EAST AFRICA : Berlin to appoint special envoy for Horn
Several foreign powers have sent special envoys to the Horn of Africa. Germany is about to join them....
Month : June 2023
COMOROS ISLANDS : AU chair Assoumani to meet all three West Africa junta leaders
AU president and Comoros head of state Azali Assoumani will leave France today where he spent almost a week to begin a tour of West...
IVORY COAST : Gbagbo pays low-profile visit to Brussels
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo discreetly left Ivory Coast on 16 June and headed to Brussels, where he is currently staying for a ‘private trip’....
DRC : Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma
Eastern European private soldiers have been pouring into Goma to train and assist the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique...
KENYA/UGANDA : Ruto urged to resolve milk row directly with Museveni
Uganda’s Dairy Development Authority (DDA) is fed up. For three months it has been working unsuccessfully to resume milk exports...
MADAGASCAR : Apollo 21 case: former French army colonel handed over to France
Philippe François, the former French army colonel accused of an attempted coup d’état in Madagascar known as “Apollo 21”, was...
BURKINA FASO : Ouagadougou uses Dakar summit to reassure EITI
Burkina Faso does not want to lose its good credentials with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which held its...
IVORY COAST/MALI : Goïta calls on Ouattara to obtain financial support from BCEAO
Mali junta leader Colonel Assimi Goïta has called for Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara to personally intervene to get certain measures...
MOROCCO : UM6P Paris cultivates soft power goals
As he settles into his offices in an elegant Haussmannian building near the Eiffel Tower following his appointment in April as the new chairman and...
DRC : M23 leader Bisimwa’s wide-ranging network of influence
Clashes between the DRC’s armed forces (FARDC) and the M23, which have been in abeyance for several months, could soon flare up again, with an...
