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Spotlight | Angola, Ivory Coast
Lourenço and Ouattara forge new diplomatic and financial axis

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Angolan President João Lourenço and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in 2017.
Angolan President João Lourenço and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in 2017. © Issouf Sanogo/AFP

After considering a close military alliance last year, Angola and Ivory Coast are stepping up their diplomatic and financial ties, to the extent of creating a real axis between the two leading powers of West and Central Africa.

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