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France, Tunisia
Who's speaking for Ennahda in France?

Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi was shepherded during his visit to Paris on June 20-21 by Ahmed Bergaoui, according to our [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2014

Libya
Moscow tiptoes back to Libya

The first cadets from the new Libyan army trained by the Moscow Military Commanders Training School (MCTS) are to shortly [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2014

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Gbagbo: Far from Abidjan but close to FPI

Four years after coming first with 39% in the first round of Ivory Coast's presidential elections, Laurent Gbagbo continues to be influential in Ivory Coast even though his image and that of the political party he helped found, the Front [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Ivory Coast
Lieberman touts Israeli business

Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, signed two strategic defence and security cooperation deals during his visit [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Benin
International donors lay down law

Thomas Boni Yayi is pleased as Punch about obtaining more than €9 billion development finance for Benin at a round table in Paris this month. But the pledges of money come with strings attached.

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Guinea
Necotrans sends bill to Conde

After its victory against the government of Guinea at the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration in Abidjan CCJA) last month, Necontrans has instructed its lawyers to obtain the €38.4 million it was awarded.

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Niger
Issoufou sticks to guns on Imouraren

The deal signed by the government of Niger and Areva in Niamey on May 26 calls for the establishment of a joint strategic committee to decide when the Imouraren unranium mine goes into production.

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Congo
Sassou takes aim at opposition

After the recent anti-government rally in Paris, Denis Sassou Nguesso organised his own pro-government gathering in the French capital.

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Gabon
Accrombessi survives Haut-Ogooue

Campaigning to be "reelected" as Gabon's leader, Ali Bongo has taken measures to obtain the support of his native Haut-Ogooue province without going so far as to axe his chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi, as some would have liked.

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Gabon
Pascaline Bongo appeals to Ping

Confirmed on June 10 in the honorary role of Ali [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
Ouattara mediates

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara and some members of his [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Ivory Coast, Morocco
Ouattara postpones Morocco

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara was scheduled to make a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.06.2014

Kenya
What can Uhuru do with Raila

After consulting his advisors, President Uhuru Kenyatta last week seemed prepared to go into dialogue with his old rival in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Kenya
The infernal trio in charge of security

The heads of the Kenyan army, police and intelligence services are impotent over the terrorist attacks and are on different wavelengths about what to do.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Kenya, Somalia
Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed draws a blank

Somalian Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed’s visit to Nairobi was no success story.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Tanzania, United Kingdom
Friction with London over IPTL

British High Commissioner Dianna Melrose lit a powder keg when she praised the Public Accounts Committee’s decision to inquire into the conflict with IPTL.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Obsessed by Islamist attacks

Since Al Shabaab’s attack in Djibouti on 24 May, western embassies and the local authorities have tightened security measures to protect against it happening again.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Ethiopia
Azeb Mesfin's influence on the wane

Azeb Mesfin's influence has been on the wane since the death of her husband, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. She will now jettison some of her political mandates.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

Kenya
Kikuyu hit by panic attack

Many of the victims of the attack in Mpeketoni were Kikuyu, provoking a climate of fear in the community. Some of its members have taken to bearing arms.

Free access Politics 20.06.2014

Madagascar
Roger Kolo’s emerging lobby

A good many of Prime Minister Roger Kolo’s aides are members of the organisation Emergence de Madagascar. This is not always to the president’s liking.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2014

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