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  • Vol 53 No 2
  •  20th January 2012

Crash goes the conspiracy

Relations between Rwanda and France have received another boost. On 11 January, French judges Nathalie Poux and Marc Trévidic cleared the ruling Front patriotique rwandais (FPR) of shooting down the aeroplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana...

  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

Favourite four

Greeting four Francophone African leaders in Washington on 28 July, President Barack Obama pledged ‘stalwart’ support on economic and security matters, signifying growing US interest in a region with substantial mineral resources. It was the first such me...

  • Vol 52 No 3
  •  4th February 2011

Ben Ali, biens mal acquis

The Paris Public Prosecutor's office is opening a preliminary investigation into funds and property held in France by Tunisian ex-President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, his family and entourage. Transparency International (TI) France and two other non-gove...

  • Vol 51 No 15
  •  23rd July 2010

Forgotten promises

In 2007, a just-elected President Sarkozy promised to remake France’s Africa policies but strategic political and economic interests still prevail

  • Vol 51 No 14
  •  9th July 2010

The falling euro drags down the CFA franc

A relic of France’s African economic empire, the CFA zone must cope with the impact of Western Europe’s monetary disarray

  • Vol 51 No 14
  •  9th July 2010

How the CFA Franc zone works

The initials CFA once stood for the Communauté française d’Afrique, later changing to Communauté financière d’Afrique. The name is a colonial legacy and considerable monetary powers are still reserved to the Banque de France, the French central bank. The ...

  • Vol 51 No 14
  •  9th July 2010

Realpolitik and resignations

The resignation of Alain Joyandet, secretary of state for cooperation, will reinforce the grip of the Elysée Palace on France’s Africa policy. Joyandet, who was forced out after it was revealed he spent 116,500 euros (US$147,475) in state funds on a priva...

  • Vol 51 No 5
  •  5th March 2010

Rapprochement and opportunity

The meeting between Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Paul Kagame in Kigali on 26 February enables France to regain a foothold in central Africa and allows Rwanda to normalise diplomatic and commercial relations with Paris. Sarkozy did what was necessary to ...

  • Vol 50 No 22
  •  6th November 2009

Good judge, bad judge

The lucrative commercial and political networks between France and Africa have survived a remarkable month in the French courts but more embarrassing cases are coming soon. On 27 October, a court in the Palais de Justice in Paris handed down sentences in ...

  • Vol 50 No 19
  •  25th September 2009

A twist in the Thales

French defence company Thales has won US$150 million of business in Angola in partnership with Manuel Vicente, Chairman and Chief Executive of state oil company Sonangol, and Miguel da Costa, Angola's Ambassador in Paris. Angolan law bars the manager of a...

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