Vol 52 No 4 | GABON Obame: no, he can’t 18th February 2011 An oppositionist enjoys his moment in Libreville’s limelight but has no options once the curtain falls André Mba Obame is in no hurry to leave the small offices of the United Nations Development Programme in Libreville, where he has been holed up since 29...
Vol 52 No 4 | GABON Rearranging the cabinet 18th February 2011 Since coming to power in 2009, President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba’s government has asked only for patience and delivered only promises. Holding a cabinet meeting in Tchibanga in...
Vol 52 No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Split the nation 18th February 2011 Katanga’s separatists are on the march again. Fifty years ago, they threatened the unity of the new-born Congo state at Independence. On 4 February, at around 3 a.m.,...
Vol 52 No 2 | GABON A family legacy 21st January 2011 Ali Ben Bongo, who took over the presidency from his father in August 2009, is struggling on both the political and economic fronts After more than a year in power, President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba faces rising popular discontent. Spending more time abroad than at home hardly gives the impression of...
Vol 52 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila moves the goalposts 21st January 2011 President Joseph Kabila has virtually ensured his re-election on 27 November by getting Parliament to eliminate the inconvenience of a second electoral round (AC Vol 52 No 1)....
Vol 52 No 2 | CAMEROON Abine quits RDPC 21st January 2011 Ayah Paul Abine, the Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais member of parliament for Akaya, Manyu Division of South West Region, has quit the ruling RDPC, claiming he fears...
Vol 52 No 1 | CAMEROON To Biya or not to Biya 7th January 2011 The President could easily rig his way back to power but may prefer to spring a surprise and quit In power for the last 28 years, President Paul Biya, 77, will face his old rival in the presidential election scheduled for October. This is John Fru Ndi,...
Vol 52 No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila again 7th January 2011 If, despite some legal hurdles, the elections are held, President Joseph Kabila is likely to win another five years in power Congo’s approaching elections are already entangled by lawyers. The main opposition party, Jean-Pierre Bemba’s Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC), supported by several local non-governmental organisations, claims that...
Vol 52 No 1 | GABON Bongo feels the heat 7th January 2011 President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba has maintained a dignified silence over the claim, contained in a United States State Department cable of June 2009 and leaked by WikiLeaks,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 2 | GABON Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba 28th December 2010 President, Gabon Newish President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba aims to end Gabon’s economic dependence on oil along with its traditional ties to France. A 9-12 November trip to Singapore yielded...