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Tunisia
Jihadists' return worries Bergamini

The return of Tunisian Jihadists who fought in Syria is increasing worrying the European Union delegation in Tunis under its [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2020

Libya
Turks go on the attack from hotel base

The Government of National Accord (GNA), which until now has been on the defensive, is preparing to go on the [...]

Subscribers only Politics Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 13.02.2020

Libya
Khalifa Haftar starves militias of fuel and cash

By cutting off supplies via the pipeline from the Sharara oil field to the Zawiya Refinery on February 8, General [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Jones Group draws up Sarraj's militia withdrawal plan

Mercenaires? American agents? The arrival of a group of Americans in Tripoli in a Libyan Airlines jet on February 2 provoked wild speculation. In fact, the delegation was from security consulting company Jones Group International (JGI), which is helping government [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2020

Algeria, Libya
Why Tebboune is warming to Haftar

By sending his foreign minister Sabri Boukadoum to meet Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi on February 5, Abdelmadjid Tebbounne has signalled [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2020

Tunisia
Fakhfakh struggles to find a path

Having been chosen by Kaïs Saïed to form a new government, Elyès Fakhfakh is trying hard to comply with the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2020

Algeria
Boualem is Tebboune's legal eye

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called in a former Bouteflika apparatchik to keep an eye on the court scene. On January [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2020

Tunisia
Why Kaïs Saïed sacked his adviser Abderraouf Betbaïeb

The resignation on February 4 of Abderraouf Betbaïeb, a key figure in Kaïs Saïed's private office, is closely linked to a row over plans to build a medical complex in Raqqada in the governorate of Kairouan.

Subscribers only Politics 06.02.2020

Angola
Lobbying war with Isabel dos Santos rages in Washington

João Lourenço is seeking to persuade the US to support his investigations into Isabel dos Santos, but the daughter of the Angolan ex-president is defending herself tooth and nail through her lobbyists.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 05.02.2020

DRC
Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

Over the last month, the Tshisekedi government has revoked the diplomatic passports of several Kabila allies. First in the firing was the ex-ANR chief, Kaalev Mutond.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Central Africa, West Africa
Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

The French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, was in Washington from 27 to 28 January in the hope of persuading [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.02.2020

Cameroon
Makonnen Asmaron digs his heels in at Paul Biya stadium

The boss of the civil engineering firm Piccini, the Italian-Eritrean businessman Makonnen Asmaron, remains unwilling to relinquish the project to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Gabon
Family connections take sting out of Scorpion crackdown

Despite the rearguard actions of lawyers representing the ex-presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, who has been in detention [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Africa, Morocco
Kamal Benali, the mysterious guest of Nicolas Sarkozy

On 22 January, it was in the presence of his friend Kamal Benali that the Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Ivory Coast
Bilé Diémeléou's gift to Bruno Koné

The Haute autorité pour la bonne gouvernance has not dared to launch proceedings against Bilé Diéméléou, the managing director of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Senegal
Alioun Sarr opens doors for Emirati firm Noma

The Senegalese minister of tourism, Alioun Sarr, took advantage of his attendance at the Global Investment in Aviation Summit held [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Gabon
Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

Appointed on 31 January as the head of the Office des ports et rades du Gabon, 54-year-old Apollinare Alassa has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Central Africa, West Africa
Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

Three generals are currently on the shortlist to take over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Ivory Coast
Doha to fund new commercial division in Abidjan

Approved at a cabinet meeting on 30 January, the creation [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Ivory Coast
Belarusian instructors to train Ivorian GEB gendarmes

A dozen Belarusian instructors arrived in Abidjan from Minsk on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

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