On 5 July, the directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are due to decide whether to resume loans to Congo-B after a hiatus of eight years. But on the eve of this crucial decision, there are profound rifts within [.
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For the last few years, the US Department of Justice has been scrutinising financial transactions undertaken by high-ranking Gabonese figures. No official inquiry has yet been opened.
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Before accepting the resignation of his brother Aliou on 24 June, President Macky Sall held discreet talks with BP to ascertain the veracity of the BBC report of 2 June. He is also intending to overhaul his crisis communications unit.
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Neglected by the Bush and Obama administrations, Angola, a Beijing stronghold under Jose Eduardo dos Santos, is being actively courted by Trump's team.
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Criticised by the IMF, the debts of FCFA 150 billion (€228 million) racked up to companies contracted through the Programme Presidentielle d'Urgence have taken on a new political dimension.
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The brief trip was not officially announced, but on 20 June the Beninese president Patrice Talon travelled to Aso Rock, [...]
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In post since December, the minister of oil and former economic advisor to Alassane Ouattara is struggling to impose his [...]
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The summoning of the German chargé d'affaires by the Chadian minister of foreign affairs, Mahamat Zene Cherif, on 7 June [...]
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To contend with the deteriorating security situation in the centre of the country, the Malian authorities recently suspended for two [...]
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The Rwandan president Paul Kagame, the current chairman of the [...]
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The French president Emmanuel Macron has invited the Ghanaian president [...]
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The former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bedie, aka "HKB", the [...]
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The imminent appointment of the French diplomat Jean-Marc Chataigner as [...]
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The Ivorian presidency has put pressure on state institutions to [...]
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Since February, French lobbying firms have been lining up to offer their services to the Congolese president's office. Among the most active is ESL & Network.
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In the doldrums since the arrest of its director Ait Ben Ali Mohamed as part of "Operation Mamba", Satram is attracting interest from new investors, including "Bati" Tomi.
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With 95% of Burkinabe cotton exported raw, Chinese, Indian and Japanese firms like Jain, Orient and Marubeni are now looking to process it prior to export.
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On 13 June, Stephane Richard, the CEO of the telephone [...]
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Hopscotch, the French public relations firm run by Frederic Bedin, [...]
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Bureau africain d'etudes et de controle (BAEC), one of whose [...]
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Paris Inn Group, which specialises in investments and managing hotel [...]
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The Belgium-based CPS Africa, a subsidiary of Compagnie francaise de [...]
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According to the latest government report on state-owned companies, in [...]
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Over twenty international engineering firms have expressed an interest to [...]
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Idrissa Nassa, the CEO of Coris Bank International (CBI), which [...]
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On 13 June, the former BGFI Bank executive Franck Yann [...]
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With the head of European diplomacy scheduled to embark on a tour of the Sahel in early July, the European Union is preparing to disburse a contribution of €120 million to the region's joint force.
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The French army minister Florence Parly will travel to Ouagadougou [...]
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In France for several weeks for the Women's World Cup, [...]
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Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Liban Soleiman, who in [...]
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Nicolas Sarkozy's former energy and ecology minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, travelled [...]
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The Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Amadou Ba, is set [...]
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Having managed to get his allies appointed to key posts within the government (WAN 802) and the civil service, Ali [...]
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Seydou Bamba, the head of the Direction generale du portefeuille de l'Etat (DGPE), has used all his influence to relaunch [...]
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The former Guinean prime minister Cellou Diallo visited Abidjan from 13 to 17 June. Looking ahead to the presidential election, [...]
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The former Burkinabe prime minister Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, aka "KDO", who wants to run for president in 2020, is relying [...]
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