President Blaise Compaore, who seized power in a coup d’etat more than two decades ago, seems incapable of quelling the unrest that saw the military and the civilian population of Burkina Faso take to the streets on April 14.
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France's business leaders– out in force at Alassane Ouattara 's presidential inauguration on May 21 - are one jump ahead [...]
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Alassane Ouattara's finance minister has been so low key he has almost been invisible since his appointment last November. But he has been working behind the scenes forming what might be considered a cabinet of “national reconciliation".
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Despite his fall from grace during Mamadou Tandja’s presidency, the national assembly president Hama Amadou still has a solid network of powerful contacts, built over a long political career.
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The Forces Francaises au Gabon (FFG) transported two armoured vehicles, [...]
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Guinean President Alpha Conde reacted furiously when he discovered that [...]
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Blaise Compaore dispatched a contingent of Burkinabe gendarmes and members [...]
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The relationship between the government of Benin and Linkstone has [...]
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The French company CFAO is back in business in Ivory [...]
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It seems unlikely that Frederic Lafont, founder of the private [...]
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Fabien Ribet is to take over as director of the [...]
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The Togolese president’s office is negotiating a contract with the [...]
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Olivier Ouassenan, the head of the private security company Raid [...]
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Alain Donwahi, the current advisor to Guillaume Soro and former [...]
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Laurent Gbagbo’s ouster on April 11 triggered the departure of [...]
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The authorities are growing increasingly exasperated with the troublesome opposition leader Andre Mba Obame, and want him dealt with before parliamentary elections, scheduled for the end of this year.
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The Congolese opposition, inaudible since Denis Sassou Nguesso won the presidential vote in July 2009 following an electoral process filled with irregularities, is trying to find its voice again.
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While there is no doubt that the October presidential elections will deliver Paul Biya back into office for another term, the outgoing president is determined to give the proceedings a democratic gloss.
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Aeroport de la Republique du Congo (Aerco), the private company [...]
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Businessman Nougon Seme’s Seme Beach hotel complex in Limbe was [...]
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