Africa News

Senegal : From an ex-IMF boss to JP Morgan, Dakar looks to financiers to fill gap in cash resources

Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn took a discreet trip to Dakar in mid-June. Very […] ​Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn took a discreet trip to Dakar in mid-June. Very […] Read More

Senegal : From an ex-IMF boss to JP Morgan, Dakar looks to financiers to fill gap in cash resources Read More »

Madagascar : All-powerful Senate boss General Ravalomanana and his army of loyalists

General Richard Ravalomanana stands out in the official photo of Indian Ocean Commission leaders taken during its April summit in Antananarivo. Since his brief visit to Washington in 2000 to obtain a senior crisis management certificate, he is rarely seen without his Stetson cowboy hat, the symbol of the pioneers of the American West, and

Madagascar : All-powerful Senate boss General Ravalomanana and his army of loyalists Read More »

Senegal : Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s diplomatic struggles continue

Five days after seeing the “promised” post of chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slip from his grasp, Senegalese head of state Bassirou Diomaye Faye is determined not to let the matter go. The closed-door meeting […] ​Five days after seeing the “promised” post of chairman of the Economic Community of

Senegal : Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s diplomatic struggles continue Read More »

Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations

The administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries. ​The administration is pushing nations around the world, including ones at war, to take people expelled by the U.S. government who are not citizens of those countries. Read More

Inside the Global Deal-Making Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations Read More »