Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday has seen his hopes to reconquer power in 2017 dashed as justice sue him for illegal funding of his 2012 presidential campaign. According to the investigating judges, Sarkozy over-estimated invoices incurred in the 2012 campaign. For Serge Tournaire, judge on the financial court, Sarkozy allegedly counter-forfeited his campaign bank accounts […]
In a historic shift for West Africa’s political landscape, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has begun relocating key institutions from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger — nations that formally withdrew from the bloc earlier this year to form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). During an extraordinary session in Accra, ECOWAS Council […]
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré is facing fresh fraud allegations from a coalition of African groups, accusing him and his family of benefiting from illegal port concessions across several African nations. The complaint, filed with the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) on Wednesday (19 March), targets Bolloré SE and its former logistics arm, Bolloré Africa […]
