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Spotlight | Morocco
UM6P Paris cultivates soft power goals

The Parisian branch of Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique that opened its doors just shy of a year ago has a new director with instructions to come up with a roadmap to hone its objectives. The parent institute in Morocco is largely funded by the Office Chérifien des Phosphates.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Inner circle | DRC
M23 leader Bisimwa's wide-ranging network of influence

Congolese M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa in Bunagana in August 2013. © James Akena/Reuters

With the situation on the military front once again tense, the M23 rebel movement led by Bertrand Bisimwa can rely on a solid network of support in the Great Lakes region, particularly in Kampala and Kigali.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

DRC
Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Around 1,000 private soldiers are now helping the DRC armed forces fight the M23 rebels in North Kivu.

Subscribers only Defence

Congo
Sassou's packed Parisian schedule

On the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso is due to meet a number of French business leaders on 23 June.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

Ivory Coast, Mali
Goïta calls on Ouattara to obtain financial support from BCEAO

Bamako is under economic pressure and is asking Abidjan for help in lifting certain measures imposed by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou uses Dakar summit to reassure EITI

Burkina Faso's representatives at the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative's global conference in Dakar made a beeline for its Africa director in the hope that he can soften the tone of a draft report that is scathing of the country's military leaders.

Subscribers only Mining

Ivory Coast
Gbagbo pays low-profile visit to Brussels

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo discreetly left Ivory Coast on 16 June and headed to Brussels, where he is currently staying for a 'private trip'.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Haggar forced to pull plug in Khartoum and regroup

The company, which is a major employer in Sudan, has informed its staff it will be closing its operations there at the end of the month. But the shock decision had already been leaked on social media, and managers are now trying to mitigate the fallout.

Free access Business

Kenya, Uganda
Ruto urged to resolve milk row directly with Museveni

Kenya's president William Ruto and his Ugandan couterpart Yoweri Museveni. © Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Russian Foreign Ministry via AFP

To protect its farmers, Kenya has restricted imports of dairy products from neighbouring Uganda. Ministerial-level efforts to resolve matters having proved fruitless, and the Kenyan president is under pressure to smooth things over directly with his Ugandan counterpart.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

East Africa
Berlin to appoint special envoy for Horn

Several foreign powers have sent special envoys to the Horn of Africa. Germany is about to join them.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Apollo 21 case: former French army colonel handed over to France

Alert published on 23/06/23 at 17.25 - Philippe François, one of the two French defendants in the alleged coup attempt against Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, was secretly transferred to French soil on 23 June. His co-defendant is still in detention on the island.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Comoros islands
AU chair Assoumani to meet all three West Africa junta leaders

AU president and Comoros head of state Azali Assoumani will leave France today where he spent almost a week to begin a tour of West Africa. His first stop will be Guinea Bissau.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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