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Libya
Haftar clashes with Misrata over Sebha

The bombing of a Misrati transport aircraft by Khalifa Haftar's air force on January 3 while it was on the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2017

Tunisia
Ben Ali’s Swiss treasure stays frozen

Swiss ambassador in Tunisia Rita Adams tried to reassure Minister of Justice Ghazi Jeribi on Wednesday January 4 concerning restitution [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2017

Libya
Sarraj’s future looks ever more bleak

Fayez Sarraj gave himself a brief respite from his official duties at the end of December when he married his [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2017

Spotlight | France
Fillon's ‘Africans' already hard at work

The emergence of Francois Fillon as the conservative candidate in this year's French presidential election has led to his relations with Africa being strengthened. Fillon, who served as prime minister under former president Nicolas Sarkozy, has already made his first [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Ivory Coast
France and South Korea do battle over Abidjan’s urban railway

Paris has launched a new offensive over the construction project of a train line that will cross Ivory Coast’s economic capital.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou hires top lawyers to take on Timis

Some of the country’s finest legal minds have been roped into the dispute between the state and the Romanian businessman.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Ivory Coast
Soro set to see off challengers

Several people covet the post of National Assembly speaker but the odds favour the former rebel leader staying put.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Congo
‘Kiki' tightens his grip on international contracts

Jean-Jacques Bouya may be a permanent fixture when it comes to Chinese contracts, but the president's son is muscling in on the numerous interests of Turkey and Brazil.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Ivory Coast
Adama Bictogo, Abidjan’s king of business

Adama Bictogo, 53, a former integration minister who has moved into the private sector, is on the up and up [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Ivory Coast
Alain Donwahi invites hundreds to his wedding feast

Alain Richard Donwahi, the minister in charge of defence in the office of the president, married his partner, Laure Baflan, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Chad
Djiddi Saleh moves into presidential palace

Djiddi Saleh, the former head of the Agence Nationale de Securite (ANS) intelligence agency has moved closer to President Idriss [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Burkina Faso
Sadou Oumarou becomes new army chief

Col. Sadou Oumarou has replaced Gen. Pingrenoma Zangre – elder brother to the chief of staff in the office of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Benin
Bollore and Dossou settle their differences

French industrialist Vincent Bollore and Samuel Dossou, the Beninese head [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Equatorial Guinea, France
Obiang continues to fly French

The deterioration of relations between Paris and Malabo since the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Qatar, Senegal
The Wade family sees in the New Year together

Urged by French authorities to make himself scarce in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Congo
Sassou reorganises the armed forces

Against a backdrop of fierce military tensions (WAN 741), President [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Kenya
Mburu, the man who has William Ruto's ear

Businessman Sam Mburu has been emerging increasingly as vice president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2016

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Guelleh stirs fresh inter-ethnic tension in Dire Dawa

The extradition of Amhara and Oromo political opponents to the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2016

Madagascar
Forces gather to back Fillon’s bid for French presidency

Supporters of the French party Les Republicains in Madagascar are [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2016

Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia
Saudis thick on ground in Addis

With Riyadh poised to sign an agreement with Djbouti president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.12.2016

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