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20/07/2017 CONGO-B -
So Brazzaville is broke? Riyadh rides to the rescue

12/07/2017 IVORY COAST -
Alassane Ouattara rings the changes in his diplomatic service

12/07/2017 EQUATORIAL GUINEA -
"Teodorin" lets the nation pay his interior decorator!

SPOTLIGHT IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Ouattara stokes hostilities between Soro and Bakayoko with 2020 in mind

By appointing Hamed Bakayoko as minister of defence in the government reshuffle of 19 July, Alassane Ouattara has ratcheted up the tensions and divisions between his two putative heirs apparent, at the risk of sparking a political crisis. Here's why. ‘Sworn [...]

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AFRICA 26/07/2017

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Crisis in Qatar sowing dissent in Africa

GABON 26/07/2017

Ali Bongo maintains the ethnic and regional balance of his government

The president has reshuffled his cabinet to make it more representative of the country. [...]

Oil GABON 25/07/2017

Assala Energy struggles to close Shell purchase

Five months after being selected by Shell to pick up its assets in Gabon, Assala Energy and its shareholder Carlyle have their head on the chopping block in Libreville. [...]

LIBYA 20/07/2017

France struggles to impose its new pro-Haftar line

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SUDAN 21/07/2017

Trump makes Bashir pay for his neutrality regarding Doha

In extending the embargo against Sudan, the Trump administration punished one of the rare countries that haven't chosen its side in the conflict between Riyadh and Doha. President Al Bashir is seeking Arab backing. [...]

ANGOLA 18/07/2017

Dos Santos clan keeps tight reign over its diamonds

With president Jose Eduardo dos Santos about to step down from office, his clan is busy forming a strategy to make sure it keeps a firm hand over the country's strategic diamond industry. [...]

TANZANIA 18/07/2017

Camarco's PR baron tasked to stamp out Acacia crisis

Fledgling consultancy Camarco, which has been building a name for itself with strategic gold assignments across the continent, is now helping Acacia Mining take on Tanzania. [...]

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AFRICA 26/07/2017

Africa's leaders are off on their summer holidays

As is the annual tradition, Africa's presidents are taking a few days off. [...]

KENYA 21/07/2017

Why the presidential election will be held regardless

Despite attempts by the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition headed by former prime minister Raila Odinga to postpone August's election, the actual date was not changed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). And this despite an embarrassing [...]

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CONGO-B 26/07/2017

Riyadh seeking to involve Sassou in its offensive against Doha

SOMALILAND 21/07/2017

Kulmiye party cracks down on the media ahead of elections

MOROCCO 20/07/2017

No Hirak negotiations for Jamal Benomar

ALGERIA 25/07/2017

Kaddour takes to Sonatrach's organisation chart with an axe

NIGERIA | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 25/07/2017

ExxonMobil gives up on block 2 in JDZ

UGANDA 25/07/2017

Why the government is dragging its feet to approve deal between Tullow and Cnooc-Total

LIBYA 20/07/2017

France struggles to impose its new pro-Haftar line

Since Jean-Yves Le Drian became French foreign minister in May, it has become clear that he would waste no time in repositioning French foreign policy behind the cause of eastern Libyan strong man Khalifa Haftar. Already, while he was defence [...]

TANZANIA 18/07/2017

Diplomats and miners lay into the government

Over the past few days, foreign diplomates in Tanzania have been busy setting up meetings to work out how they [...]

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NIGER 26/07/2017

Court ruling goes against Africard in Paris

The High Court of Nanterre has granted Niger's petition to defer a series of seizures by the Inkript subsidiary. [...]

NIGERIA 25/07/2017

Alison-Madueke's taste for luxury upsets Washington

Yachts, apartments, Louis XVI buffets, and the list goes on. The American government wants to seize all of the gifts given to the former Abuja oil minister by Nigerian oil firms. [...]

DJIBOUTI 21/07/2017

How the boss of GSK hoodwinked the tax collector

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has uncovered proof of the financial shenanigans of Ahmed Osman Guelleh. [...]

MOROCCO 20/07/2017

Bioui lands Oued Ghiss dam contract as "Hirak" rages on

The popular uprising in the Rif has benefited Oriental region president Abdenbi Bioui…in his capacity as a businessman! According to [...]

MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE 18/07/2017

Globe Metals slips out of Chinese ECE's hands

China's state-owned group ECE has lost the court case it launched in Australia to regain control of junior Globe Metals. [...]

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IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Ouattara stokes hostilities between Soro and Bakayoko with 2020 in mind

NIGERIA 25/07/2017

Acting president Yemi Osinbajo's potential shoulders to stand on in oil sector

Nigeria's acting president Yemi Osinbajo hasn't yet managed to rustle up support in the oil sector. Several key names could [...]

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IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Dramane Coulibaly in pursuit of public contracts

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

N'Zi Kablan moves to Petro-Sea Logistics

MOROCCO 20/07/2017

Laila Ouachi kitesurfs without Richard Branson

UGANDA 21/07/2017

Lwakataka, the "fisherman" who gives Museveni nightmares

Ponsanio Lwakataka, a former fisherman who joined Uganda's Internal Security Organisation (ISO) in 2006, gets more popular each time he [...]

AFRICA 18/07/2017

Paul Singer, debt hunter turned diamond's man

Mostly known in Africa for the epic battle he wages against countries whose debt he has bought, billionaire Paul Singer [...]

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Spotlight IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Ouattara stokes hostilities between Soro and Bakayoko with 2020 in mind

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

The Bombardier of Air Côte d'Ivoire grounded

According to our sources, three aircraft which form part of [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

A windfall for Dominique Ouattara at La Croisette restaurant

Professor Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, president of the German pharmaceutical company Merck, [...]

CONGO-B 26/07/2017

Riyadh seeking to involve Sassou in its offensive against Doha

On 15 July, Denis Sassou Nguesso received two high-ranking Saudi [...]

UNITED STATES 26/07/2017

Jeffrey Birrell in Monrovia

Known to have close ties to the Omar Bongo regime, [...]

UNITED STATES CAMEROON 26/07/2017

Peter Barlerin in Yaounde

On 17 July, Donald Trump appointed a career diplomat, Peter [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

ICSID looks into the Cafe de Rome affair

The arbitration institution is due to decide whether it is competent to rule on the affair. [...]

NIGER 26/07/2017

Electric shock for Nigelec

For the first time since 1994, the company has recorded heavy financial losses. [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Clear track ahead for Alstom, Bouygues and Keolis

The Ivorian government may be in the process of sidelining [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

NSIA negotiating the acquisition of the Diamond Bank network

The Ivorian family company NSIA, founded by businessman Jean Kacou [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Securiport counts on Macky Sall to safeguard its contract

The CEO of Securiport, Enrique Segura, a company specialising in [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Nigeria's AFC rides to the rescue of SIR

The Nigerian investment fund African Finance Corp (AFC), based in [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Bitter-tasting chocolate for Cargill, Touton and Olam & Co

The leading players in the Ivorian cocoa market, Cargill, Touton, [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Panafrican Minerals is struggling

Panafrican Minerals, owned by Frank Timis, has not been doing [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Dramane Coulibaly in pursuit of public contracts

Chartered accountant Dramane Gon Coulibaly, managing partner of the accountancy [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

N'Zi Kablan moves to Petro-Sea Logistics

Captain N'Zi Kablan‘s appointment has been confirmed to the post [...]

GABON 26/07/2017

Alexandre Barro-Chambrier proposes himself as the third way

Having toured Europe in early July to raise awareness of the post-electoral crisis in Gabon, Alexandre Barro Chambrier, the 59-year-old [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Ahmadou Bakayoko under prime ministerial pressure

The director general of Radio-television ivoirienne (RTI), Ahmadou Bakayoko, has been forced by the office of prime minister Amadou Gon [...]

IVORY COAST 26/07/2017

Alain-Richard Donwahi sidelined

On thin ice since the mutinies of May (WAN 754), the deputy minister of defence Alain-Richard Donwahi has been assigned [...]

CHAD 26/07/2017

Idriss Annour Abdelkerim, back in the Idriss Deby fold

The erstwhile opponent of Idriss Deby, Idriss Annour Abdelkerim, is the new director general of customs and excise in Chad [...]

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President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

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Crisis in Qatar sowing dissent in Africa

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Africa's leaders are off on their summer holidays

The "Trojan War" is already happening!

Soro set to see off challengers

Crisis in Qatar sowing dissent in Africa

Ali Bongo maintains the ethnic and regional balance of his government

Assala Energy struggles to close Shell purchase

France struggles to impose its new pro-Haftar line

Trump makes Bashir pay for his neutrality regarding Doha

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The Bombardier of Air Côte d'Ivoire grounded

A windfall for Dominique Ouattara at La Croisette restaurant

Riyadh seeking to involve Sassou in its offensive against Doha

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