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1 day ago | bloomberg.com | Jennifer Zabasajja |Kamailoudini Tagba |Ekow Dontoh

John Mahama(Bloomberg) -- Ghana is encouraging investors to get the country’s crude out of the ground to avoid the assets from getting stranded amid a global decarbonization push. The government is ready to roll out the “red carpet” to any investor prepared to drill and pump crude, President John Mahama said at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, on Tuesday. “Oil is in transition and so anybody who has any assets should be pumping like there’s no tomorrow,” he said.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije |Kamailoudini Tagba

Tidjane Thiam(Bloomberg) -- An Ivory Coast court’s decision to remove Tidjane Thiam from the voters’ roll effectively disqualified the former Credit Suisse chief executive officer from this year’s presidential election, raising the risk of political instability in the world’s biggest cocoa-producing nation. An Ivorian tribunal on Tuesday found Thiam, 62, ineligible to be registered as a voter because of his dual French-Ivorian nationality, his lawyer Rodrigue Dadjé said.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije |Kamailoudini Tagba

Tidjane Thiam(Bloomberg) -- Tidjane Thiam, the former Credit Suisse chief executive officer, has effectively been disqualified from running for president of Ivory Coast following a court ruling that found him ineligible. An Abidjan court on Tuesday removed the main opposition party’s candidate from the voters’ list six months ahead of elections, Alexis N’Guessan, one of Thiam’s  advisers, said by phone. “We’re waiting for the official decision to understand the court’s reasoning,” N’Guessan said.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije |Kamailoudini Tagba

Brice Oligui Nguema casts his ballot in Libreville, on April 12. (Bloomberg) -- Gabon’s military leader cemented his grip on power by winning the country’s first presidential election since he overthrew the government two years ago.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Kamailoudini Tagba |Diakaridia Dembele

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