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Chad thaws ties with Cameroon, ambassador returns to Yaounde

Chad’s ambassador to Cameroon Djidda Moussa Outhman returned Wednesday to Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital, nearly two months after being recalled for consultation in protest to Cameroon’s reaction after authorities nationalized an oil company. Chad Foreign ministry in a statement issued Wednesday indicated that Outhman is back to Cameroon. Both countries fell out in April after […]

South Sudan: Machar’s lawyer challenges legality of Special Court as mandate expires

The defense team for South Sudan’s suspended First Vice-President, Riek Machar, has challenged the legality of the special Court handling his trial, arguing that its mandate expired last week. Lead defense lawyer Dr. Geri Raimondo Legge told the Special Court for the Nasir Incident that the ministerial order establishing the tribunal only authorized it to […]

Gabon’s Chinese naval base plan shrouded in ambiguity amid Western pressures

The plan to build a Chinese naval base in Gabon, as agreed by the country’s ex-ruler Ali Bongo and Beijing in 2023, has stalled after the coup last year, but transitional president Oligui Nguema has cultivated deliberate ambiguity about the project’s future, much to the displeasure of the West. China’s efforts to seek a military […]