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Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Cleaning up African politics

Is the African Union just a tad out of touch? While young people, who make up the vast majority of the population in Africa, have been demonstrating in the streets of Tunis, Algiers and Cairo, on January 28 Obiang Nguema [...]

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Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Cleaning up African politics

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Tweets ruffle feathers between Addis and Djibouti

United States
Jeffrey Birrell in Monrovia

France, Niger
Mayaki moves to 35° Nord…for now, at least

Congo, Gabon
"Ill-Gotten" roads lead to Paris, Nice

Central African Republic
Fragile Libreville agreement

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Power scramble as Bozize inches toward door

Central African Republic
Bozize closes ranks

Chad, Senegal
Hissene Habre's hidden millions

Congo
Heads roll after Rio+20

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Equatorial Guinea
Obiang takes on CCFD

Gabon
Bongo rejigs public institutions

Gabon
Good Morning Commonwealth!

Gabon
Bongo and Obame stand-off continues

Niger
Amadou, a man with many contacts

Congo
Sassou tackles unrest

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Gbagbo ahead in Ivorian waiting game

Congo
Sassou frets over Tunisian syndrome

Gabon
Kid gloves treatment for Obame’s shadow cabinet

Gabon
Obame’s shadow cabinet outlawed

Central African Republic
Bozize keeps it in the family

Benin
Houngbedji deploys old guard

Ivory Coast
Bedie camp covets BCEAO top slot

Spotlight | Libya, Tunisia
Ghannouchi’s troubled ties with Tripoli

Tunisia
Epilogue: Why Ben Ali fled the country

Tunisia
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Spotlight | Tunisia
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Spotlight | Gabon
Limbering up for legislative ballot in 2011

Gabon
Objective 2011 elections

Congo
Cobra's succession under discussion

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Gbagbo’s Operation "Tako Kele"

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Conakry holds its breath