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How a leader's offspring wield influence

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Spotlight | Africa
How a leader's offspring wield influence

Benin, Congo
Busted: Kiki Sassou Nguesso’s ghost PR writer unmasked by her own computer!

Chad
Idriss Deby keeps the purse strings in the family

Spotlight | Africa
Presidents build fiefs in their own image

Angola
After Portugal, Isabel dos Santos heads for Malta

Spotlight | Africa
Stressed leaders forget troubles on hols

Congo
"Coco" Sassou corners communication

Senegal
Struggle for control of PDS underway

Spotlight | Angola, Mozambique
Isabel dos Santos also invests in Maputo

Spotlight | Senegal
Macky Sall goes for Karim Wade

Congo
Sassou's seasonal woes

Guinea
Blair leads Conde's advisers machine

Senegal
Karim questioned by police again

Senegal
Karim Wade quizzed in fraud probe

Spotlight | Congo
Sassou keeps eye on presidential goal

Congo
Sassou looks to Moscow

Central African Republic
Bozize closes ranks

Congo
Holiday over for Sassou Nguesso

Congo
Sassou son in Parliamentary orbit

Senegal
Karim Wade quizzed over assets

Congo
Sassou's son leaves vacancy at SNPC

Senegal
Sall cleans up act before elections

Congo
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Equatorial Guinea
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Spotlight | Gabon
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Congo
Sassou deals with debts, his way

Spotlight | Gabon
Bongo family starts to implode

Central African Republic
Bozize keeps it in the family