Africa News

Mozambique : ExxonMobil struggles to get Trump on board with Rovuma LNG

Bitterness has finally got the better of Walter Kansteiner. Heading ExxonMobil’s governement relations in Africa since 2011 – having previously served, notably, as former US President George W Bush’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs –, this executive can […] ​Bitterness has finally got the better of Walter Kansteiner. Heading ExxonMobil’s governement relations in

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Ivory Coast : The growing strategic alliance between Patrick Achi and Téné Birahima Ouattara

The sometimes strained relations between former Prime Minister Patrick Achi, now Speaker of the National Assembly, and Deputy Prime Minister […] ​The sometimes strained relations between former Prime Minister Patrick Achi, now Speaker of the National Assembly, and Deputy Prime Minister […] Read More

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Cameroon : Théodore Datouo, the National Assembly’s well-connected new Speaker

On 17 March, Paul Biya took Cameroon’s political microcosm by surprise when he nominated PM Théodore Datouo as the candidate for speaker of the National Assembly representing his party Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC). Soon thereafter, the long-standing vice president of the institution was voted in by the lower chamber, whose power is largely

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