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N°664 Paris, 07/31/2013 Subscribe  | Country Channels Frédéric Lejeal CONGO-B Editor in chief Why Sassou is following Omar Bongo's act If Denis Sassou Nguesso remained dutifully seated for over three hours during the Forum Forbes Afrique in Brazzaville on July 23, it was certainly not to please French television personality Christine Ockrent or delight in listening to sleep-inducing speeches on "emerging Africa. (...)     POWER PLAYERS CHAD Ibni's sons meet with judge in Paris     The French examining magistrate Emmanuelle Ducos questioned Hicham Ibni Oumar and Mohamed Ibni Oumar Saleh in Paris on July 18 concerning a complaint they filed last year for "kidnapping and sequestration, torture and inhuman acts" concerning their father, Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh. (...)    BURKINA FASO Bollore keeps low profile in court     The Bollore group was fined by a court in Ouagadougou for failing to ship in the turbine for the Komsilga on time. (...)    COURT CIRCULAR BENIN Djotodia turns up heat on Boni Yayi     The head of the Seleka rebellion in Central African Republic, Michel Djotodia, has appealed to Thomas Boni Yayi to offer asylum in Benin to CAR's former president Francois Bozize. (...)    IVORY COAST Work on Assinie presidential residence     The PFO company headed by architect Pierre Fakhoury has begun work on extending the holiday residence of Ivory Coast's presidential couple at the resort of Assinie 80 km east of Abidjan. (...)    CAMEROON Eboutou in push for pals     Paul Biya's most influential adviser, Martin Belinga Eboutou, the chief-of-staff of the Cameroon president's civilian office, is trying to persuade his boss to give portfolios to his friends in the next government. (...)    NIGER Russia's ZBS shown the door     Economic planning minister Amadou Boubacar Cisse has persuaded president Mahamadou Issoufou to cancel the contract of Russia's ZBS to build the Kandadji dam. (...)    CAMEROON Is Paris holding up Eyoum case?     Despite a green light from the Cour de Cassation - France's top legal body- the inquiry into a complaint over the conditions in which Lydienne Yem-Eyoum is being detained has been marking time. Her lawyers are furious. (...)    GABON Who has it in for Accrombessi?     Seen by some as an opportunist and by others as a guru working to spare his boss from the cruel realities of his country, Maixent Accrombessi, president Ali Bongo's chief of staff, appears universally loathed among Gabon's elite. (...)    EXCLUSIVE IVORY COAST Which families rule the roost?     In both political and business circles Ivory Coast's most influential families are continuing to rule pretty smoothly. But who are they? (...)    BUSINESS IVORY COAST SGBCI finds a new Boss     The administrator-managing director of Societe Generale de Banques en Cote d'Ivoire (SGBCI), Bernard Labadens, is stepping down in September and intends to retire. (...)    SENEGAL BNP Paribas freezes Abdoulaye Wade's account     According to our sources, an account in the name of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has been frozen in a Paris branch of BNP-Paribas. (...)    IVORY COAST Wafou hotel has new owner in Abidjan     The hotel complex Le Wafou ("snake" in the more language) on the boulevard de Marseille in the Bietry neighbourhood of Abidjan has just been acquired by Ivoirian-Lebanese businessman (...)    BURKINA FASO Liza Transport takes off in Ouagadougou     The Burkina Faso businessman Mahamadi Bonkoungou, boss of the Ebomaf construction company, is to officially launch a business jet leasing concern in September. (...)    IVORY COAST SN Chocodi in "preventive" receivership     The Societe Nouvelle Chocodi (SN Chocodi), the chocolate works of the CKG Holding company owned by Ivory Coast businessman Charles Kader Goore, has been put into "preventive" receivership (...)    MALI Wassoul'Or backs Keita's campaign     Standing officially for the presidency of Mali before finally deciding to pull out, Aliou Boubacar Diallo, the boss of the Wassoul'or company, is one of the main backers in the campaign (...)    IVORY COAST LR Group lands contract in Abidjan     Founded by former Israeli Air Force pilots, the LR Group had its lucky day in Abidjan on July 24. (...)    IVORY COAST WAN focuses on Hamed Bakayoko     After Guillaume Soro (>click here), West Africa Newsletter is devoting the second part of its Insiders-Ivory Coast series to Hamed Bakayoko (>click here). (...)    WHO'S NEWS CONGO-B Dieudonne Stephane Awelle-Odingou (Safricas)     The "technical control" on containers unloaded in the port of Pointe-Noire was withdrawn from Societe Africaine de Services (Safricas) headed byDieudonne Stephane Awelle-Odingou on (...)    IVORY COAST Hassan Hyjazi (SNPC)     Owner of the Prima shopping mall in Abidjan and founder of Societe Nouvelle de Produits Chimiques (SNPC), the Ivoirian-Lebanese businessman Hassan Hyjazi will be named an officer (...)

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