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Rory Young, founder of Chengeta Wildlife, securing a ranger team in April 2021.
Rory Young, founder of Chengeta Wildlife, securing a ranger team in April 2021. © Chengeta Wildlife/Facebook
Diplomacy 30/04/2021

Triple murder raises questions about paramilitaries who protect Africa's national parks 

Rory Young, who was killed along with two Spanish journalists in eastern Burkina Faso on 26 April, was a key figure in wildlife protection circles, a closed community in which former special forces soldiers rub shoulders with NGOs and international financial institutions. [...]
The Beninese opposition leader Reckya Madougou.
The Beninese opposition leader Reckya Madougou. © Reckya Madougou/Facebook
Politics 19/04/2021

Reckya Madougou rallies legal, political and business elite for her release 

Despite his reelection, Patrice Talon's main opponent remains behind bars on vague suspicions of "financing terrorism". But he will have to reckon with Madougou's powerful supporters among whom are two of the region's sitting presidents as well as oligarch Mahamadou Bonkoungou and lawyer Antoine Vey, a former associate of French justice minister Dupond-Moretti. [...]
Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his Cape Verdean counterpart Jorge Carlos Fonseca, 19 January 2021.
Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his Cape Verdean counterpart Jorge Carlos Fonseca, 19 January 2021. © Presidente da República de Guiné-Bissau/Facebook
Diplomacy 25/03/2021

Portuguese-speaking countries discreetly lobby for ECOWAS presidency 

Portuguese-speaking countries have been busy behind the scenes trying to get their voices heard in ECOWAS, which is dominated by French- and English-speaking members. The president of Guinea-Bissau has even reached out to foes Alassane Ouattara and Alpha Condé. [...]

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