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Congo
Fierce battles for supremacy loom at the PCT

Several figures are secretly manoeuvring to seize the reins of the ruling party. The first phase in replacing Denis Sassou Nguesso?

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2017

Francophonie
How Michaelle Jean is trying to torpedo Lionel Zinsou

With her sights already set on a new term, the secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie is trying to make life difficult for her main opponents. Exclusive.

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2017

Congo
The mysterious mission of retired judge Bruguiere to Brazzaville

Already an adviser to the Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the French former anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere, now retired, has expanded his circle of African acquaintances

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2017

Ivory Coast
A budgetary windfall for a phantom institution

In addition to not fully spelling out the details of the sovereign wealth fund, the 2018 finance law contains other [...]

Free access Politics 06.12.2017

Benin, France
Talon does his Christmas shopping in Paris

Arriving in France from the 5th African Union-European Union summit [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2017

Ivory Coast
Amon Tanoh irritates Ouattara

Seated behind Alassane Ouattara at the plenary session of the [...]

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Africa, France
Macron keeps Biya at arm's length

During their encounter on 29 November in Abidjan, Paul Biya [...]

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Guinea
HAC dismayed at RTG's lack of coverage

Having completed a tour of the country, the members of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2017

Mauritius
Xavier-Luc Duval rakes up the scandals for political gain

The opposition leader, who is calling for an early election, is seizing every opportunity to tarnish the regime he used to belong to.

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2017

Egypt, Ethiopia
An isolated Sisi torn between arbitration and force

Although Sudan and Qatar have aligned themselves with Addis Ababa, Egypt is still seeking to block the completion of the GERD.

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2017

Djibouti
The ploy to undermine Bodeh Ahmed Robleh fails

The budget minister Bodeh Ahmed Robleh (Issa/Wardiq/Yesif) recently attracted the thunder of Ismail Omar Guelleh at a cabinet meeting after [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2017

Egypt, Uganda
Cairo and Kampala find common cause against Addis

In mid-November, the former head of the General Intelligence Service, Tarek Salaam, took up office in Uganda as the Egyptian [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
How will Musa Bihi Abdi reward his supporters and the Emirates?

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the Kulmiye candidate Musa Bihi Abdi, who was elected Somaliland president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2017

Ethiopia
Cracks appear within the TPLF central committee

With meetings of the TPLF executive committee ongoing in Mekele since mid-November, heads are rolling in the Tigray capital amid [...]

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Seychelles
Insecurity top of the political agenda

President Danny Faure, his government and the new Commissioner of [...]

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Djibouti
Is the army still listening to the executive?

During the electioneering tour of the country by the Rassemblement [...]

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Kenya
Is the governor of Mombasa about to change camps?

Might the governor of Mombasa, Ali Hassan Joho, be cutting [...]

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Uganda
Museveni wary of the unions

On 20 November, the government accorded a pay rise to [...]

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Kenya
James Orengo & Norman Magaya, the opposition's scapegoats

The National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition, led by Raila [...]

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Somalia, Uganda
How Museveni is using AMISOM to purse his own agenda

According to security sources, the Pentagon concluded an accord in [...]

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