- By Paul Melly
- Africa analyst
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The President of the Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso (left), is now working with the son Denis-Christel, who is placed in the cabinet
The President of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, does not appoint the son Denis-Christel as cabinet minister.
No say surrender of some kind is not around the corner. Sign no dey say di 77-year-old head of state wan comot seat of power, now wey dem just elect for a new term for March, and done rule for many decades.
But when Denis-Christel comes to power after Papa Comot, the format popular for Central Africa cannot be changed.
Wey ruled for neighboring Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba na di son of Omar Bongo from 1967 to 2009, while Joseph Kabila ruled for the Democratic Republic of the Congo 17 years after his takeover in 2001, when he assassinated Papa Laurent-Désiré as head of state.
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, was named Di Francisco’s first head of state in 1979. He is already appointing his son Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue as Vice President to make the takeover easier for me.
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Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, 52, at the center of numerous corruption allegations
And after the President of Chad, Idriss Déby, died last month – let’s say it was an injury on the war front – my son Mahamat, who is a four-star general in the army, does not rise sharply to become chairman of the provisional ruling Military Council on.
And now say underground tok-tok don dey dey say Cameroon sef fit see dis kain family format. After an anonymous “citizens’ movement”, a campaign begins for Franck Biya, the son of 88-year-old President Paul Biya, who has never reached the middle of his new term of seven years.
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The Cameroonian President Paul Biya, who is here with his wife Chantal, has no power since 1982
Sources close to Franck – even though I have no hand in politics as I prefer the private sector career – don’t tell Fackelschein that Franck has nothing to do with the campaign he is promoting on behalf of.
But I never tell them to stop either, and I never say that I am unable to succeed in daddy.
Of course, political dynasties are no new box – see, for example, the Bush and Kennedy families for the US.
And currently for Uganda, a social media campaign, dey package General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of the current head of state Yoweri Museveni, as a potential candidate of the ruling party for the next elections in 2026.
But the pattern of leaders wey dey hand power to dik pikin dey common pass for west central african economies wey dependent on oil, like di money from oil dey ginger di politics dia.
E dey also cause rivalries and katakata within the ruling dynasties.
Rumor has it that there is no fighting within the Obiang family, as some say, some family members prefer Anoda, the president’s son, Oil Minister Gabriel Mbega Obiang Lima.
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General Muhoozi Kainerugaba graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Great Britain in 2000
However, the phenomenon is particularly anchored in the petro-economies of West Central Africa. Wia oil revenues often lubricate networks of political patronage and empire building.
It also fuels rivalries and resentments within the ruling dynasties and often creates complex networks of personal connections.
Rumors of palace intrigues among di Obiangs, with some family members saying they would prefer the president’s alternate son, Oil Minister Gabriel Mbega Obiang Lima.
Gabon: First family intrigues
But not just about personal issues. Ali Bongo will meet former Foreign Minister and Head of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, in the 2016 elections in Gabon.
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President Ali Bongo na uncle to two children of rival Jean Ping (above)
Meanwhile, Ping na di former partner of Di President Sister Pascaline, wey go make President Ali Bongo’s uncle to dia two children.
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Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi is visiting Gabon for 2015 after President Bongo (right) has invited to come
Five years after the election, Ping is in no mood for defeat as serious kwesions argue over whether the polls are free and fair.
French corruption probe
French Justice Don Dey torch light Equatorial Guinea regime for allegations saying they bring family wealth to France wey use corruption to buy money.
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General Mahamat Idriss Déby bin dey will act as head of the presidential guard when I die in papa
Di Bongo and di Nguesso na in the French authorities aim to: di 13 pipo wey the open formal investigation on the head also includes a lawyer who works for di President Omar.
For 2015, French judges say they should seize two properties for Paris to believe it is a real nephew of Sassou-Nguesso, Wilfrid Nguesso. Not to mention 15 luxury cars joining the offer. Wilfrid is being formally examined.
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The late President of Chad Idriss Déby (R) was here for 2019 with Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso for 2019
By mid-2017 – a year after Nguesso said France had cracked down on me – French authorities had put President Julienne and her husband Guy Johnson, Anoda’s nephew Edgar and a former sister-in-law, Catherine Ignanga, under formal investigation.
The matter relates to $ 22.4 million in money transfers allegedly suspicious between 2008 and 2009.
Equatorial Guinea and in luxury sports cars
But Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro is drawing attention as police haven’t raided a luxury home since 2012 and confiscated many cars, including two Bugatti Veyrons and a Rolls Royce Phantom.
The later sentence Teodoro is ordered to pay a € 30 million fine.
In the goment International Court of Justice, we argue the avenue Foch mansion, wey worth € 107 million, na dia embassy for France and so we get diplomatic immunity.
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Sports car Equatorial Guinea Vice President am getting the auction for Switzerland
However, in December last year the Court rejected the argument.
While the recent trend in some countries is that presidents want their family members to power after the Don Comot, it is not clear whether the pattern will fit last.
Dis well, because the African population is getting younger and younger and expectations of the dynamics do not change.
Paul Melly na Consulting Fellow at the di Africa Program for Chatham House in London.