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Gabon
Exclusive: Ali Bongo headed for Morocco

Having regained consciousness ten days ago, the Gabonese president Ali Bongo is, according to our information, preparing to leave the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.11.2018

Cameroon, France
Two Macron envoys in Yaounde to discuss anglophone crisis

Very conscious of the instability that has been reigning in the North-West and South-West anglophone regions of Cameroon since 2016, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2018

Spotlight | Algeria
Bouteflika seeks US's post-election backing

While Abdelaziz Bouteflika's inner circle is feverishly preparing the April 2019 presidential elections, Algeria has signed a flurry of lobbying contracts in the US after having had no recourse to spin doctors there for a decade. Apart from competing with [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2018

Tunisia
Soros backs new civil society network

While the politicians prepare feverishly for the elections at the end of 2019, civil society associations are also looking to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2018

Libya
Haftar looks for a seat on the G5 Sahel

Khalifa Haftar took advantage of the security meeting in the wings of the Libyan peace forum in Palermo on November [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2018

Libya
Status quo favours Sarraj and Haftar

Fayez Sarraj, Giuseppe Conte and Khalifa Haftar. — Fayez Sarraj, Giuseppe Conte and Khalifa Haftar. © Governo Italiano

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2018

Spotlight | Africa, France
Macron rejuvenates French diplomacy in Africa

Elected at the age of 39, Emmanuel Macron has entrusted his Africa policy to a ‘task force' from his own generation. Consisting of ENA graduates, diplomats and parliamentarians, this team is tasked with reinvigorating France's relations with Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Gabon
For how long can Bongo leave his chair vacant?

While acknowledging the president's ill health, Libreville is being evasive about his convalescence. The West Africa Newsletter has the exclusive inside track.

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Spain, West Africa
Madrid earns its stripes in Sahel

Spain is stepping up its presence in the sub-region. Here's how.

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

DRC
Unity eludes Emmanuel Shadary's opponents

The apparent unity of the opposition candidates in December's presidential election has not withstood their various ambitions and hidden political agendas.

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Gabon
Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

Ismael Oceni Ossa, the president of the Conseil superieur des affaires islamiques du Gabon (CSAIG) whose rais (religious leader) is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Document | Mali
Soumaila Cisse snubs Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga

Soumaila Cisse, the defeated candidate in the second round of the presidential election on 12 August which he still claims [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Central African Republic, Niger
Where next for Abdallah Wafy?

Niger's permanent representative at the United Nations (UN) , the diplomat Abdallah Wafy, is tipped to succeed Gabon's Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Africa, Benin
Marie-Cecile Zinsou, the bride of Ouidah

In a traditional ceremony held on 3 November in Ouidah, 36-year-old Marie-Cecile Zinsou, the president of Fondation Zinsou, renewed her [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

China, Guinea
Ahoua Don Mello finalises deal with Yunnan Linkun

Ahoua Don Mello, an ex-minister under Laurent Gbagbo and current [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko the mediator

On 7 November, the Ivorian defence minister Hamed Bakayoko discreetly [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Niger
Issoufou mobilises Barkhane drones

Mahamadou Issoufou has asked Operation Barkhane to deploy its drones [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Guinea, Turkey
Ankara indulges Conakry

On 3 November, Alpha Conde dispatched his new Gulfstream G450 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

Ethiopia
ARDUF rallies to Abiy Ahmed Ali's political cause

Gathering on 27 October in Brussels, Belgium, for its general [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.11.2018

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
Sam Kutesa seeks to defuse Great Lakes tensions

It seems that Kampala is currently keen to calm tensions [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.11.2018

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