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CONGO-K - 23/07/2008
Rivals Manoeuvre for Copper and Cobalt Trade
	The Congolese copper and cobalt market has seen some major shake-ups over the past months. The governor of Katanga province, Moïse Katumbi , first prohibited, then re-authorised, export of untreated copper and cobalt ore in a bid to force companies to build concentrators and thus bring the country greater benefit from the sector. (...) [413 words] [FREE]


Iron Ore - 23/07/2008
Rio Tinto Pleads for More Time at Simandou
	The management of Simfer SA , Rio Tinto ’s subsidiary charged with mining the iron ore deposits in the Simandou mountain chains, met officials from the office of the Minister for Mines, Ahmed Kanté , on July 16. (...) [155 words] [$4,7]


GUINEA - 23/07/2008
Ismaël Diakité
	The Chambre Consulaire des Mines de Guinée has named a new official following the departure from the presidency of Anatoly Pantchenko , who was promoted to the headquarters of his company, RusAl , in Moscow. (...) [189 words] [$4,7]

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MOROCCO - 17/07/2008
Specter of Power Cuts for Industry
	Morocco’s industry is becoming increasingly vulnerable to power cuts. On July 8, Amina Benkhadra , Morocco’s energy and mines minister and former chief of ONHYM , was received by king Mohammed VI in his palace at Oujda to present her action plan against the country’s growing energy crisis. (...) [334 words] [$4,7]


ALGIERS - 17/07/2008
UPM: Sarkozy Asks North African Friends to Spread the Message
	In the wake of last week’s inauguration of the Union for the Mediterranean in Paris, president Nicolas Sarkozy has asked Abderrahmane Dahmane , who represents him among immigrant associations in France and is founder and president of the Conseil de Democrates Musulmans de France , to promote the Union in North African countries. (...) [84 words] [$1,5]


LIBYA - 17/07/2008
Ahmed Kadhafaldam
	The cousin of Muammar Kadhafi , Ahmed Kadafaldam , who has handled Libya’s relations with Egypt for years, has just become boss of Al Saa , a satellite television channel based in Cairo. (...) [62 words] [$1,5]

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NIGERIA - 16/07/2008
Nigerian Traders Seek New Vistas
	Long confined to trading in crude and in oil products in their country, Nigeria’s traders are flush in cash and intent on building up their business throughout the African continent and indeed in Europe. (...) [601 words] [$8,2]


AFRICA - 16/07/2008
Niko, India to Indian Ocean
	The Canadian oil company Niko Resources , which struck it rich off India and Bangladesh, has just acquired 75% of the Grand Prix license off Madagascar, in the Morondava basin. (...) [134 words] [$4,7]


UNITED KINGDOM - 16/07/2008
Shahid Ullah
	Two days after Africa Energy Intelligence revealed that its chief operating officer had quit the company six months ago, Afren officially confirmed the departure of Holland's Jan Evert Mulder on July 2. (...) [156 words] [$4,7]

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ETHIOPIA - 12/07/2008
Clouds on the economic horizon
	Bogged down militarily in Somalia and still on the alert over the whole length of the Eritrean border, the Ethiopian government also has to face an economic situation considerably worse in 2008 than in previous years. (...) [742 words] [$8,2]


KENYA - 12/07/2008
Who will replace Amos Kimunya?
	So as to not upset the political and ethnic balance created with much difficulty in constituting the Kenyan government coalition, President Mwai Kibaki will have to choose someone from the PNU (presidential party) and most probably a Kikuyu like himself, to replace Amos Kimunya , who has just resigned as Minister of Finance. (...) [174 words] [$4,7]


COMOROS ISLANDS - 12/07/2008
Bastoine Soulaimana
	The newly elected President of Anjouan, Moussa Toybou , made the appointment on 10 July of a government representative for the island’s seven regions. (...) [126 words] [$4,7]