• DRC: combating illegal trade of minerals

    The arrest of six people claiming to be covered in their activities by local authorities tends to show that mining in the Kivu provinces and Maniema is not fully respected.

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  • Ivory Coast: Way to the Second Round

    The Constitutional Court has just validated the results of the first round of presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire.

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    Burkina Faso: Mineral resources

    The strategy of the mineral resource development in Burkina Faso is based on the declaration of mining policy, as well as the law on the mining code of May 2003. These two clauses have established the legal...

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  • Ivory Coast: The credibility of the results is questioned

    The Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI) of the candidate Bédié doubts the credibility of the results, ranking him third in the first round.

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  • Guinea-Bissau: AQIM and the drug cartels

    According to security sources operating in the sub-region, the CIA would have alerted the authorities of Guinea-Bissau on a top secret meeting held by the end of October by several Colombian drug lords, logistic chain distributors, and...

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  • Libya/Switzerland: New offense against the Libyan leader

    A new diplomatic clash is building up again between Switzerland and Libya. A senior Libyan official has openly denounced a poster released by the Geneva citizens Movement (GCM), which showed the Libyan leader,

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  • Guinea: Second Round Boycott avoided

    Special polling stations will be constructed in Guinea to enable all the persons displaced by the recent violence to vote for the second round on next Sunday.

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    Africa: Critical need for new macroeconomic policies

    “The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) estimates that for creating jobs and fight the poverty, it is necessary  first to ensure a steady expansion of the domestic demand by strengthening the collective purchasing capacity...

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  • Niger: A new constitution for the country

    The “yes” substantially outweighs the referendum which took place Sunday in Niger on a new constitution, supposed to initiate the return to democracy after the military coup of February, according to the provisional results.

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  • South Africa: Political calculation under social coverage

    The new government roadmap is specifically dedicated to improve access for the South Africans to the basic services, in response to the COSATU – the labour unions, partner of the ANC ruling party that pressured the government...

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