complicated neighbours
The African Development Bank is quietly looking for a new host after Niger’s military rulers fell out with neighbouring states and two of the institution’s biggest shareholders.
By
Alix Lavoué
Last year in Abidjan, everything went smoothly. The closing ceremony of the African Development Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings featured a formal handover. Nialé Kaba, then Côte d’Ivoire’s minister of economy, planning and development and chair of the bank’s board of governors, passed the role to Ludovic Ngatsé, the Republic of Congo’s minister of economy, planning and statistics.
