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LIBYA - 09/02/2010
Why Muammar Kadhafi has Disarmed his Sons
	How can Libya’s cancellation of an arms order from Belgian supplier FN Herstal be interpreted? After a first batch of light arms was delivered after a lot of starts and stops (MC 900 ), Tripoli dropped a long-planned second order worth over EUR 100 million. (...) [523 words] [$9.5]


ALGERIA - 09/02/2010
Valartis Sees Big in Retail Sector
	Has Societe des Centres Commerciaux d’Algerie (SCCA) bet on the right horse in throwing in its lot with Issad Rebrab and his new Uno hypermarkets chain? (...) [219 words] [FREE]


Afrik.com, Rue d'Enghien, Paris - 09/02/2010
Herve Bourges’s Web TV in Algeria
	Will the TV web site AfrikTV.com, which has been on the drawing board for a year, open its first international bureau in Algiers? (...) [201 words] [$5.4]

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GHANA - 09/01/2010
Fight Narrows Down for Giant Jubilee Field
	After a year of squabbling with Ghana’s government, ExxonMobil has finally dropped the idea of laying out USD 4 billion for Kosmos Energy’s assets in Ghana, and particularly for its shares in the huge Jubilee field that is due to produce 120,000 bpd starting from next year. (...) [689 words] [$9.5]


NIGER - 09/01/2010
Question Over Agadam Reserves
	The China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), operator of the Agadem field, has identified around 20 new pockets of oil in the area since 2008. (...) [206 words] [$5.4]


SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - 09/01/2010
Carlos Manuel Vila Nova
	On the heels of legislative elections on Aug. 1 that brought Patrice Trovoada to office as prime minister, Carlos Manuel Vila Nova was named Sao Tome and Principe’s natural resources and public works minister on Aug. (...) [199 words] [$5.4]

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KENYA - 08/28/2010
Kibaki wants an Odinga-Kenyatta ticket
	The comfortable win by the Yes vote in the constitutional referendum on 4 August finally convinced President Mwai Kibaki that the best way for the Kikuyu to hold on to their riches and their political future was to back the candidacy of the present Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, a Luo, for the 2012 presidential election. (...) [726 words] [$9.5]


MOZAMBIQUE - 08/28/2010
The Guebuzas go into television
	The family of President Armando Guebuza has plans to go into the television broadcasting industry at the back of its mind. (...) [186 words] [$5.4]


FRANCE/DJIBOUTI - 08/28/2010
René Forceville
	The French Ambassador to Djibouti, Dominique Decherf is about to retire after an extensive career. His replacement, René Forceville, who will be 61 at the end of the year, is also very experienced and this new post could well be his last before retirement. (...) [139 words] [$5.4]

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GHANA - 08/25/2010
New Stab at Refining Country’s Gold
	Is South Africa’s “monopoly” on gold refining in Africa on its last legs? Although it has long gathered dust on the shelf of successive governments in Accra, a project to build a gold refinery in the former Gold Coast has surfaced once again. (...) [269 words] [FREE]


URANIUM - 08/25/2010
Pilot Scheme for Bakouma
	France’s Areva group has focused in recent months on a pilot scheme after a choppy start to the year when it was reprimanded by mines minister Sylvain Ndoutingai concerning the timetable for beginning to extract uranium at Bakouma (AMI 119). (...) [220 words] [$5.4]


SOUTH AFRICA - 08/25/2010
Jacob Zuma
	South African president Jacob Zuma was due to carry out a state visit to China between Aug. 24-26. (...) [130 words] [$5.4]