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Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Marcel Amon Tanoh hold secret meeting

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara held a secret meeting with former foreign affairs minister Marcel Amon Tanoh on 5 July.

Subscribers only Politics 12.07.2021

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (right) with Marcel Amon Tanoh, then foreign minister, in 2017.

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
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

Ivory Coast, Morocco
Label'Vie's Ivorian misadventures

Less than two years after buying the Ezzedine family's shares in Compagnie de Distribution de Côte d'Ivoire (CDCI), Zouhaïr Bennani's Moroccan group Label'Vie is already considering a retreat from Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Business 25.03.2021

Ivory Coast
Questions remain over Bakayoko's successor as mayor of Abobo

The RHDP ruling party is set to meet shortly to discuss who should replace Hamed Bayako as mayor of Abobo, a large municipality north of Abijan and an Alassane Ouattara stronghold.

Subscribers only Politics 19.03.2021

Ivory Coast
Ouattara looks to fill gap left by his absent prime minister

The Ivorian president has been without a prime minister since 18 February. Hamed Bakayoko, who has health problems, is currently in Paris where he had a meeting with Ouattara on 1 March. The head of state is looking for ways to reorganise the government to deal with Bakayoko's absence, which looks likely to last several weeks.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2021

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (R) and his Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko (L) during the 2020 presidential campaign.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's powerful chief of staff Fidèle Sarassoro emerges from the shadows

A quiet technocrat who has worked at the presidency for more than 10 years, Fidèle Sarassro is standing in this week's parliamentary elections in his home town of Sinématiali. His campaign is getting strong behind-the-scenes backing from the Ivorian president, who is trying to foster the emergence of new political leaders in the Senufo-dominated north of the country.

Subscribers only Politics 02.03.2021

Fidèle Sarassoro, Alassane Ouattara's chief of staff.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara to do without acting PM as Bakayoko is hospitalised in Paris

The medical evacuation by presidential jet of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko to France, where he already underwent a battery of tests during a private stay just last month, will deprive President Alassane Ouattara of a head of government on health grounds for the second time in the space of a year.

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2021

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko puts his stamp on government

Installed as prime minister since July, Hamed Bakayoko has upended standard protocol by demoting several ministers seen as close to his predecessor Amadou Gon Coulibaly just weeks ahead of an eagerly awaited reshuffle.

Subscribers only Politics 12.02.2021

Ivory Coast
Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

As the country gears up for legislative elections on March 6, there have been intense negotiations about who will be in the next government. The president has already pencilled in a few names.

Subscribers only Politics 25.01.2021

Ivory Coast
Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Currently without a sovereign fund, for several years Ivory Coast has been using various pension funds for its strategic investments. Newly elected for a third presidential term, Alassane Ouattara has asked Rothschild bank to furnish the country with the financial instrument it is lacking.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 24.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

The upcoming parliamentary elections will be a trial run for the ruling RHDP party's senior members. A position in Alassane Ouattara's future cabinet could become a stepping stone for the top job as the president has announced he will step down from power after this term.

Subscribers only Politics 22.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Abidjan is abuzz with talk as Alassane Ouattara prepares his new cabinet, which could spell RHDP executive director Adama Bictogo's great comeback.

Subscribers only Politics 02.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

A fierce enemy of Alassane Ouattara, the Guinea-Bissau president is seeking to rally his elder Congolese counterpart to his cause and exert an influence over the post-electoral crisis in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Politics 12.11.2020

The Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso is seeking to involve himself in various other political crises on the continent.

In Focus | Mali
How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Despite being Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's leading collaborators, former intelligence chief Moussa Diawara and the deposed head of state's oldest son, Karim Keïta, have been able to slip quietly into exile. Africa Intelligence reveals their activities before and after IBK's fall from power and detail the ambiguous roles they played in the weeks leading up to the coup.

Subscribers only Politics 26.10.2020

The population cheering soldiers in Bamako after the coup of 18 August 18 2020.

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Amadou Gon Coulibaly

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Marcel Amon Tanoh hold secret meeting

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

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

Ivory Coast
Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Ivory Coast, Morocco
Label'Vie's Ivorian misadventures

Ivory Coast
Questions remain over Bakayoko's successor as mayor of Abobo

Ivory Coast
Ouattara looks to fill gap left by his absent prime minister

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's powerful chief of staff Fidèle Sarassoro emerges from the shadows

Ivory Coast
Ouattara to do without acting PM as Bakayoko is hospitalised in Paris

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko puts his stamp on government

Ivory Coast
Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

Ivory Coast
Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Ivory Coast
Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

In Focus | Mali
How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast
Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

Ivory Coast
Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

Ivory Coast
Presidential election: Ouattara bolsters his Praetorian Guard

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara and Marcel Amon Tanoh hold secret meeting

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

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

Ivory Coast Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Ivory Coast, Morocco Label'Vie's Ivorian misadventures

Ivory Coast Questions remain over Bakayoko's successor as mayor of Abobo

Ivory Coast Ouattara looks to fill gap left by his absent prime minister

Ivory Coast Ouattara's powerful chief of staff Fidèle Sarassoro emerges from the shadows

Ivory Coast Ouattara to do without acting PM as Bakayoko is hospitalised in Paris

Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko puts his stamp on government

Ivory Coast Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

Ivory Coast Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Ivory Coast Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

Ivory Coast Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Ivory Coast Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

In Focus | Mali How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Ivory Coast RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

Ivory Coast Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

Ivory Coast Presidential election: Ouattara bolsters his Praetorian Guard

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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?

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Marcel Amon Tanoh hold secret meeting

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

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

Ivory Coast
Despite gold boom, mining sector loses its ministry

Ivory Coast, Morocco
Label'Vie's Ivorian misadventures

Ivory Coast
Questions remain over Bakayoko's successor as mayor of Abobo

Ivory Coast
Ouattara looks to fill gap left by his absent prime minister

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's powerful chief of staff Fidèle Sarassoro emerges from the shadows

Ivory Coast
Ouattara to do without acting PM as Bakayoko is hospitalised in Paris

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko puts his stamp on government

Ivory Coast
Ouattara draws up cabinet shortlist

Ivory Coast
Rothschild tasked with setting up Ouattara's sovereign fund

Ivory Coast
Legislative polls offer a dress rehearsal for post-Ouattara era

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

In Focus | Mali
How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast
Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

Ivory Coast
Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

Ivory Coast
Presidential election: Ouattara bolsters his Praetorian Guard