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Gabon, Togo
Libreville and Lomé to be inducted into Commonwealth in Kigali

The decision was taken by Commonwealth member states on 12 June: Gabon and Togo will officially become members of the Commonwealth on 24 June at the heads of state summit in Kigali. [...]

Published on 16/06/2022 at 06:00 GMT

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Ali Bongo to make another official visit to London

President Ali Bongo is expected in London on 18 October for the flag-raising, the ceremony marking the country's entry into the Commonwealth, which Libreville officially joined at the Kigali summit in June.

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Gnassingbé due in London to formalise Togo's Commonwealth membership

President Faure Gnassingbé will travel to London to attend the traditional flag-raising ceremony on 19 October to induct Togo into the UK's Commonwealth.

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Gabonese presidency discreetly employing British adviser Dominic Sudnik

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Tony Blair Institute positioned to benefit from Gabon's imminent entry into Commonwealth

On the eve of the Commonwealth experts' third and final official visit to Libreville, which should definitively seal Gabon's entry into the organisation, the former UK Prime Minister has pitched the services of his firm, the Tony Blair Institute, to Ali Bongo.

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Tony Blair and Ali Bongo in Brussels on 17 February.

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How Paris mended fences with Libreville

After several years of mutual distrust, Paris and Libreville are entering a phase of unprecedentedly calm waters, thanks in large part to the efforts of France. And as Gabon takes up its two-year seat on the UN Security Council, the immediate future of the relationship looks rosy.

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President of France Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo to the Elysée Palace on 12 November 2021.

Kenya
Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

The Kenyan president's efforts to get his defence minister Monica Juma elected as the Commonwealth's secretary general during the 7 September summit has annoyed the alliance's other members, who dislike Kenya's attempts to monopolise positions in all other international organisations.

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Kenyan defence minister Monica Juma with Kenya's head of state Uhuru Kenyatta.

Africa, France
OIF seeks to rival Commonwealth by boosting Francophone business

Ahead of November's summit of French-speaking states in Tunisia, Louise Mushikiwabo, the secretary general of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), will lead a 70-strong economic and trade delegation on a trip to Hanoi.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Gabon, Togo
Libreville and Lomé to be inducted into Commonwealth in Kigali

Togo
Gnassingbé set to attend Commonwealth summit

Gabon
Ali Bongo to make another official visit to London

Togo, United Kingdom
Gnassingbé due in London to formalise Togo's Commonwealth membership

Gabon
Gabonese presidency discreetly employing British adviser Dominic Sudnik

Gabon
Tony Blair Institute positioned to benefit from Gabon's imminent entry into Commonwealth

France, Gabon
How Paris mended fences with Libreville

Kenya
Kenyatta's bid to grab the Commonwealth's secretary general post angers members

Africa, France
OIF seeks to rival Commonwealth by boosting Francophone business