Like its notoriously soft-spoken president, Paul Biya, Cameroon’s political class seems not to have a voice. And the looming October elections are not about to change that. After five successive terms of office, since Biya first came to power in [.
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Ivory Coast's rival presidents Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara have one thing in common: family. Ouattara, winner of the presidential [...]
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Laurent Gbagbo's Special Forces are coming under serious pressure from several heavily-armed groups who now control neighbourhoods of Abidjan within striking distance of the presidential palace.
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Yayi's overwhelming first round victory in Benin's presidential elections has sparked an unprecedented wave of protest in Benin.
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After losing the port of Conakry to the Bollore group, the head of Necotrans has declared war on its principal rival. West Africa Newsletter analyses the situation.
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Laurent Gbagbo’s regime has been busy equipping forces loyal to [...]
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Ivorian agri-business giant Sifca, founded by Pierre Billon, is in [...]
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After several months’ hesitation, the Togolese government has decided to [...]
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Nizar Dalloul, the chairman of the Lebanese telecommunications group Comium, [...]
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Charlemagne Kien, Laurent Gbagbo’s special advisor on energy and, in [...]
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Air Ivoire, the commercial airline controlled by businessman Bernard Kone [...]
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Patrick Bedie, son of Ivory Coast’s former president Henri Konan [...]
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Gabon’s president has profited from the trial of General Ntumpa Lebani to put his own people in charge of the country’s intelligence services.
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A ceremony to mark the anniversary of Edith Bongo's death failed to reconcile Congo's and Gabon's presidential families. Equatorial Guinean President Obiang has profited from the chill to position himself as Sassou's ally.
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On the initiative of the Cercle Damien Kandolo (CD), Congo-K’s [...]
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Gabonese President Ali Bongo, who is refusing to share power [...]
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Gabon’s Air Services could go into receivership following the next [...]
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Chairman since 2005 of the Douala Stock Exchange (DES), Pierre [...]
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