Until his downfall in the early hours of March 22, Amadou Toumani Toure - ATT - had been in denial: denial that threats were weighing on his country; denial that his regime was so fragile that it would fall like [.
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Within a short time of taking office as Prime Minister on March 12, Jeannot Ahoussou Kouadio, 61, who continues to [...]
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Nigeria's President Mahamadou Issoufou, considered by Paris to be one of French-speaking Africa's more frequentable leaders, recently had a meeting with the French Socialist party's presidential candidate.
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After a rocky and often violent build-up to the elections, Senegalese voters massively rejected outgoing president Abdoulaye Wade in favour of his former protégé Macky Sall.
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An audit of the new national airline has revealed how little the Cameroonian authorities learned from the bankruptcy of its predecessor, Camair.
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President Denis Sassou Nguesso ordered an inquiry into the tragic explosion in Mpila and Ouenze, Brazzaville neighbourhoods in which he enjoys strong grassroots support.
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President Ali Bongo is swelling the ranks of Gabon’s executive with politicians from beyond his family’s traditional fiefdom in the south-east.
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A strategic audit of the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) ordered by President Ali Bongo has highlighted the department’s poor management of the sector.
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Fed up of being compared with North Korea, Equatorial Guinea [...]
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Benin’s former President Mathieu Kerekou left Paris Hopital d’Instruction des [...]
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Detained in the central prison of Kondergui after his arrest [...]
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Frenchman Daniel Taburiaux’s company Sofrecap has partnered with the authorities [...]
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A delegation of business leaders from the Sultanate of Oman [...]
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Gilles Della Guardia, the country head of Ubifrance in Ivory [...]
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Alexandre de Juniac, the CEO of Air France, visited Ivory [...]
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The Equatorial Guinean state has struck a partnership with China [...]
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As with its successful bid for the Azito power plant [...]
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Current head of transport logistics at Bollore Cameroon, a subsidiary [...]
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A native of Mbam-et-Inoubou, in Cameroon’s Centre region, Jean-Paul Marie [...]
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