Members of the International Organisation of La Francophonie are fearful that new French President François Hollande might carry out his threat to boycott the organisation's 14th conference of heads of state in Kinshasa on October 12-14.
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Laurent Gbagbo may take a break from the Hague if high-level behind-the-scenes negotiations with prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo lead to [...]
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Togolese strongman Colonel Yotrofei Massina played a key role in the capture of Laurent Gbagbo’s former securocrat Moise Lida Kouassi, West Africa Newsletter can reveal.
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Traumatised by the series of crises that have hit the country since January, Mali’s politicians are struggling to take charge of the situation.
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Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Congo on July 15 look set to launch the political careers of Denis Sassou Nguesso's children and other relatives.
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The New York Forum Africa looks set to take place again in 2013, requiring the Gabonese state to dig deep in its pockets once more.
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Chad’s president, a career soldier who fought and survived several rebellions, is considered by other African leaders to potentially have the answers to Mali’s problems.
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According to West Africa Newsletter’s sources, Malian militants arrested by [...]
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Since becoming speaker of Ivory Coast's parliament in March, Guillaume [...]
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The French embassy in Chad has told French citizens to [...]
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Ivory Coast’s ambassador to France, Ally Coulibaly, has returned to [...]
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The contract (CFA 13 billion) to build a new headquarters [...]
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According to West Africa Newsletter's sources, Etienne Ngoubou, Gabon's oil [...]
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At the beginning of June Hien Sie, the managing director [...]
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After falling out with Patrice Talon, the local cotton magnate [...]
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The banking group BPCE, France’s second largest bank, is expected [...]
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Afro-optimist Jean-Michel Severino, the former managing director of the Agence [...]
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On June 4 Port of Abidjan chief Hien Sie invited [...]
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Ivorian businessman Idriss Karamoko, manager of the nightclub Folie’s Pigalle, [...]
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The owner of Solaris, a passenger and utility vehicle hire [...]
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