Spotlight | West Africa
Doha and Riyadh play out their rivalries along the Abidjan-Ouaga-Accra axis

Though it has so far had limited repercussions on the continent, the six-month diplomatic stand-off between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is now being exported to West Africa. It remains largely a war of words, but tensions may shortly ramp up [...]
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Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaâboun snubs Richard Attias's virtual summit

Prominent events planner Richard Attias, once a perennial leading light in his native Morocco, is struggling to revive his top-level connections there. According to our sources, Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaâboun has not even replied to an invitation to take part in a 19 May virtual round table organised by his firm, Richard Attias & Associates.

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