Ali Bongo decided to play it low-key for his first meeting with French President François Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 5. Nearly three years after his return to power in a less-than-transparent poll, Bongo heads a [.
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The U.S. Harbinger Group Inc (HGI), which manages worldwide assets of $20 billion, is busy preparing its move into Ivory [...]
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Building an army from a motley crew of career soldiers, undisciplined ex-rebels and traditional hunters is proving to be a difficult task.
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Relations between Algiers and Niamey were almost idyllic when Tandja was president but they have taken a turn for the chilly now that Issoufou is in charge.
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With one eye on election dates, Guinea’s President Alpha Conde is determined to play down the Conakry massacre, forestalling justice for the victims.
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Karim Wade was interviewed by investigators for four hours in connection with the “Ill-gotten gains” probe. West Africa Newsletter has obtained a copy of the transcripts.
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Denis Sassou Nguesso has culled his cabinet in the wake of a series of organisational blunders by his team at the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil.
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President Teodoro Obiang’s son ‘Teodorin’ celebrated his 41st birthday on [...]
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President Boni Yayi flew to the ECOWAS summit in Ouagadougou [...]
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With his chief of staff Amadou Gon Coulibaly recovering from [...]
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Some twenty-odd companies are expected to bid for the contract [...]
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The Banque Centrale de Mauritanie (BCM) became a client of [...]
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The Malian crisis has halted the privatisation of Compagnie Malienne [...]
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Alstom is having a tough time in Ivory Coast. Having [...]
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Cofrexport, a subsidiary of Sofema which supplies anti-terrorism, interception and [...]
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The hotel group Laico, which is owned by the Libyan [...]
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The Groupement Professionel des Miniers de Cote d'Ivoire (GPMCI), a [...]
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After its woes in Ivory Coast, where it lost a [...]
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President Thomas Boni Yayi’s son Chabi Yayi, head of Pantheon [...]
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Karl Ngakala, 38, the director of procurement at the Société [...]
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