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Madagascar : Ex-foreign minister Christine Razanamahasoa eyes diplomatic return

The former minister of foreign affairs, Christine Razanamahasoa, who was replaced in a March cabinet reshuffle by Alice N’Diaye under […] ​The former minister of foreign affairs, Christine Razanamahasoa, who was replaced in a March cabinet reshuffle by Alice N’Diaye under […] Read More

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Kenya : Controversy surrounds Zainab Bangura’s stewardship of the UN in Nairobi

Invited to attend the Africa–France summit on 11 to 12 May, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres may use the occasion to inaugurate new buildings at the UN’s Nairobi headquarters. A similar visit had already been shelved without official explanation in […] ​Invited to attend the Africa–France summit on 11 to 12 May, United Nations Secretary-General

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Cameroon : Parliamentarians seek to revive Yaoundé-Paris ties

Members of the Cameroon-France friendship group are preparing for a delegation visit to Paris in September. MP Jean-Jacques Zem has been received by his French counterpart Julien Dive in the French capital. ​Members of the Cameroon-France friendship group are preparing for a delegation visit to Paris in September. MP Jean-Jacques Zem has been received by

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Rwanda : Chinese joint venture wins $21m slice of Kagame’s flagship water project

A partnership between two Chinese state-owned groups has won a contract worth almost $21m for the first phase of the Ngoma water supply system in the south-east of the country. ​A partnership between two Chinese state-owned groups has won a contract worth almost $21m for the first phase of the Ngoma water supply system in

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Mali/Morocco : Rabat mobilises Royal Air Maroc to evacuate foreign nationals from Bamako

For European residents seeking to leave Mali, where a jihadist offensive is under way, Royal Air Maroc is keeping its daily service from Casablanca to the Malian capital in operation, even deploying a larger aircraft at the height of the crisis. ​For European residents seeking to leave Mali, where a jihadist offensive is under way,

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