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Ivory Coast
Sylvère Koyo set to take over at Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast's main Masonic lodge will next month officially appoint its new leader, a year after its veteran Grand Master and former prime minister Hamed Bakayoko died. [...]

Published on 18/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alain-Richard Donwahi
Albert Pittey
Anne-Kouassi Tanoh
Assad Bassit
Cole Koffi Anthony
David Mignonsin
Emmanuel Kouadio Tanoh
Grande Lodge de Côte d'Ivoire
Hamed Bakayoko
Hôtel Dieu
Sylvere Koyo

Ivory Coast
Abidjan hunting three masterminds suspected of cocaine trafficking op

Ivory Coast police are searching an Italian national and two Lebanese citizens believed to be behind the recent cocaine trafficking operation. Ten days after the arrest of around ten people suspected of being linked to the affair, the case has been taken up by officials at the highest level.

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Arrests linked to cocaine trafficking investigation send Freemasons into turmoil

The arrest and the indictment of several influential members of Ivory Coast's main masonic lodge, the Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire, last month as part of an investigation into a cocaine seizure in April in Abidjan has put Grand Master Sylvere Koyo in a tight spot.

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Benin, France, Togo
French Grand Orient leader wraps up low-key African tour

The Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France, one of the main French Masonic orders, Georges Sérignac, has just wrapped up a low-key African tour on 21 February to Togo and Benin.

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The Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France (GODF), Georges Sérignac.

Congo, Ivory Coast
Sassou set to mediate in Freemason crisis

The succession tussle at the Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire (GLCI) is continuing to divide the country's Freemasons. The Congolese president, who is influential in this milieu, is gearing up to mediate in the coming days.

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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast freemasons battle over Bakayoko's succession

The death in March of Ivory Coast grand master and prime minister Hamed Bakayoko created a vacuum that has still not been filled. Interim grand master Sylvère Koyo, assisted by retail distribution magnate Adnan Houdrouge, is trying to take his place but is meeting growing resistance.

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West Africa
Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

Although they forbid both atheism and political debate, Africa's so-called "regular" masonic lodges, led by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, are being torn apart by the political ambitions of their grand masters.

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Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who chairs the Grande Loge du Congo.

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko left juggling Alain-Richard Donwahi's hot potatoes

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Emmanuel Kouadio Tanoh
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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Ivory Coast
Sylvère Koyo set to take over at Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast
Abidjan hunting three masterminds suspected of cocaine trafficking op

Ivory Coast
Arrests linked to cocaine trafficking investigation send Freemasons into turmoil

Benin, France, Togo
French Grand Orient leader wraps up low-key African tour

Congo, Ivory Coast
Sassou set to mediate in Freemason crisis

Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast freemasons battle over Bakayoko's succession

West Africa
Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

Ivory Coast
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