With the end of the military and the political crisis, which lasted for ten years, and the disarmament of the rebels and ex-militias, credible elections in the Ivory Coast can take place.

Foreign Direct Investments are contributing for about 40% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the CEMAC countries. In Cameroon, FDI’s are “between 25 and 28% of GDP, against 90% of GDP for countries like Gabon and...

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Rwandan declaration in cancelling its threat to withdraw from the peacekeeping forces in Sudan.

Louis Caprioli, the former head of the French counter-terrorism has decrypted the demands of the kidnappers of the five French Areva and Vinci employees.

Authorities and civil society in Cameroon agree on the difficulty of obtaining reliable and complete data on oil, almost entirely in the hands of foreign companies, according to a report on transparency in extractive industries published in...

Admiral Edouard Guillaud, Chief of Staff of the French armed forces, described as an act of “tribal-mafia piracy” the kidnapping of the three French sailors off the coast of Nigeria. The Admiral was arguing that “if these...

President Jacob Zuma, is in a fragile position. Two months after the end of the World Cup, the anger is still strong among the lower classes, the strikes are succeeding, and the coalition is divided.

Following February 2008 riots, President Paul Biya had decided to implement a dual therapy: the suspension of custom duty on several food items including fish, flour, wheat, rice, and upgrading salaries of 15%. But these measures have...

The seven hostages abducted in Niger would be held in the desert between Mali and Algeria. The seven hostages are alive, and it is a local source from the far north of the country, involved of the...

France has installed, in Niamey, an “operational base” of 80 military persons in an attempt to find the seven hostages kidnapped on September 16 and transferred from Niger to Mali, according to security and diplomatic sources in...