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N°663 Paris, 07/17/2013 Subscribe  | Country Channels POWER PLAYERS MALI Keita hopes for third time lucky     Ibrahim Boubakar Keita - known by his friends as le Kankélentiki - "man of his word" in Bambara - has an extensive network of influential friends backing his presidential bid. (...)    NIGER Ousted Tandja back advising Issoufou     Not many would have imagined that three years after his ignominious ouster, Niger's president would be back on the political scene… (...)    COURT CIRCULAR IVORY COAST Bastille Day bash at embassy     Ivorian politicians and members of the French community in Ivory Coast enjoyed a Bastille Day garden party on July 14 at the French embassy in Abidjan, under marquees to stay out of the rain. (...)    BENIN Thomas Boni Yayi orders probe     Furious about the chaos surrounding the next cotton campaign, (<LINK href="http: (...)    IVORY COAST French general to stay on     French General Claude Reglat, had appeared to be on the way out after complaining he had not seen President Alassane Ouattara frequently enough in his capacity as advisor on the reform of Ivory Coast's army. (...)    CAMEROON Marafa makes trouble for ruling RDPC     Imprisoned Marafa Hamidou Yaya Marafa and Iya Mohammed Iya have cast a long shadow over the ruling RDPC in the lead-up to Cameroon's parliamentary elections. (...)    CONGO-B Mbalam ore sparks ire     The highly sought-after Mbalam iron ore field is at the centre of a no-holds-barred struggle between Australian mining company Sundance and the Chinese group Hanlong. (...)    GABON Bongo sees dissidents everywhere     With Gabon's end-of-year local elections looming, President Ali Bongo is still struggling to win over voters in several key provinces. (...)    EXCLUSIVE IVORY COAST CMA CGM backs out of Bollore battle     CMA CGM has dropped its legal battle over Abidjan's second container terminal contract in an effort not to spoil its relationship with the Ivorian government. (...)    BUSINESS IVORY COAST Matière negotiates in Abidjan     Philippe Matière, the head of the French family-run company Matiere, met Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan-Duncan on July 9 to discuss business opportunities in Ivory Coast The (...)    MALI Cévital eyes Mali's Makala sugar     The Malian government has entered exclusive negotiations with Issad Rebrad, the founder and head of Algerian agri-food group Cévital for the Makala sugar factory in the north of Mali (...)    IVORY COAST Atlantic Telecom shareholder Dossongui reinvests     Ivorian businessman Bernard Kone Dossongui, has gotten back into the telecoms business, taking 15% in Atlantic Telecom in a CFA 50 billion ($76. (...)    CAMEROON RIS poised for legal action against Cameroon     Rotorcraft International Services, (RIS) the security company owned by Franco-Israeli businessman Michel Farjon, is poised for a fresh round of legal action against the Cameroonian (...)    AFRICA France Médias Monde, by any other name     France Médias Monde the new name of the holding company that includes France 24, RFIand the Arabic-language Monte-Carlo Doualiya (>WAN 662) might not be to everyone's liking - only (...)    MALI EADS plane-talking in Bamako     In advanced talks with the Malian government (>WAN 661), Jean-Philippe Gouyet, EADS' vice-president for Africa, submitted a proposal for the sale of several aircraft to Interim President (...)    AFRICA McDermott Will & Emery celebrates two years in Paris     The international law firm McDermott Will & Emery celebrated the second anniversary of its Paris office on July 11. (...)    WHO'S NEWS IVORY COAST BERNARD N'DOUMI (CNPS)     The managing director of the Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Sociale (CNPS), which administers private sector retirement funds, is well placed to become chairman of the board of (...)    GABON DIEUDONNÉ ONDOUNGA AWASSI (CNLCEI)     While few Gabonese people are convinced of its effectiveness in the fight against corruption, the Commission Nationale de Lutte contre l'Enrichissement Illicite (CNLCEI) has a new (...)

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