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By Mohamed B Fall, Nouakchott Friday, 08 August 2008
Staging a coup d'état in August 2008 to preserve the democratic gains of the August 2005 coup. Mauritania is building its democracy coup by coup.
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Thursday, 31 July 2008
On 15th July 2008, at 5 bis rue du Cirque, the street adjacent to Elysée Palace and just a skip and a hop from the Champs Elysées, FBN Bank Ltd. officially opened its Paris branch. The leading Nigerian bank in terms of capital continues to conquer Africa and the world at large. During the inauguration held in the bank’s spacious offices, Peter S. Hinson, managing director of FBN Bank in London, Christiana Etukudo-Fashogbon, executive director of Business Development and Frédéric Le Bourgeois, the new managing director of the Paris branch, explained the strategy behind the group’s opening of this new branch.
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By Adama Wade, Casablanca Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Their investment has been marginal in comparison to the top three industry leaders in Morocco. They have also been sluggish in real estate and the MRE niche market. Are French bank subsidiaries sitting idly by the wayside?  
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Interview conducted by Charles Bambara. Monday, 28 July 2008
Les Afriques talked with José Pedro de Morais, Angola’s Minister of Finance since 2002, who was recently praised by The Banker, a Financial Times publication.
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Interview conducted by Chérif Elvalide Sèye Thursday, 24 July 2008
“All human beings have the right to life and the preservation of their physical integrity.” So reads one of the articles of the Charter of Kurukan Fuga, the African charter on human rights. An interview with historian, Djibril Tamsir Niane, who has just published this document.
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By Achille Mbog Pibasso, Douala Tuesday, 22 July 2008
English-speaking and French-speaking African nations have just laid the framework for a cooperative effort that should lead to a single organisational structure for both OHADA and Common Law countries.  
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By Daikha Dridi, Cairo Monday, 21 July 2008
A luxury hotel belonging to a Saudi businessman forbade alcohol and is taking steps to conform to Islamic norms. The country’s authorities do not wish to allow the trend, already apparent in other Gulf States, to spread. Western clientele remains a top priority in Egypt.
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By Ihsane El Kadi, Algiers Thursday, 17 July 2008
Europe is decreasing its dependence on fossil fuels thanks to the abundance of the Mediterranean’s alternative fuel: sunlight.
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By John Kaninda, Johannesburg Wednesday, 09 July 2008
During apartheid, they claimed the status of “honorary whites”. Now they want to be black…
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By Louis S. Amédé, Abidjan Monday, 07 July 2008
It’s difficult to count the number of times producers and the general public have called on the president of Ivory Coast to establish some sense of order in the coffee and cacao sector. Well, it seems that their cry has finally been heeded.    
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MBF Friday, 04 July 2008
In 2007, government aid for farmers rose to 258 billion dollars, making up 23% of total agricultural earnings. The choice is simple: heartburn or starvation?
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By Rafik Sabounji, AlgiersMonday, 23 June 2008
After years of waiting, the project for the new city of Bouinan, situated southwest of Algiers in the department of Bilda, is finally closer to becoming a reality.
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By Robert Adandé, CotonouFriday, 20 June 2008
The AU has set 2009 as the date for the adoption of a treaty that will establish a common agricultural market encompassing 944 million consumers.  
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BY Adama WadeThursday, 19 June 2008
Of the 1,000 largest stock market capitals, 221 are from developing countries. Ernst & Young devoted a complete study of these foreign multinational companies.
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By François Bambou, YaoundéTuesday, 10 June 2008
The government of Cameroon garnered the support of investors for the BOT construction of a port in deep water. Objective: to facilitate the loading out of mining and industrial products and support the growing flow of trade with the interior.
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By Daikha Dridi, CairoMonday, 09 June 2008
It is the perfect type of business deal to go wrong. The Egypt-Israel gas pipeline is ready, but the gas, sold at a secret rate, is irritating the noses of Egyptian public opinion.
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Walid Kéfi, TunisThursday, 05 June 2008
Launched seventeen years ago, banking reform in Tunisia is only just beginning to bear fruit at the national level. But the industry’s volatile nature prevents an overwhelming majority of operators from joining the race for international expansion.
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Interview by Aliou Diongue, DakarWednesday, 28 May 2008
According to attorney Hélène Cissé, co-author of the regional mining code of the CEDEAO, the existence of a unifying code will oblige investors to yield to standardisation.  
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By Louis S. Amédé, Abidjan Tuesday, 27 May 2008
After some stagnation due to the economic and socio-political roller-coaster rides of the last decade, the real estate industry in Ivory Coast is starting to make a turn for the better.
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By Hance Guèye, DakarMonday, 26 May 2008
The Chinese contract controversy in Kinshasa seems to be growing. Representatives of the opposition party left the national assembly on the 1st May in protest.
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