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22/05/2019 FRANCE / RWANDA -
What Sarkozy and Kagame said to each other in Paris

MAURITIUS 24/05/2019

Aerial battle for Indian Ocean

Gulf state airlines are vying with each other for airspace in Mauritius while at the same time having to contend with the aerial manoeuvres of Ethiopian Airlines (EAL), which is also angling for clearance to land on the island [...]

ALGERIA 23/05/2019

How Ahmed Gaid Salah is bringing the businessmen to heel

Aside from his sabre-rattling about "fomenters of discord" plotting to "infiltrate" the demonstrations to spread "anarchy", army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah has been methodically extending the scope of his influence [...]

Focus MOROCCO 20/05/2019

Oil companies ready to do battle over future of leading African refiner SAMIR

Morocco's SAMIR refining company will find out on July 18 whether it is to be taken over or sold off piecemeal. Its 200,000-bpd refining capacity interests several major companies, notably BB Energy and Glencore, while Spain's Cepsa and Morocco's Afriquia [...]

ANGOLA 21/05/2019

Alrosa seeks help from US to find millions "embezzled" from Catoca diamonds

Determined to get to the bottom of a near $10 million gaping hole it believes is the work of former and current management at its Angolan diamond mine Catoca, Russian group Alrosa has applied to obtain discovery of evidence from [...]

Breaking newsCONGO-K 20/05/2019

The team Moise Katumbi brought back with him to Lubumbashi

LIBYA 23/05/2019

Khalifa Haftar and Fayez Sarraj torpedo ceasefire

The ceasefire called for by United Nations (UN) special envoy in Libya Ghassan Salame before the UN Security Council on May 21 has already been rejected by both sides. On the ground, Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army and the forces supporting Fayez Sarraj's Government [...]

KENYA 24/05/2019

Petroleum ministry scrutinises Tullow Oil accounts

The president of the auditing firm Swale House Partners (SHP), the American Laura Robinson, was recently called upon to clarify [...]

GABON 15/05/2019

Ali Bongo and his heirs apparent

Several ambitious colleagues are beginning to emerge from the shadow of the ailing Gabonese president. Analysis. [...]

ANGOLA 14/05/2019

Joao Lourenco picks a Manuel Vicente supporter to get Sonangol back on its feet

In the end, Carlos Saturnino's discord with the hydrocarbons agency cost him his job. [...]

Corridors of power

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SUDAN 24/05/2019

Complicated birth for post-Bashir institutions

Despite frictions, for the next three years Sudan will be ruled jointly by civilians and the army. [...]

TUNISIA 23/05/2019

Rached Ghannouchi guided by Ridha Driss and Karim Azouz

Only two Ennahda party members were given the honour of accompanying Rached Ghannouchi and his son-in-law Rafik Abdessalem in their [...]

News In Brief

DJIBOUTI |ETHIOPIA 24/05/2019

Diplomatic tweet reveals poor grasp of geography…

LIBYA 23/05/2019

Khalifa Ahnish cut off Tripoli's water supply

GUINEA 21/05/2019

Miners on track for VAT credit victory

CONGO-B 14/05/2019

APPO headquarters: Sassou still sidling up to buhari and kachikwu

CONGO-K 30/04/2019

Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

MOZAMBIQUE 30/04/2019

Credit Suisse: Chevron's heavyhanded advisor on potential Anadarko acquisition

IVORY COAST 21/05/2019

Amadou Gon Coulibaly goes all out to wow gold producers

While he has still not yet officially announced he will run for the Ivorian 2020 presidential election ( WAN 799), [...]

CONGO-B RUSSIA 15/05/2019

Valdimir Putin and Congo-B President Denis Sassou Nguesso during a meeting in Russia. ©Reuters

Denis Sassou Nguesso goes military shopping with Comrade Vladimir Putin

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Business circles

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ETHIOPIA 24/05/2019

EU gets involved in industrial parks initiative

Brussels has pledged to invest €200 million in industrialising Ethiopia. [...]

MOROCCO 23/05/2019

Video surveillance: consulting engineers smile for the camera

Casablanca's video surveillance project is attracting a crowd! According to our sources, a dozen consulting engineers are bidding for the [...]

GUINEA 21/05/2019

Nedbank, BNP, SocGen and Natixis back AMC's bauxite plans

Together the South African bank and the three French financial institutions have pledged $150 million for the development of the Koumbia bauxite project. [...]

IVORY COAST 15/05/2019

Prosuma's strategy for pulling ahead of Carrefour

The firm run by the Fakhry, Houdrouge and Kassam families has teamed up with Super U to bid for dominance of the food retail sector. [...]

AFRICA 14/05/2019

Barclays, Equity, BOA: Oil financiers pushed to go green

Oil companies stand to lose out as IFC encourages banks to funnel investment into low-carbon projects in Africa. [...]

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Power brokers

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UGANDA 24/05/2019

Josephine Wapakabulo cut off from power

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy of the letter of resignation that the CEO of Uganda National Oil [...]

UGANDA 21/05/2019

Cameron Pearce, the umpteenth potential buyer of Orom graphite

Following in the footsteps of Australian firms Fortune 8 Gold and New Energy Minerals Africa ( AMI 436), the British [...]

News In Brief

ALGERIA 23/05/2019

Ahmed Chiali is new favourite for ONA sewage plant contracts

MOROCCO 23/05/2019

Moulay Hafid Elalamy and Driss Jettou become gentlemen farmers

TUNISIA 23/05/2019

Mahdi Mahjoub flies the flag for Korean business

CONGO-B 15/05/2019

Pierre Ngolo sees PCT leadership as presidential stepping stone

65-year-old Pierre Ngolo, who has been president of the Senate since November 2017, fully intends to retain his post as [...]

NIGERIA 14/05/2019

Aiteo's Benedict Peters plays to Shell's tune

When invited at the last minute to Accra, the adopted city of Nigerian billionaire and Aiteo founder Benedict Peters, the [...]

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DJIBOUTI Business circles 24/05/2019

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As of 30 May, certain cargo ships hailing from, or having transited through, Djibouti will be subjected to the strictest [...]

MAURITIUS Business circles 24/05/2019

CEO of SBM tempted to jump ship

Kee Chong Li Kwong Wing, the chairman of SBM Holdings [...]

MADAGASCAR Business circles 24/05/2019

Adenia discreetly sells off Socolait

Adenia, the private equity firm run by Antoine Delaporte, has [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business circles 24/05/2019

Nigeria's Kia Africa sets up shop in Maputo

Already active in the energy sector, the discreet businessman Kenneth [...]

MADAGASCAR Business circles 24/05/2019

IFC offers Biovanilla a sweetener

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of [...]

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Aerial battle for Indian Ocean

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Oil companies ready to do battle over future of leading African refiner SAMIR

Alrosa seeks help from US to find millions "embezzled" from Catoca diamonds

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Khalifa Haftar and Fayez Sarraj torpedo ceasefire

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Ali Bongo and his heirs apparent

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Complicated birth for post-Bashir institutions

Rached Ghannouchi guided by Ridha Driss and Karim Azouz

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APPO headquarters: Sassou still sidling up to buhari and kachikwu

Blocks 1 and 2: Petroleum ministry still in talks over deal with Total

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Amadou Gon Coulibaly goes all out to wow gold producers

Denis Sassou Nguesso goes military shopping with Comrade Vladimir Putin

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