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Tidjane Thiam (left), president of the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, 11 March 2024.
Tidjane Thiam (left), president of the Parti Démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI), with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, 11 March 2024. © Sia Kambou/AFP

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara under international pressure to let Tidjane Thiam run for president

With Thiam's candidacy facing invalidation, several leading figures, including Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall, are privately trying to convince Ouattara to abandon such a move. We reveal the details of these discussions.
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Soldiers carry the coffin of one of the four soldiers killed in the violence in Cameroon's North-West and South-West regions, 17 November 2017.
Soldiers carry the coffin of one of the four soldiers killed in the violence in Cameroon's North-West and South-West regions, 17 November 2017. © Stringer/AFP

Cameroon
Anglophone crisis mediators exhausted by Biya's inflexibility

With just months to go before Cameroon's presidential polls, the separatist conflict in the North-West and South-West regions does not appear to be a priority for the government. The army has weakened some rebel groups, but others are proving more resilient.
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Gabonese transitional president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Beijing, September 2024.
Gabonese transitional president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Beijing, September 2024. © Pool/Getty Images via AFP

Spotlight | Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema uses Omar Bongo playbook in presidential election campaign

Gabonese junta leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema looks set for a landslide victory in next month's presidential poll. To achieve this, he will rely mainly on the Gabonese Democratic Party and adopt some of the strategies used by former president Omar Bongo.
Politics 25.03.2025
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Madagascan Culture Minister Volamiranty Donna Mara and her French Counterpart Rachida Dati in Paris, 3 October 2024.
Madagascan Culture Minister Volamiranty Donna Mara and her French Counterpart Rachida Dati in Paris, 3 October 2024. © Quentin de Groeve/Hans Lucas via AFP

Madagascar
France's Musée de l'Homme to return royal relics to Menabe

Ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Antananarivo, Madagascar's culture minister will be travelling to Paris to recover the skull of King Toera. Accompanied by descendants of the former sovereign, she will co-preside over a ceremony in the presence of her French counterpart Rachida Dati.
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