussou Kone alias “Jah Gao” is refusing to leave the gendarmerie commando barracks in the Abidjan  (...)  [87 words]  
NIGER
Issoufou tired of pro-MNLA
   In private Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou is increasingly irritated over the positive attention the National  (...)  [50 words]  
NIGER
Issoufou keeps cautious eye on army
   President Mahamadou Issoufou is doing his utmost to keep in check an army that has already overthrown four of the country’s leaders since independence.  (...)  [313 words]  
BENIN/CAMEROON/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Bozize’s second exile in Benin
   Cameroon’s freemasons have been taking special care of Francois Bozize in the past couple of months but now Central African Republic’s ousted leader is headed for Benin.  (...)  [314 words]  
CONGO-B
Sassou focuses on 2016
   Capitalising on the good publicity of his role in Operation Serval, Denis Sassou Nguesso now has more leeway to wangle the constitutional change that would enable him to run for office again.  (...)  [342 words]  
EXCLUSIVE
AFRICA/FRANCE
Gueant hustles for African business
   Claude Gueant, the former French interior minister, has spent a lot of time in recent months wooing African leaders  (...)  [309 words]   FREE

BUSINESS
GUINEA
Unicon's new hotel in Guinea
   President Alpha Conde will inaugurate Conakry’s new five-star Palm Camayenne Hotel at the end of this month.  (...)  [100 words]  
IVORY COAST
ACMAT supplies Ivorian government
   A shipment of several dozen armoured vehicles for use by police intervention units and presidential security services  (...)  [93 words]  
SENEGAL
Dubai Ports Senegal enters turbulent zone
   According to our sources, Dubai Ports Senegal, the Senegalese subsidiary of the Emirati group Dubai Ports World  (...)  [56 words]  
IVORY COAST
BIAO-CI sparks controversy
   The Banque Internationale pour l’Afrique Occidentale en Cote d’Ivoire (BIAO-CI), headed by Jean Kacou Diagou,  (...)  [176 words]  
SENEGAL
Ciments du Sahel flies the French flag
   The Franco-Senegalese-Palestinian businessman Latfallah Layousse, was awarded the Legion d’Honneur by France’s  (...)  [73 words]  
IVORY COAST
Les Brasseries Ivoiriennes draws potential investors
   The brewery Les Brasseries Ivoiriennes the brewery founded by the Franco-Lebanese group Eurofind is attracting  (...)  [92 words]  
MALI
FARA applied by Bamako
   The government of Mali told its embassy in the US to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act on May 13.  (...)  [60 words]  

WHO'S NEWS
IVORY COAST
MOHAMED CHEICK KARAMOKO (AIGF)
   Ivorian businessman Mohamed Cheick Karamoko, CEO of communications equipment manufacturer Swindevco, was appointed  (...)  [71 words]  
CONGO-B
JOSE VEIGA (Asperbras)
   Jose Veiga was appointed the managing director of Asperbras Congo in April.  (...)  [99 words]  



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