Guinea has had its share of political violence in the past but never before has a presidential election been quite as touch and go as this one. Although the general election that should have taken place in 2011 is now [.
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Alassane Ouattara is still the chairman of Ivory Coast's ruling Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party and there is no obvious [...]
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Malian and foreign spin doctors are working all out to promote some of the key presidential hopefuls.
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Relations between the Emirati conglomerate Dubai Ports World and the Senegalese government have taken a turn for the chilly in the wake of the Karim Wade affair.
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Concerned about opposition from within his regime, President Sassou Nguesso is cracking down on any hint of dissention in his own support base.
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President Ali Bongo is unhappy about French media coverage of Gabon's affairs and has snubbed Paris in return.
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Like other French business people who were once pally with Omar Bongo, the head of the construction, casino and airline group Kabi is on poor terms with Ali Bongo.
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The Ivorian president's office is negotiating the acquisition of a [...]
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Ali Bongo finally agreed to attend a lunch at the [...]
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Swiss legal expert Pierre-Yves Tschanz has been appointed to chair [...]
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While awaiting Guinean President Alpha Conde’s inauguration of the new [...]
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Hien Sie, the director of the Port of Abidjan (PAA) [...]
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The Hamburg-based agro-industrial group Jaf Itec delivered 65,000 tonnes of [...]
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Despite being wooed by three presidential candidates who claim to [...]
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The Central Bank of West African States (French acronym BCEAO) [...]
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The Ivorian delegation of the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) [...]
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The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is to investigate Ivory Coast's award of the contract for a second container terminal in Abidjan to a consortium of French group Bolloré, APM Terminals and Bouygues.
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Antoine Ngakosso, the director of taxes and land at the [...]
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Ivorian telecommunications expert Demba Diop was appointed a member of [...]
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