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Ghana
Our analyst in Accra spoke to local businesses and consumers and found that in general, people think that the Ghanaian government's performance has been just 'average' during its first...
2013-05-23Cameroon
A number of international and domestic rights groups and campaigns, including Human Rights Watch and Humanity First Cameroon, have condemned Cameroon's treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
2013-04-26Gabon
The decision by mining major BHP Billiton to freeze all of its operations in Gabon is a major blow to President Ali Bongo's plans to develop his country's mining sector. The government's...
2013-04-26Cote d'Ivoire
POLITICAL RISK - Coalition Battered In Tense Polls Local elections in Côte d'Ivoire pitted President Alassane Ouattara's Rally of Republicans (RDR) against his coalition...
2013-04-26Ghana
Henry Kofi Wampah has been appointed as governor of Ghana's central bank by President John Dramani Mahama, as of April 2013. Former president John Atta Mills had appointed...
2013-04-26Nigeria
Heavy fighting has been reported between Nigerian security forces and Islamist militants in Baga, a fishing town in Borno state. A local official has claimed that the death toll has...
2013-04-26Cameroon
Cameroonian President Paul Biya met with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara late in March in a sign that bilateral relations between the two countries are becoming closer. The two signed...
2013-03-27
