ExxonMobil, Aker Energy and ENI fed up with Accra
Business in Ghana is dismal: production is low and exploration at a standstill. Companies are becoming more vocal about their exasperation with the state and some are even pulling out entirely. [...]
Through his henchmen, Mohammed VI's political adviser Fouad Ali El Himma has taken charge of the takeover of the 2M and Medi 1 TV channels by public sector broadcasting group SNRT. And he has managed to put one of his supporters in charge of public relations at the interior ministry. [...]
Savannah now has just a few weeks in which to analyse the ExxonMobil data and make a firm offer on its Doba assets. The junior has been on a shopping spree for new assets of late, taking advantage of the withdrawal of the Western majors and the lack of interest in mature deposits. [...]
Mining multinationals BHP Billiton and Anglo American lost their almost ten-year legal battle with Samancor Chrome Holdings, owned by Croatian Danko Koncar, over who was responsible for paying South African tax authorities 27m rands in tax arrears. [...]
When questioned recently in parliament as to why #Zambia is failing to reach output of one million tonnes of copper each year, the country's Minister of Mines Richard Musukwa assured it would be achieved by 2024. https://t.co/hPfhZjeKv7
At the end of May, Chinese construction firm @HenanGuojiGroup bought up all the stock in the Intaka real estate project, in which Fundo para o Fomento de Habitaçao (FFH), a parastatal fund had until then been a partner. #Mozambique https://t.co/3Tkrnq43aT
Since being sworn in as #Niger’s president on 2 April, @mohamedbazoum has made several highly symbolic adjustments. https://t.co/dqr9cg4Wyb
