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French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI

MEDEF, the largest employer federation in France, is hoping to bag some big names for a mini-summit on the economies of French-speaking states scheduled to take place in Paris in August.

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2021

Tunisia
Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed left his 18 May meeting in Paris with confirmation from three heads of state they would attend the summit of the francophone organisation OIF in Djerba in November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Invited by the French president to attend a ceremony in honour of the ex-MD of the IMF Michel Camdessus, to whom he is very close, the Ivorian president will try to raise the issue of budgetary cooperation, which has been the source of recent frictions between Paris and Abidjan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara as he arrives at the Grand Palais Ephemere for the Financing of African Economies Summit in Paris, 18 May 2021.

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

For weeks frequent power cuts have put pressure on the country and industry unions have held several meetings with the ministry of energy to review its rolling blackout plan.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders, Business 14.05.2021

An employee of the Ivory Coast Electricity Company (CIE) at a hydroelectric dam station.

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Having received the final instalments of its $1.2bn International Monetary Fund (IMF) four-year programme in December, Ivory Coast is theoretically supposed to be tightening its belt - it has exceeeded its IMF quota and will be unable to negotiate further loans for at least a year (and probably longer).

Subscribers only Business 13.05.2021

The French economy minister Bruno Le Maire and the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 30 April 2021.

Ivory Coast
Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

The new minister of defence, Téné Birahima Ouattara, has ordered a major audit of contracts worth some €75m signed under the administration of his late predecessor Hamed Bakayoko.

Subscribers only Politics 12.05.2021

The new Ivorian Defense Minister Tene Birahima Ouattara.

Ivory Coast
Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

The Ivorian presidency is keen to spread the country's wings as a cocoa trader in its own right. But China has been quick to clip them.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 06.05.2021

Mozambique
Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Total is walking on eggshells with the Mozambican authorities, wanting to both draw lessons from the close of its LNG facility build and stand firm on the terms of its return.

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2021

Africa
Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

The French president has been trying to get China on board his summit of African economies for months but Beijing has yet to RSVP his invitation. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken should represent Joe Biden at the 18 May event, to which several African heads of state have been hastily invited at the last minute.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2021

Ivory Coast
French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Over the next few days in Abidjan, senior officials from the French treasury will pore over France's €1.125bn debt relief package to Ivory Coast to decide on how it is spent over the next four years.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2021

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

The French president has invited his Mozambican counterpart to join an African summit on 18 May. The meeting follows a military fiasco in Cabo Delgado province.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 26.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Puissance 6, which has won the security contract for Accor's flagship Sofitel Ivoire, owes much of its impressive growth to the late prime minister.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

The president of Ivory Coast is preparing to release dozens of political prisoners faithful to Gbagbo, Bédié and Soro as discussions about Laurent Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast progress.

Subscribers only Politics 22.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Construction mogul Bonkoungou determined to see his pet road projects through

The Burkinabe construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou is keen to get official approval for the upgrading of the coastal road between Abidjan and San Pedro - a project that he had already floated to the government of the late Hamed Bakayoko.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 16.04.2021

Ivory Coast
French economy minister Le Maire heads to Abidjan

As we understand, the French minister for the economy and [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Gon Coulibaly allies back in force in Ouattara's new government

Patrick Achi's new cabinet sees the return of some of the old guard close to the former PM who felt sidelined after his death in July.

Subscribers only Politics 09.04.2021

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (front-R) poses with his new government as well as new Prime Minister Patrick Achi (front-L) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 7 April 2021.

Ivory Coast
Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Ivory Coast's mining ministry has been subsumed into a much larger ministry that spans mines, oil, and energy.

Subscribers only Mining 09.04.2021

Cameroon
Biya treads gingerly with Washington

Fearful of attracting the ire of a Biden administration that is already rather ill-disposed towards Yaoundé, the Cameroonian foreign ministry is staying silent in the wake of the expulsion of one of its diplomats from the United States over allegations of ill-treatment.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Our revelations on Ouattara's new team

In the upcoming government reshuffle, the president's younger brother will keep the defence portfolio, which he has held since 8 March. The names of all 35 ministers comprising Ouattara's new team will be revealed over the next few days.

Subscribers only Politics 05.04.2021

Téné Birahima Ouattara, known as 'Photocopy'.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara gives green light for Gbagbo's return

Following Laurent Gbagbo's final acquittal by the ICC on 31 March, Alassane Ouattara has set up a task force to facilitate the return of the former president, who still faces a 20-year prison sentence at home.

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2021

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo.

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Alassane Ouattara

Africa
French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI

Tunisia
Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Ivory Coast
Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Ivory Coast
Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Mozambique
Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Africa
Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

Ivory Coast
French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

Ivory Coast
Construction mogul Bonkoungou determined to see his pet road projects through

Ivory Coast
French economy minister Le Maire heads to Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Gon Coulibaly allies back in force in Ouattara's new government

Ivory Coast
Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Cameroon
Biya treads gingerly with Washington

Ivory Coast
Our revelations on Ouattara's new team

Ivory Coast
Ouattara gives green light for Gbagbo's return

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Tunisia Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

France, Ivory Coast Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ivory Coast Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Ivory Coast Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Ivory Coast Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Mozambique Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Africa Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

Ivory Coast French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Mozambique Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

Ivory Coast Construction mogul Bonkoungou determined to see his pet road projects through

Ivory Coast French economy minister Le Maire heads to Abidjan

Ivory Coast Gon Coulibaly allies back in force in Ouattara's new government

Ivory Coast Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Cameroon Biya treads gingerly with Washington

Ivory Coast Our revelations on Ouattara's new team

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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
French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI

Tunisia
Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Ivory Coast
Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Ivory Coast
Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Mozambique
Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Africa
Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

Ivory Coast
French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

Ivory Coast
Construction mogul Bonkoungou determined to see his pet road projects through

Ivory Coast
French economy minister Le Maire heads to Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Gon Coulibaly allies back in force in Ouattara's new government

Ivory Coast
Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Cameroon
Biya treads gingerly with Washington

Ivory Coast
Our revelations on Ouattara's new team

Ivory Coast
Ouattara gives green light for Gbagbo's return