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Central and West Africa

MALI 22/09/2020

After coup, MINUSMA leadership talks back in full swing

Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the Special Representative for Mali and head of MINUSMA since 2015, will be keeping his post for another four months. ©Nicolas Remene/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

ANGOLA Finance 22/09/2020

"Bad bank" Recredit gets generous Treasury funding but no change from its debtors

The Angolan authorities, who are keen to demonstrate that the era of easy loans for regime notables is over, have given a glowing account of the performance of bad loans management company Recredit. The latter's success is not what it seems, however: its balance sheet is largely funded by the state rather than by its debtors. [...]

News In Brief

ANGOLA 21/09/2020

Miala in line to oversee all spy services

SENEGAL 21/09/2020

Senegalese President Macky Sall due in Paris on 11 November

SENEGAL 18/09/2020

Amarante on verge of bailing out of Senegal's airports

NAMIBIA Power 22/09/2020

Ex-minister Hadino Hishongwa plans to build solar power plant

Namibian businessman Hadino Hishongwa. ©DR/Facebook

NIGER Defence 21/09/2020

US company Barbaricum flies to the aid of Niger's Air Force

American defence contractor Barbaricum is to join fellow US company Apogee-SSU in providng assistance to the Niger Air Force. Support for the Nigerien air arm and West African air forces generally has become a priority for the US administration. [...]

DRC Mining 21/09/2020

Gigawatts and metal ores: what Fortescue pitched to Tshisekedi

On a visit to Kinshasa on 16 September, the Australian metals giant Fortescue put forward an ambitious plan to develop electrical power and mining projects. [...]

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Eastern and southern Africa

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. ©Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

SpotlightETHIOPIA 22/09/2020

Challenged in Tigray and Oromia, Abiy Ahmed calls ranks to order

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TANZANIA 21/09/2020

After Jacobsen Elektro bankruptcy, Tanesco keen to complete Kinyerezi extension

EAST AFRICA 15/09/2020

Xavier Moreau leaves anti-terrorism in Indian Ocean, anchors at CMA CGM

MAURITIUS 15/09/2020

Trading giant Trafigura expands Mauritian network

KENYA 22/09/2020

Kenyatta wants to talk business in Paris

Emmanuel Macron and Uhuru Kenyatta in Naibrobi in April 2019. ©MaxPPP

KENYA 21/09/2020

Kenyatta's KMC transfer ensures his ranch affairs remain hush hush

By placing the Kenya Meat Commission under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence, President Uhuru Kenyatta is keeping the export figures of his Gicheha Farms cattle ranches out of prying eyes. [...]

Inner circles BOTSWANA 18/09/2020

Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

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North Africa

AFRICA ALGERIA 22/09/2020

Amarante reorganises African subsidiaries and bids for growth in airport security

Georges Uriot is the new director for Africa of Amarante International. ©Amanrante International

TUNISIA Defence 22/09/2020

Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

The Tunisian army is unable to foot its share of the $240m bill, despite Turk Eximbank pitching in 85% of the total order. [...]

News In Brief

FRANCE |LIBYA 21/09/2020

MP-turned-consultant Pierre Lellouche returns to the Libya debate

MOROCCO 08/09/2020

Covid-19: Inmate mask-making programme takes a hit

MOROCCO 04/09/2020

Sahrawi business magnate Dahmane Derham ventures into automobile distribution in Rabat

LIBYA 18/09/2020

How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris. ©Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

ALGERIA 17/09/2020

French Embassy stays in diplomatic quarantine as François Gouyette takes charge

French ambassador in Algeria François Gouyette. ©Abaca Press

LIBYA 16/09/2020

Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

Aguila Salah Issa, speaker of the eastern-based parliament. ©CC BY-SA 2.0

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Oil & gas

CONGO 22/09/2020

Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

The structure of the entity that will be in charge of the running Congo's only oil port is beginning to take shape. Here's what it could look like. [...]

GHANA 22/09/2020

SEC moves against Asante Berko after negotiations fail to resolve Aksa Energi commissions affair

Discussions between the SEC and the lawyer for Asante Berko, a Ghanaian former Goldman Sachs banker charged with FCPA violations, failed to reach an amicable agreement. Five months after filing a complaint, the US financial watchdog now wants to speed things up. [...]

News In Brief

IVORY COAST 15/09/2020

To Ouattara's great dismay, ENI reconsiders plans on eve of presidential election

GABON |CONGO |NIGERIA 14/09/2020

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

ANGOLA 31/08/2020

Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

CONGO 21/09/2020

What has become of Casula, Paduano and fellow ENI execs implicated in AOGC-WNR affair?

Roberto Casula, once ENI's Mr Africa. ©Roberto Casula

UGANDA 21/09/2020

Museveni, Magufuli finally settle on Total/CNOOC's Lake Albert crude transit fees

Tanzanian President John Magufuli and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. ©Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

SpotlightANGOLA 18/09/2020

Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Isabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo, in 2011. ©MaxPPP

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Mining sector

MALI 22/09/2020

Fertiliser manufacturers on the rack after coup d'état

The cotton sector should drastically reduce its cultivated areas and, consequently, its fertilizer orders. ©Nicolas Remene/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

ERITREA 22/09/2020

Copper and gold finds could end up breaking China's monopoly

Alpha Exploration's recent discovery of gold and copper in Kerkasha prompted it to start the process of going public. The junior has also made progress with its permits. It's enough to revive the race for a third mine in Eritrea. [...]

News In Brief

MADAGASCAR 18/09/2020

Lazarosy Mining gives American mining veteran Tom Cushman new lease of life

DRC 16/09/2020

Bankers Cobalt changes its name as gold prices soar

GUINEA 02/09/2020

Newcomer Sycamore applies for Kiniero gold mine production permit

DRC 21/09/2020

NRGI, Carter Center, to help Kinshasa meet IMF mining transparency demands

The two NGOs will work with the DRC government in publishing mining contracts, in line with one of the IMF's conditions for providing new financial support. [...]

DRC 18/09/2020

Mining industry squares up to Tshisekedi over VAT

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi met with representatives of mining operators on 8 September. ©DRC Presidential Press

LIBERIA 17/09/2020

Estonian oligarch Aleksandr Bronstein irks ArcelorMittal over Nimba's iron

Estonian oligarch Aleksandr Bronstein, head of Solway Mining, is heavily involved in the international Jewish community. ©ik/SAN/Reuters

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CONGO Business 21/09/2020

Bourbon Offshore enters the fray over Pointe-Noire docks

Having tussled for years with major works minister Jean-Jacques Bouya for control of the Pointe-Noire oil port, Willy Nguesso, the president's nephew, has won support from oil services company Bourbon Offshore. [...]

Breaking news IVORY COAST 18/09/2020

French ambassador Gilles Huberson recalled to Paris

With the presidential campaign in full swing in Abidjan and Paris juggling a wait-and-see attitude with muted disapproval of Alassane Ouattara's desire to run for re-election, the French foreign ministry has quietly recalled its ambassador Gilles Huberson for "administrative reasons". [...]

SIERRA LEONE GUINEA Politics Defence 18/09/2020

Sierra Leonean army reinforces its borders in run-up to Guinean election Free

To pre-empt a potentially explosive situation in Guinea following the presidential election on 18 October, the Sierra Leonean military is already stepping up its capacities along the borders. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Politics 18/09/2020

Touadéra forced to find new prime minister and reshuffle his cabinet

Several ministers, including the prime minister, will be running for office in the Central African general elections scheduled for 27 December and are therefore obliged to step down from their posts. [...]

UGANDA Politics 18/09/2020

Weakened by primaries, Museveni tries to regain control of NRM

The members of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement were to nominate their candidates in early September ahead of the general elections scheduled for February, but the results have caught the president off-guard, forcing him to intervene swiftly. [...]

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Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Sincerus Global begins to make its mark as top Department of State military contractor in Africa

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

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Wednesday, September 23 2020

ENI calls in top investment bank to advise on asset sales

Erik Prince severs ties with national oil company

Nawasi militia leader Mustafa Gadur moves back to centre stage in Tripoli

HSBC, always at the ready for Lourenço's big projects

Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation Free

Chamber of Mines plays hide and seek with civil society on VAT talks

Kinshasa sends HFW legal team to negotiate with DP World

Former US ambassador to Conakry Patricia Moller determined to deliver power to miners by 2022

Jean-Yves Le Drian replaces Gilles Huberson at French embassy in Abidjan

Stéphane Richou, a new military attaché to mend fences with generals

Maritime economy minister Frédéric Loua rushes to clear Octogone's name

Turkey's Barer does well out of Ouattara's security kit procurement fever

In Focus

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Sincerus Global begins to make its mark as top Department of State military contractor in Africa

While waiting to do battle in Cabo Delgado, Erik Prince mints it in medevacs and mining services

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Sincerus Global begins to make its mark as top Department of State military contractor in Africa

While waiting to do battle in Cabo Delgado, Erik Prince mints it in medevacs and mining services

Central and West Africa

After coup, MINUSMA leadership talks back in full swing

"Bad bank" Recredit gets generous Treasury funding but no change from its debtors

Miala in line to oversee all spy services

Senegalese President Macky Sall due in Paris on 11 November

Amarante on verge of bailing out of Senegal's airports

Ex-minister Hadino Hishongwa plans to build solar power plant

US company Barbaricum flies to the aid of Niger's Air Force

Gigawatts and metal ores: what Fortescue pitched to Tshisekedi

Free Articles

Sierra Leonean army reinforces its borders in run-up to Guinean election

Rival factions ready to pounce if Salva Kiir stumbles

Schlumberger uses Covid-19 to justify ditching Ivorian subsidiary

Sierra Leonean army reinforces its borders in run-up to Guinean election

Rival factions ready to pounce if Salva Kiir stumbles

Schlumberger uses Covid-19 to justify ditching Ivorian subsidiary

Eastern and southern Africa

Challenged in Tigray and Oromia, Abiy Ahmed calls ranks to order

After Jacobsen Elektro bankruptcy, Tanesco keen to complete Kinyerezi extension

Xavier Moreau leaves anti-terrorism in Indian Ocean, anchors at CMA CGM

Trading giant Trafigura expands Mauritian network

Kenyatta wants to talk business in Paris

Kenyatta's KMC transfer ensures his ranch affairs remain hush hush

Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

North Africa

Amarante reorganises African subsidiaries and bids for growth in airport security

Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

MP-turned-consultant Pierre Lellouche returns to the Libya debate

Covid-19: Inmate mask-making programme takes a hit

Sahrawi business magnate Dahmane Derham ventures into automobile distribution in Rabat

How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

French Embassy stays in diplomatic quarantine as François Gouyette takes charge

Why the EU wants to remove Aguila Salah Issa from sanctions list

Oil & gas

Sassou Nguesso's plan for Djeno oil terminal after 50 years of Total and ENI at the helm

SEC moves against Asante Berko after negotiations fail to resolve Aksa Energi commissions affair

To Ouattara's great dismay, ENI reconsiders plans on eve of presidential election

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Lourenço makes concessions to save production at Chevron's Block 14

What has become of Casula, Paduano and fellow ENI execs implicated in AOGC-WNR affair?

Museveni, Magufuli finally settle on Total/CNOOC's Lake Albert crude transit fees

Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Mining sector

Fertiliser manufacturers on the rack after coup d'état

Copper and gold finds could end up breaking China's monopoly

Lazarosy Mining gives American mining veteran Tom Cushman new lease of life

Bankers Cobalt changes its name as gold prices soar

Newcomer Sycamore applies for Kiniero gold mine production permit

NRGI, Carter Center, to help Kinshasa meet IMF mining transparency demands

Mining industry squares up to Tshisekedi over VAT

Estonian oligarch Aleksandr Bronstein irks ArcelorMittal over Nimba's iron

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Bourbon Offshore enters the fray over Pointe-Noire docks

French ambassador Gilles Huberson recalled to Paris

Sierra Leonean army reinforces its borders in run-up to Guinean election Free

Touadéra forced to find new prime minister and reshuffle his cabinet