85-year-old Paul Biya has embarked on a highly uncertain seventh term in office, despite his comfortable victory in October. Operations by Boko Haram in the far north combined with the civil war tearing apart the two anglophone regions have torpedoed [.
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The president and his former ally seem to be intent on torpedoing each other.
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A streamlined team is being deployed to tackle this priority for the new president.
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Under serious financial pressure, the president is seeking to prove his credentials to the IMF by reforming this sector.
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For many years, this sector, which generates several billion FCFA, benefited from the protective patronage of Blaise Compaore.
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Still cagey as to his intentions for the 2020 presidential [...]
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During his official visit to Paris from 16 to 18 [...]
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With Idriss Deby having had to contend for the last [...]
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On a visit to Moscow on 5 December, the Rwandan [...]
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The largest private employer in the country, Powers Securite, boasts 3,500 staff across the country. Run by Patrick Marconnet, a [...]
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A visiting business delegation is a further sign of London's interest in the national economy.
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To the dismay of the financiers, the president's absence has sent bond values plummeting, but may signal opportunities for the oil companies.
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President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has indicated to his trade [...]
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The Compagnie ivoirienne d'electricite (CIE), the subsidiary of France's Eranove [...]
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Very present in Africa, especially in Equatorial Guinea, Morocco's Somagec, [...]
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Carbon Finance has made a bid to acquire the public [...]
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In its report ‘China's lending supports growth, exacerbates fiscal and [...]
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Security and defence professionals will be turning out in force [...]
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On 28 November, the European Union issued a new blacklist [...]
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In early December, Leod-Paul Batolo, whose father is French and [...]
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The boss of the Caisse generale de retraite des agents [...]
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Having married Laurent Gbagbo in a traditional ceremony, Nadiana Bamba (aka Nady) is the former Ivorian president's bedrock in The [...]
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65-year-old Noel Magloire Ndoba, a former economic forecaster for Pascal Lissouba, is involving himself in dealings between the International Monetary [...]
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On 15 December, the Senegalese president Macky Sall will launch his bid for re-election in 2019 in front of 3,000 [...]
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Designated personally (though still unofficially) by President Mahamadou Issoufou to represent the Parti nigerien pour la democratie et le socialisme [...]
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Contrary to what the Benin authorities announced, opponent Komi Koutche, aka "KK", was not in possession of a Togolese diplomatic [...]
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Despite strong pressure in recent months from opposition coalition C14 to have the parliamentary elections postponed, the government has refused [...]
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There will be a military and a civil side to Emmanuel Macron's first visit to Chad, which will also be [...]
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National Assembly president Guillaume Soro turned down a meeting with Alassane Ouattara before going off to Daoukro in central eastern [...]
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Antoine Frerot, chairman and chief executive of France's Veolia utilities group, is to appoint a new head of Africa and [...]
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