BURKINA FASO/FRANCE : Junta rebuffs Paris over military cooperation
It’s a crackly line these days on the phone connection between Paris and Ouagadougou. Despite the ambitious military support promised...
Month : November 2022
ETHIOPIA : Abiy uses Pretoria deal to reconnect with the West
There was no official statement about the call. In mid-November, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali spoke on the phone with French President Emmanuel...
NAMIBIA : Antler Gold thinks big in Namibia
Antler Gold has its sights set well beyond its Erongo gold project, located west of Windhoek, and that of Onkoshi...
CAMEROON/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/IVORY COAST/FRANCE/MOROCCO : Palace Intrigues: Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Mohammed VI, Kandia Kamissoko Camara, André-Magnus Ekoumou
CAR: Touadéra dispatches advisers for support in FranceFrance has become the scene of a battlefront between Central African Republic (CAR)...
SENEGAL : After the army, Macky Sall faces resentment from police and gendarmes
A mid-October reshuffle sowed discord within the Senegalese army (AI, 11/11/22), and now the police are also going through a...
NIGERIA : P&ID hires giant-slayer lawyers to strengthen its hand against Abuja
Two new illustrious players have joined the already large cast of characters involved in the epic conflict pitting the state...
RWANDA : Paul Kagame’s plan to become godfather of African civil nuclear power
Rwanda, with Paul Kagame at the helm, is going all out to develop civil nuclear power. Scientific research work, coordinated by the Rwanda Atomic Energy...
UNITED STATES/NIGER : Washington boosts Niger’s army with new armoured vehicles
Under the impetus of its Bureau of African Affairs, the US State Department is increasing its military support to the...
FRANCE : Cameroon and Senegal are the main beneficiaries of Macron’s FARM initiative
The Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM), which was launched by French President Emmanuel Macron in March 2022, has clashed...
SOUTH AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE : Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado
Revenge was in the air at the South African presidency. After having long rejected the outstretched hand of the authorities in Pretoria, Mozambican president Filipe...
