Talking up the economic potential of Africa is very much in vogue in France these days. But there is a disconnect between the portrayal of Africa as a land of opportunities simply waiting to be seized and the harsher reality [.
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On November 4, President Alassane Ouattara was installed as an associate member of the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer in Paris [...]
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The deeper he delves, the more retired French general Bruno Clément-Bollée realizes how daunting a mission it is to orchestrate [...]
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Capitalizing on his Anglophone connections and the chairmanship of ECOWAS, Alassane Ouattara is attracting more and more Nigerian interests to Abidjan.
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Benin's ambassador to France Jules-Armand Aniambossou has just filed his expenses for staying in a number of hotels in Paris before moving into his official residence. The bill was rather on the steep side.
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Abdoulaye Wade’s tour of the Middle East is expected to end soon. After stopping off in France, he will return to Dakar in early November to sort out his son Karim's affairs and put his party into battle order.
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Following its good score in the parliamentary elections, the ruling party has set its sights on selecting a prime minister from the far north.
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Sasssou Nguesso has recalled several high-ranking officers who worked with him when he came to power in 1997 to improve presidential palace security.
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Feverish in the run-up to the local elections in November, Ali Bongo has brought in his half-sister to bolster his PR team.
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In mid-October, the President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore sent [...]
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A recent circular from the Ivorian minister for communication Affoussiata [...]
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Buoyed by its success in Nyong-et-Kellé (Centre) and Sanaga-Maritime (Coast) [...]
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French bank Societe Generale made up its mind to leave [...]
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Washington is pressing on with its new embassy building programme [...]
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Société des mines d’Ity (SMI), the local subsidiary of Egyptian [...]
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The AFD is set to ramp up its activities in [...]
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French hotel group Accor is actively seeking a buyer for [...]
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After tough negotiations, the Ivorian government has got the Compagnie [...]
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Timis Corp, the company founded by Romanian businessman Frank Timis, [...]
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Lawyers representing Mohsen Hojeij's Commisimpex are working flat out to [...]
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Loic Folloroux, first lady Dominique Ouattara’s son, is to stand [...]
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Aliko Dangote, founder of the eponymous group, was scheduled to [...]
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