While the IMF reflects on ways to get the Republic of Congo to use its oil wealth to alleviate poverty, President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has his sights set on 2016. The next presidential election might seem far off.
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Jean-Christophe Belliard is poised to replace Elisabeth Barbier as head of the French foreign ministry's Africa and Indian Ocean desk [...]
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Charles Gomis, Ivory Coast's new ambassador to France, has moved into the swanky Paris mansion that Felix Houphouet-Boigny bought in the 1970s.
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The reunification of Ivory Coast’s south and north has not halted the illegal trade in diamonds from the north, and Washington is getting impatient with the authorities.
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It is now all out war between Benin’s President Boni Yayi and Patrice Talon, the businessman who financed both of the president's electoral campaigns.
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Relations have never been worse between the Gabonese authorities and the local subsidiary of French group Veolia.
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The “Ill Gotten Gains” affair has promoted Equatorial Guinea to launch a flurry of defamation suits in France.
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N’Djamena’s recent recalling of Chadian soldiers from CAR marks Deby’s growing exasperation with Bozize.
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Burkina Faso is deploying major security means to prevent terrorist [...]
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Jean Ping the former African Union Commissioner, only recently left [...]
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After several months convalesence in Paris after heart surgery, Amadou [...]
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The Paris office of the Candian firm Fasken Martineau won [...]
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Christian Bongo, the managing director of Guaranteed Housing Funds, a [...]
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Jean-Claude Mimran, the French owner of Les Grands Moulins d’Abidjan [...]
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The ailing Marches Tropicaux & Mediterraneans magazine, founded by Rene [...]
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GDF Suez is not willing to take less than the [...]
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Groupe Europe Handling, a subsidiary of the CRIT group that [...]
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Kinshasa’s sudden decision to recall Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon from [...]
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French oil group Total is due to begin exploring block [...]
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Corporate Location Services, the company founded by Denis Sassou-Nguesso's late [...]
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Jean-Baptiste Tomi, or "Bati", the head of Kabi, a group [...]
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