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BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

The banking commission of the Central Bank of West African States is considering sanctions against several of the group's senior executives for 'regulatory breaches'.

Subscribers only Finance 02.09.2024

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

The Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on 16 July 2024. © Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas via AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.07.2024

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Lomé turns to Turkish instructors and Paramount for military support

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by his Togolese counterpart Faure Gnassingbé at the presidential palace in Lome on 19 October 2021. © Murat Cetin Muhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Service/AFP

Subscribers only Defence Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 17.07.2024

Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on 29 May 2024. © Yujuan/Xinhua/Newscom/MaxPPP

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

The Nigerian president's one-year term at the head of the West African regional organisation ends in July, but the Senegalese leader Diomaye Faye appears to have lost interest in taking over.

Free access Diplomacy 20.06.2024

Emmanuel Macron with French Army Chief of Staff, General Thierry Burkhard, in Paris on 11 November 2023, © Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP

French military readies its African revolution

Paris is finalising plans for the future of France's military presence in Africa, with a completely new structure to be announced shortly.

Subscribers only Defence 18.06.2024

Ukraine's special envoy for Africa and the Middle East, Maksym Subkh, in Kyiv, on 17 May 2024. © Ukrinform/Sipa USA/Reuters

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

Ukraine is exploring new avenues for economic development in a bid to put an end to the neutrality of West African states in the Russo-Ukrainian war, while also trying to reinvent its previous security cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.06.2024

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

The Ghanaian president threw his support behind his Nigerian counterpart at the recent summit of the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.07.2024

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Several leaders of French-speaking countries are not expected in Abuja on 7 July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2024

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

The Deputy Director of the Zambia Police Service, Mubita Nawa, has failed to convince Interpol's Executive Committee to make him its candidate for the post of Secretary General.

Subscribers only Defence 26.06.2024

ECOWAS heads of state to meet on 7 July

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in Abuja on 7 July for their annual summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2024

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

They have been in France since 12 June for a seminar on bilateral cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.06.2024

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

With France's diplomats increasingly less interested in becoming ambassadors in Africa, French army generals look ready to step into their shoes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.05.2024

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

The 10 or so French ambassadors posted in ECOWAS capitals will gather in Cotonou, Benin for their traditional annual conference on 25-26 April.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

Military helicopter crashes in northern Togo

A Togolese armed forces helicopter taking part in a counterinsurgency operation in the north crashed on 4 April.

Subscribers only Defence 16.04.2024

Lawyers lobby in Paris against Gnassingbé's constitutional reforms

Already under pressure at home, the Togolese president is seeing his constitutional reform challenged in Paris by a group of lawyers of African origin.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2024

Lomé hires lobbyist in Washington

Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé's government has hired a US public relations company as part of a wider lobbying campaign in the US.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.04.2024

ECOWAS seeks funds for 'anti-terrorist' force

ECOWAS's plans to create a regional anti-terrorist force is still caught up on financing issues.

Subscribers only Defence 20.03.2024

Interpol explores new form of police cooperation in West Africa

Interpol has been working for over a year on a project to create a regional police force in West Africa. Preliminary meetings are scheduled for next month.

Subscribers only Defence 18.03.2024

Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme

The Togolese government has begun talks with US businessman Timothy Williams with a view to furthering its interests in Washington.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.03.2024

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

The French think-tank Institut Choiseul has been active in Africa since 2014 and now plans to increase its presence in 2024. This March, it will launch a club specifically dedicated to the continent.

Subscribers only Finance 26.02.2024

Army overseeing construction of new secret northern base

To strengthen its counter-insurgency operations on the border with Burkina Faso, Togo's army is monitoring the construction of a new military camp. Meanwhile, a contingent of Russian experts has recently arrived in the country to assist the troops.

Subscribers only Defence 19.02.2024

Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Within the framework of SWAIMS, the European Union-funded Support to the West African Integrated Maritime Strategy, 12 coastal countries in West Africa have been selected to receive 24 fast rescue boats.

Subscribers only Defence 02.02.2024

UN's West Africa head on his way to Moscow

The UN special representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mozambique's Leonardo Santos Simao, is booked to travel to Moscow in the first quarter of this year. He has a meeting with the Russian foreign ministry to discuss the situation in the Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.01.2024

UN's West Africa head visited Élysée to talk junta sanctions

During a trip to Paris and Brussels, UNOWAS's Leonardo Santos Simao, held talks with officials, calling for a reduction in the sanctions against Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger's juntas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.12.2023

Macron dismisses his foreign ministry's Africa director

Christophe Bigot's hold on his position as the French foreign ministry's Africa head had been shaky for months before his sacking on 12 December. In the end, it came down to his handling of the Niger coup.

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2023

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ECOWAS heads of state to meet on 7 July

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

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French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

Military helicopter crashes in northern Togo

Lawyers lobby in Paris against Gnassingbé's constitutional reforms

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ECOWAS seeks funds for 'anti-terrorist' force

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Army overseeing construction of new secret northern base

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BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

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Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

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Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

Military helicopter crashes in northern Togo

Lawyers lobby in Paris against Gnassingbé's constitutional reforms

Lomé hires lobbyist in Washington

ECOWAS seeks funds for 'anti-terrorist' force

Interpol explores new form of police cooperation in West Africa

Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme

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Army overseeing construction of new secret northern base

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Spotlight
Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

Spotlight
Lomé turns to Turkish instructors and Paramount for military support

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy