Ivory Coast
"Photocopie" cancels a €45m contract awarded by Hamed Bakayoko

At the end of June, new defence minister Téné Birahima Ouattara, who is the younger brother of head of state Alassane Ouattara and generally goes under the nickname of "Photocopie", cancelled a contract for the construction of 45 barracks for the gendarmerie. [...]
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Ivory Coast
African VIPs miss their late 'trustee' Hamed Bakayoko

The late Ivorian prime minister, who used a wide array of financial advisors and asset managers to manage his personal wealth, discreetly helped a number of publicity-shy African VIPs with special trust arrangements. Since his death, these personnalities have been busy trying to recover the funds entrusted to the politician-businessman.

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