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Africa, Congo, United Nations
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Having received an award from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on 20 May for her 'contribution to the [...]

Published on 29/05/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Adjoavi Sika Kaboré
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
Brigitte Touadera
Constancia Obiang Mangue
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Fondation Congo Assistance
Hinda Deby Itno
Jeannette Kagame
Organization of African First Ladies for Development
Paul Kagame
Roch Marc Christian Kabore
United Nations
World Health Organization

Inner circles | Africa, Congo, Namibia, Nigeria
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

The Organisation of African First Ladies, originally launched to fight AIDS, planned in 2019 to add development to its remit. But Covid-19 put a stop to that project. Its new president, the Namibian first lady Monica Geingos, is now hoping to find new impetus, as another organisation led by Nigeria's Aisha Buhari is trying to compete with it.

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The Congolese first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.

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How Antoinette Sassou Nguesso avoided humiliation

It should have been at Congo's embassy at the United Nations in New York on the fringes of the general [...]

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Spotlight | Great lakes
Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

The attack on a military camp in Kamango in the Bovata region of eastern Congo-K on 18 April, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, reflects an intensification of the duel between the Ugandan and Rwandan intelligence services.

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Spotlight | Morocco
"M6" sets up African "exclusive affairs" ministry

Mohammed VI's announcement of the creation of a ministry for African affairs before parliament on October 13 marks the start of a major reorganization of Morocco's diplomatic relations with the continent. "M6" wants to separate business diplomacy, a field in [.

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Spotlight | Burkina Faso, France
Kabore receives Macron against a backdrop of jihadist threats

On the eve of the arrival of his French counterpart, the president is struggling to contain the radical movements active in the north.

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Spotlight | Guinea
How Conde is using the AU to extend his networks

Though it may raise Alpha Conde's international profile, the chief interest of holding the presidency of the African Union (AU) for the Guinean president is that he can strengthen relations with China and the United States, and indeed develop new [.

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Alpha Conde, Guinea's president, develop new alliances everywhere, except in France...

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Adjoavi Sika Kaboré
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
Brigitte Touadera
Constancia Obiang Mangue
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Fondation Congo Assistance
Hinda Deby Itno
Jeannette Kagame
Organization of African First Ladies for Development
Paul Kagame
Roch Marc Christian Kabore
United Nations
World Health Organization

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa, Congo, United Nations
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Inner circles | Africa, Congo, Namibia, Nigeria
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Congo
How Antoinette Sassou Nguesso avoided humiliation

Spotlight | Great lakes
Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

Spotlight | Morocco
"M6" sets up African "exclusive affairs" ministry

Spotlight | Burkina Faso, France
Kabore receives Macron against a backdrop of jihadist threats

Spotlight | Guinea
How Conde is using the AU to extend his networks