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Central African Republic
Tamoil boss questioned by Gendarmerie as conflict with government escalates

The company's CAR director, Clovis Kape, has been questioned by the Gendarmerie. The energy ministry is accusing him of inciting public disorder, amid a dispute over the supply of Jet A-1 kerosene for aircraft.

Madagascar
World Bank and IMF called in to rescue Madagascar's finances

President Rajoelina has had no choice but to turn to the Bretton Woods institutions to bail out the country's economy, burdened largely by debt and subsidies to the oil and utilities sectors.

Central African Republic
Tamoil petrol stations taken over as CAR's fuel crisis continues

Amid a major fuel shortage in the Central African Republic, Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri decided to requisition six Tamoil petrol stations and give three of them to Prisca Mamadou, an influential businesswoman and wife to the head of the country's armed forces.

Gabon
Former IMF head Strauss-Kahn offers his services to Oligui Nguema

DSK met with the transitional president on 30 May in Paris.

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

Faced with a worsening fuel crisis, Central African Republic lawmakers and the IMF want Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri to end an exclusive deal with Cameroon's Neptune Oil.

Palace Intrigues
Patrice Talon, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Macky Sall, Guillaume Soro, Félix Tshisekedi

Intrigues big and small - every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

BeninStrauss-Kahn on a mission in Cotonou

Ivory Coast/SenegalSoro's phone call to Sall

DRCNew National Assembly president to decide on finance minister's immunity waiver

Mali
Gradual thaw in Paris-Bamako relations

France looks set to resume issuing visas to Malian nationals, stalled for several months. It is a potential first step towards normalising relations.

Angola
Angola's Pedro Makita begins new life as MP

Pedro Makita, former governor of Cuanza-Nord provinces, is making his return to Angola's National Assembly as an MPLA lawmaker.

Central African Republic
Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Enguerrand Rochefort met the CAR president in Paris last week to discuss the problems his company faces in the Central African market.