• Guinea: A Government of National Unity ; That Is the Path of Wisdom

    The two candidates, running for the second round of presidential elections in Guinea, have committed to forming a “government of national unity, whatever the outcome of the election scheduled on October 24.

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  • Sudan: No alternative to unity

    Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir warned that he would not accept “an alternative to the unity” of his country, three months before a referendum on self-determination of southern Sudan that could lead to the partition the largest country...

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    Congo Brazzaville: towards an economic take-off

    In January 2010, after several failures, the country has finally acceded to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) with the cancellation of much of its debt by the Bretton Woods institution, which apparently was regarded as...

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  • Guinea: Call a new election at the head of INEC

    Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued a petition requesting the election of a new president to head the institution in charge of organising the elections in replacement of Camara Louncény, elected on September 21,...

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  • Afro-Arab summit: what’s new from 1977 to 2010?

    The main objective of the second Afro-Arab summit was to consolidate cooperation between Arab and African countries, allowing exchanges on various issues of common interest.

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    Western Sahara: the faith of Mustapha Salma, Polisario’s police chief, still uncertain

    It has been five days that the Polisario Front announced the future release of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud- head of the police of the movement- who publicly claimed his support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative for...

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  • Guinea: the election campaign has started

    The campaign for the second round of the presidential elections in Guinea has began on Monday, October 11, and everybody is hoping to end in calmed and serene way in order to open the path for a...

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    Africa: Land invasion and expropriation

    Africa, the poorest continent, is subject to appropriation of its land at a large scale. The phenomenon, far from being charitable, is taking vast agricultural areas in favour of large and intensive bio fuels or crops production...

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  • Ivory Coast: An Election on the Tightrope

    The coming elections in the Ivory Coast are both desired and feared. Desired because the populations are tired of the economic slump most often explained by the situation of “no peace no war” prevailing since 2002.

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    Africa: food versus fuel’ controversy

    For the production of biofuels, Kenya has officially sold 60 000 hectares of land, Sudan 471 000 and Mali 700 000. Everywhere, farmers are being forced to immigrate with their “hoes and their flocks” for nowhere. The production...

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