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Algeria
Who is rooting for candidate Macron?

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was accompanied by a small but well-chosen group for his visit to Algiers on February [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2017

Algeria
Why Algiers cut out Ghannouchi

The joint mediation effort being made by Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt has been paralysed by rivalry between Algerian foreign minister [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2017

Libya
Russia unites Haftar and Al Ghwell

The difficulties experienced by Libya’s neighbours in their efforts to mediate in the Libyan conflict (see here) are pushing Moscow [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2017

Spotlight | Congo
Sassou Nguesso deals a death blow to his foes

It hasn’t been plain sailing for Denis Sassou-Nguesso since he won a comfortable election victory last March in defiance of a constitutional ban against his running for office again. Having little tolerance for his fiercest adversaries’ criticisms, the Congolese president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Burkina Faso
Salif Diallo wants a major shake-up

The brains behind the president, the national assembly speaker is laying the groundwork for the next government.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Mali
War rages on among freemasons after new leader's appointement

Far from assuaging tensions among Mali’s Freemasons, the appointment of Lamine Sow as grand master has made things worse.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Mali
PM on the way out as IBK to reshuffle his cabinet

In the run-up to next year's presidential elections the president has made some major changes, and there's a vacancy at the very top of government.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Gabon
Ali Bongo’s secret weapon: splitting the opposition

The head of state is banking on divisions within the ranks of his opponents to govern more freely.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Cameroon
Ivo Desancio Yenwo, Biya’s real PR man

The ceremony organized on Feb. 8 at the presidential palace in honour of the national football team, the "Indomitable Lions", [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Burkina Faso, Ghana
The miraculous resurection of Mustapha Chafi

Mustapha Limam Chafi, a former adviser and dirty-work fixer for Blaise Compaore, has resurfaced in Ghana alongside Nana Addo Dankwa [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Equatorial Guinea
Severo Moto wants to make Obiang tremble

While putting the final touches to a book retracing his political struggle, Severo Moto, 71 intends to keep up the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Togo
Bodjona still in the eye of the storm

Although he has enjoyed freedom of movement since his Feb. 6 release after 525 days of detention over his suspected [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Ivory Coast, Russia
Kablan Duncan to visit Putin

Ivorian Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan will travel to Russia [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Ivory Coast
Ouattara grants carte blanche to Gon Coulibaly

New Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly has taken control of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Ivory Coast
Armed forces still unhappy

President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to give 12 million CFA francs [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

France
Miguel Da Costa, dean of African ambassadors

Angola’s ambassador to Paris since 2009, Miguel Da Costa has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Central African Republic
Visa bonanza probed

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an internal [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Benin
Talon opens his borders

In accordance with his promise to open up his country to Africa, President Patrice Talon has instructed embassies and consulates [...]

Free access Politics 14.02.2017

South Sudan
Conflict resumes with air support from Egypt

Since the end of January, major fighting has resumed in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Uganda
UPDF deploys in South Sudan to take on LRA

In a secret operation on Jan. 23, two columns of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) deployed in South Sudan to set up a border security zone to avert incursions into Uganda by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

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