AFRICA: 08 FEVRIER 2012 [Le Chef de l’Etat Pierre Nkurunziza nomme deux nouveaux ministres]

February 9, 2012

[Il s’agit de Monsieur Issa Ngendakumana, nommé ministre à la Présidence chargé de la bonne gouvernance et de la privatisation en remplacement de Jean Baptiste Gahimbare.  Monsieur Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza est nommé ministre des finances et de la planification du développement en…

AFRICA: 06 FEVRIER 2012 [An undecided AU hands Jean Ping 6 more months]

February 6, 2012

[After four rounds of voting, incumbent chairman Jean Ping failed to get two-thirds majority, after South Africa influenced countries from Central Africa such as Equatorial Guinea, Congo Brazzaville and Chad, plus French-speaking Mali, to support Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, South Africa’s former foreign…

AFRICA: 03 FEVRIER 2012 [Senegal Opposition to Launch Election Campaigns]

February 3, 2012

[Two leading opposition candidates in Senegal have said they will start campaigning on Sunday to dislodge President Abdoulaye Wade from power.  Others remain committed to repealing his candidacy.  One analyst doubts the divided opposition will succeed on either front.]      …

AFRICA: 30 JANVIER 2012 [South Africa’s bid for top AU post faces stiff opposition]

January 30, 2012

[South Africa’s attempt to flex its foreign policy muscle by capturing the AU’s top post may be thwarted by nations resentful of its already dominant role on the continent.] BURUNDI :   Burundi : les partis politiques doivent se conformer à la nouvelle…

AFRICA: 23 JANVIER 2012 [Islamist insurgents kill over 178 in Nigeria’s Kano]

January 23, 2012

[Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a hospital doctor said on Sunday, underscoring the challenge President Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos.]…