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Spotlight | Africa
Behind every great man

While Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf or Malawi's Joyce Banda testify to the rise of women in African politics, women are also making their mark behind the scenes in Africa's corridors of power. Whether dressed in Western business suits or [...]

Published on 01.05.2013 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Insiders | Ivory Coast
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Spotlight | Angola, Mozambique
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First ladies rule African roosts

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Guinea
An Ivorian cacao magnate active in mining

Senegal
President's oil advisers in seemingly perpetual motion

Ivory Coast
Isaac Gnamba’s gift to Lebanese bosses

Ivory Coast
Ouattara brings back Securiport

Senegal
Sall personally takes oil sector in hand

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Henriette Bedie fund-raises in Monaco

Ivory Coast
Obiang plays hard to get

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Ouattara puts family first at the presidency

Congo
"Coco" Sassou corners communication

Togo
Faure has visitors at the Bristol

Insiders | Ivory Coast
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Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
Oil for training with Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Ouattara gathers his friends at the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer

Ivory Coast
Dominique's donors get VIP treatment

Spotlight | Angola, Mozambique
Isabel dos Santos also invests in Maputo

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

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Sall lets standards slip

Ivory Coast
Ouattaras opt for Riviera home

Spotlight | Africa
First ladies rule African roosts

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Guinea An Ivorian cacao magnate active in mining

Senegal President's oil advisers in seemingly perpetual motion

Ivory Coast Isaac Gnamba’s gift to Lebanese bosses

Ivory Coast Ouattara brings back Securiport

Senegal Sall personally takes oil sector in hand

Ivory Coast Henriette Bedie fund-raises in Monaco

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Spotlight | Ivory Coast Ouattara puts family first at the presidency

Congo "Coco" Sassou corners communication

Togo Faure has visitors at the Bristol

Insiders | Ivory Coast Dominique Ouattara, a first lady who combines business and charity

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast Oil for training with Abidjan

Ivory Coast Ouattara gathers his friends at the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer

Ivory Coast Dominique's donors get VIP treatment

Spotlight | Angola, Mozambique Isabel dos Santos also invests in Maputo

Spotlight | Central Africa A foot in the palace door

Spotlight | Senegal Sall lets standards slip

Ivory Coast Ouattaras opt for Riviera home

Spotlight | Africa First ladies rule African roosts

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

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

Spotlight | Africa
Behind every great man

Guinea
An Ivorian cacao magnate active in mining

Senegal
President's oil advisers in seemingly perpetual motion

Ivory Coast
Isaac Gnamba’s gift to Lebanese bosses

Ivory Coast
Ouattara brings back Securiport

Senegal
Sall personally takes oil sector in hand

Ivory Coast
Henriette Bedie fund-raises in Monaco

Ivory Coast
Obiang plays hard to get

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Ouattara puts family first at the presidency

Congo
"Coco" Sassou corners communication

Togo
Faure has visitors at the Bristol

Insiders | Ivory Coast
Dominique Ouattara, a first lady who combines business and charity

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
Oil for training with Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Ouattara gathers his friends at the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer

Ivory Coast
Dominique's donors get VIP treatment

Spotlight | Angola, Mozambique
Isabel dos Santos also invests in Maputo

Spotlight | Central Africa
A foot in the palace door

Spotlight | Senegal
Sall lets standards slip

Ivory Coast
Ouattaras opt for Riviera home

Spotlight | Africa
First ladies rule African roosts