Katarina Hoije
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije
Assimi Goita(Bloomberg) -- A forum organized by Mali’s army-led government proposed that junta leader Assimi Goita remain in power five more years, the third West African nation under military control to impose such a delay in the return to civilian rule. Goita, who’s served as interim leader since a 2021 coup, should be elevated to president and be allowed to rule until “peace is restored,” the government said in a statement on Tuesday after two days of consultations in the capital, Bamako.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije
(Bloomberg) -- Benin is headed for its deadliest month of Islamist violence since militants linked to al-Qaeda began making inroads in the West African country in 2021. Over the past four months, at least 294 civilians, soldiers and militants were killed in conflict-linked attacks in Benin, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data – a nonprofit that monitors political violence.
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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.
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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.
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4 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije |William Clowes
Barrick Gold Corp. said Mali has shut its office in the nation’s capital and is threatening to take over its gold operations. Mali warned it would place the company’s shuttered Loulo-Gounkoto complex under provisional administration unless the mine is reopened and tax payments made, Barrick said in a statement Tuesday.
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