President Abdoulaye Wade, once a symbol of pluralism in Senegal, has chosen to turn his back on history just as the Arab Spring spreads south across the Sahara. Since his victory over Abdou Diouf in 2000, Wade has been convinced [.
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Well before the second round of the presidential elections on November 28, Laurent Gbagbo was intending to obtain funds and [...]
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The Freemasonry movement has done well out of the change of regime in Ivory Coast, filling a number of key ministries with its members.
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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara will no longer have to hitch a ride with other heads of state now that he has his very own presidential plane.
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While Burkina Faso’s opposition is struggling to mobilize locally, it is trying to make an impact internationally.
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Obiang’s libel case against the charity CCFD’s “Ill gotten Gains” report was the object of a ten-hour hearing before the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris.
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In the middle of Ivory Coast’s post-electoral crisis, Laurent Gbagbo [...]
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Philippe Serey Eiffel, Alassane Ouattara’s special advisor on economic and [...]
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French group Veolia's woes in Gabon, where it is waiting [...]
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the legal battle between Loterie nationale du Senegal (Lonase) and [...]
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France Télécom is poised to announce its acquisition of Benin [...]
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Avisecure, the Ivorian subsidiary of the Canadian-Israeli company Visual Defence, [...]
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The Ivorian government is expected to pay the Sagem group [...]
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Ivorian Franck Konan Yao, who used to be the financial [...]
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Like their counterparts in Burkina Faso, non-commissioned officers and soldiers in the Republic of Congo are increasingly irate about the privileges of Congo B's wealthy generals.
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Gabon’s president Ali Bongo is poised to outdo Obiang by sponsoring a new international prize that will be awarded by the New York Academy of Sciences.
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While Ali Bongo would like to reinvigorate Gabon’s oil sector he wants to keep control of the strategic- and essentially family run - sector.
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso still wants to appoint Mboshi Rodolphe Adada, the [...]
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During a visit to Brazzaville from June 15 to 17, [...]
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the Bollore group, which owns Cameroon Railways (Camrail), a railway [...]
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The director of the lumber company Congolese Industrielle de Bois [...]
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