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Inner circles | Africa, Congo, Namibia, Nigeria
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

The Congolese first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

The Organisation of African First Ladies, originally launched to fight AIDS, planned in 2019 to add development to its remit. But Covid-19 put a stop to that project. Its new president, the Namibian first lady Monica Geingos, is now hoping to find new impetus, as another organisation led by Nigeria's Aisha Buhari is trying to compete with it. [...]

Published on 22/07/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Inner circles | Africa, Congo, Namibia, Nigeria
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight | African Union, Libya
Sassou and African Union try to regain foothold in Libyan affairs

African Union, Libya, United Nations
AU lobbying to impose African candidate in UN mediator role in Libya

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IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

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