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AFRICA TOGO 12/07/2017

Faure Gnassingbe's high-risk Israeli gamble

While Tel Aviv is intending to use the forthcoming Israel/Africa summit, organised by Togo, to strengthen its own position, the gathering represents a bold gamble for Faure Gnassingbe. The very nature of this summit has already provoked the ire of [...]

IVORY COAST 12/07/2017

Guillaume Soro shows his hand and the president takes umbrage

He may boast in interviews of his close relationship with the president, but the ambitions of the speaker of the National Assembly are an increasing source of irritation to the government. [...]

CONGO-B 12/07/2017

Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

The oil capital remains a weathervane for the president's electoral chances. [...]

Palace whispers

FRANCE | CHAD | MAURITANIA 12/07/2017

Macron falls under the charm of Deby and Aziz

IVORY COAST 12/07/2017

ECN, a launchpad for Tidjane Thiam for 2020?

IVORY COAST 12/07/2017

Food-free zone at the palace

GABON 12/07/2017

Richard Attias urges Ali Bongo to stump up!

Launched with grand pomp in 2012, the NYFA is in trouble. Libreville still hasn't finished paying for the 2015 event… [...]

CENTRAL AFRICA 12/07/2017

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

The two counterparts of the Central African president pressure him to to declare a general amnesty. A move which has provoked anger in Bangui. [...]

AFRICA 12/07/2017

A new academy for the special forces?

Inspired by his visit to Bamako on 2 July (WAN [...]

AFRICA 12/07/2017

The G5 Sahel much in demand

Three years after it was founded on 16 February 2014 [...]

MALI MAURITANIA 12/07/2017

Heated exchanges between Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and "IBK"

During an extended closed session attended by the foreign affairs [...]

IVORY COAST 12/07/2017

Baykov snubbed in Abidjan Free

Abidjan is adopting a clear stance in the Syrian conflict, going as far as to snub the Russian ambassador in [...]

Spotlight ANGOLA 28/06/2017

Banco nacional de angola'headquarters in Luanda

Lourenço, future president of a cash-strapped country

After years of enjoying the fruits of a high oil price, Angola, the continent's second-ranking producer, now looks like a graveyard to would-be investors. The designated successor of president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who decided not to stand for re-election [...]

GUINEA FRANCE Palace whispers 28/06/2017

Conde takes Guinee Airlines

While looking for an aircraft of his own (WAN 753), [...]

IVORY COAST Palace whispers 28/06/2017

Sarkozy on river boat excursion

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy seized the occasion of a [...]

IVORY COAST 28/06/2017

French military upset over Ouattara's contracts to private sector

Alassane Ouattara has been prompted by instability in his armed forces to hand work to private French concerns to train troops. But France's military establishment isn't altogether happy about that. [...]

CONGO-B 28/06/2017

Sassou plays it cool with his opponents

The president plans to use the forthcoming legislative ballot as a way to win over his few remaining adversaries. [...]

GABON 28/06/2017

Ben Moubamba plays the part of Bongo's enforcer

A former opponent who switched sides, the deputy prime minister has turned out to be Ali Bongo's most effective enforcer against his adversaries. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD 28/06/2017

Deby's hand in Sant'Egidio pact

An agreement in Rome between armed groups and the authorities in Bangui was largely inspired by Chad's president. [...]

SENEGAL 28/06/2017

Exclusive : How Wade is planning comeback Free

Top of the list of the opposition Wattu Senegaal's candidate for legislative elections on July 30, former president Abdoulaye Wade [...]

FRANCE IVORY COAST 28/06/2017

Chataigner vs Clavier to replace Georges Serre

The bookmakers at France foreign ministry are giving Jean-Marc Chataigner [...]

FRANCE IVORY COAST 28/06/2017

Clarification concerning Stephane Brabant

Following publication of the article "Herbert Smith launches its Africa [...]

FRANCE SAHARA OCCIDENTAL 28/06/2017

Goulard differed with Macron on Barkhane

In a briefing with several journalists on June 15, Martin [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 14/06/2017

Friendship, security & business: Macron’s brimming Africa agenda

It took less than a month after Emmanuel Macron’s election as French president for all the pieces of his African jigsaw puzzle to fall into place The new tenant in the Elysee Palace has no lack of connections and friends [...]

UNITED STATES Palace whispers 14/06/2017

Trump seems keen on sending First Lady to Africa for long trip

Donald Trump appears to have let the cat out of [...]

IVORY COAST 14/06/2017

Ouattara continues to dismantle Houphouet’s legacy

While he presents himself as the political heir to late president Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Ivory Coast’s leader has consistently worked to pull down his mentor’s statue. [...]

CONGO-K 14/06/2017

Bemba’s DGSE contact back at work again

With the opposition scheduled to pick a would-be successor to Joseph Kabila, former DGSE operative Jean-Marc Gadoullet has touched base with his one-time protégé, Jean-Pierre Bemba. [...]

CONGO-B 14/06/2017

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

Unwavering in the face of conflict in the Pool region, the president has placed most of his children and other relatives on the list for upcoming elections. [...]

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CORRIDORS OF POWER

Faure Gnassingbe's high-risk Israeli gamble

Guillaume Soro shows his hand and the president takes umbrage

Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

Macron falls under the charm of Deby and Aziz

ECN, a launchpad for Tidjane Thiam for 2020?

Food-free zone at the palace

Richard Attias urges Ali Bongo to stump up!

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

A new academy for the special forces?

The G5 Sahel much in demand

Heated exchanges between Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and "IBK"

Baykov snubbed in Abidjan Free

Lourenço, future president of a cash-strapped country

Conde takes Guinee Airlines

Sarkozy on river boat excursion

French military upset over Ouattara's contracts to private sector

Sassou plays it cool with his opponents

Ben Moubamba plays the part of Bongo's enforcer

Deby's hand in Sant'Egidio pact

Exclusive : How Wade is planning comeback Free

Chataigner vs Clavier to replace Georges Serre

Clarification concerning Stephane Brabant

Goulard differed with Macron on Barkhane

Friendship, security & business: Macron’s brimming Africa agenda

Trump seems keen on sending First Lady to Africa for long trip

Ouattara continues to dismantle Houphouet’s legacy

Bemba’s DGSE contact back at work again

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

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