Since it began to operate in 1995, the Constitutional Court, with its 11 judges, has always succeeded in playing its role of counterweight to the government, setting a rare example on the African continent in this respect.
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The war in Ukraine is causing disruptions to oil distribution and prices in Cameroon, a country heavily dependent on fuel imports. Worried this could spark a transporters' revolt, the Yaoundé government has tapped into sugar refinery Sosucam's reserves to help ease the situation in the north of the country.
Socatraf, a subsidiary of Bolloré, has lost its contract to manage river transport and the port of Bangui to a Lebanese company, Mercure Logistics. European diplomats suspect the Russian mercenary firm Wagner may have had a hand in this.
The two central African presidents are lobbying the Vatican to convince Pope Francis to visit their respective countries next year. But so far, the head of the Catholic Church has yet to confirm any trip.
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At the inaugural Africa Airforce Forum planned in Dakar in October, the surveillance aircraft specialist will be plugging its wares to the Senegalese air force for ISR missions.
The deepwater Baleine find is widely regarded as a game changer in the Gulf of Guinea, an area that has been lacking in discoveries in recent years. It could triple Ivory Coast's current oil production of 30,000 bpd.
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The prominent governor of Darfur lacks levers of influence in this region, which remains largely dependent on the goodwill of the central government. As the area slides once again into inter-ethnic violence, Minni Minnawi's patience is being sorely tested.
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Politics The eldest son of the former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, who died on 21 April, is being strongly encouraged by leading figures in the centre of the country to enter the political arena. He embodies the hope of reunifying a region that is split in the run-up to the general election.
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Politics The Tanzanian government is issuing a fresh call for tenders for the Block C tanzanite deposit, currently abandoned and mined by clandestine miners, in a bid to make its mining sector more profitable for the state.
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With both the Brazilian and Angolan presidents up for re-election this year, Jair Bolsonaro has decided to do his counterpart in Luanda a favour by speeding up the agricultural cooperation programme between the two countries.
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With Khalifa Haftar, who is being prosecuted for war crimes, due to appear before an American court on 9 May, lawyers for the plaintiffs are trying to find out whether he has American citizenship as this would disqualify him from the Libyan presidential election.
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Politics The oil giant, via its subsidiary AEC, is on the front line in the battle against summer water shortages that can lead to social unrest. It plans to procure emergency seawater desalination units, has embarked on the construction of miniature desalination plants, and has called on international firms to rehabilitate its existing infrastructure.
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