Politics

Tanzania
Magufuli tightens the screws on officials

In order to reduce State spending, President John Magufuli decreed [...]

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Djibouti
IOG fears for his safety

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is currently holing up in Haramous [...]

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Kenya
Tony Blair applies pressure on Uhuru Kenyatta

During a meeting on 14 December, former British Prime Minister [...]

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Libya
Police to get Emirati training

The United Arab Emirates is involving itself as strongly as ever with the El Beida government led by Abdallah al-Thani. [...]

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Tunisia
Samir Annabi goes on the warpath

Samir Annabi, president of national anti-corruption body INLUCC, has practically gone into dissidence against the government of Habib Essid. He [...]

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Document | Morocco
Rabat wants the Asfari affair dropped

Morocco is looking for procedural errors to torpedo the allegation of torture made against it by Sahrawi militant Naama Asfari [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Essebsi master at last at the interior ministry

In approving the major reshuffle carried out at the Ministry of the Interior on December 1, President Beji Caid Essebsi is trying to free himself definitively of his cumbersome "allies" from the Islamist party, Ennahda.The November 24 attack, which cost [.

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Libya | LIA headquarters, Valletta, Malta
Al-Thani wants a new boss at the LIA

Tobruk government head Abdallah al-Thani is involving himself in the affairs of the LIA (Libyan Investment Authority). In the course [...]

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Algeria | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers
Lamamra aims for African Union chair

Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra is preparing to bid for the chair of the African Union commission, according [...]

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Libya | Government headquarters, Rome
Italy retakes control of the Libyan crisis

Matteo Renzi’s government is pulling out all the stops to take the role of leader in efforts to resolve the [...]

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Cameroon
Politicians wear too many hats

Cameroon’s politicians are notorious for holding down several jobs and the new government is no exception.