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West Africa

Africa, European Union
Brussels lines up €120 million contribution to G5 Sahel joint force

With the head of European diplomacy scheduled to embark on a tour of the Sahel in early July, the European Union is preparing to disburse a contribution of €120 million to the region's joint force.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 26.06.2019

Senegal
Sall affair: how the government weathered the storm

Before accepting the resignation of his brother Aliou on 24 June, President Macky Sall held discreet talks with BP to ascertain the veracity of the BBC report of 2 June. He is also intending to overhaul his crisis communications unit.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Ivory Coast
PPU debt is a millstone around Ouattara's neck

Criticised by the IMF, the debts of FCFA 150 billion (€228 million) racked up to companies contracted through the Programme Presidentielle d'Urgence have taken on a new political dimension.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Benin, Nigeria
The lowdown on Patrice Talon's secret trip to Aso Rock

The brief trip was not officially announced, but on 20 June the Beninese president Patrice Talon travelled to Aso Rock, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Ivory Coast
The frustrated ambitions of Abdourahmane Cisse

In post since December, the minister of oil and former economic advisor to Alassane Ouattara is struggling to impose his [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Document | Mali
FAMa cohort in training sent directly to front line

To contend with the deteriorating security situation in the centre of the country, the Malian authorities recently suspended for two [...]

Free access Defence, Politics 26.06.2019

Ghana
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Paris

The French president Emmanuel Macron has invited the Ghanaian president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Ivory Coast
Henri Konan Bedie to meet Laurent Gbagbo in Brussels

The former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bedie, aka "HKB", the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Burkina Faso, France
Florence Parly expected in Ouagadougou

The French army minister Florence Parly will travel to Ouagadougou [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 26.06.2019

Africa
FIFA n°2 Fatma Samoura burgled in upmarket Paris hotel

In France for several weeks for the Women's World Cup, [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.06.2019

Guinea
After DRC, Jean-Louis Borloo goes prospecting in Conakry

Nicolas Sarkozy's former energy and ecology minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, travelled [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.06.2019

Senegal
Amadou Ba prepares 2019 Dakar security forum

The Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Amadou Ba, is set [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.06.2019

Spotlight | Document | Benin, Chad, Niger
Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

The oil major China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) plans to start exporting part of the crude oil produced on its Nigerian field Agadem by 2022. It seems to have discarded the option of building an export pipeline through Chad, much [.