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ALGERIA 18/07/2019

Intelligence: Ahmed Gaid Salah recreates his own "DRS"

Army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah is manoeuvring furiously to strengthen his hold over post-Bouteflika Algeria. He has set about turning the Army Central Security Directorate, the DCSA, into an all-powerful intelligence service comparable to the former Intelligence and [...]

Focus CONGO-K 15/07/2019

Mining rivals Katumbi and Beveraggi settle their scores on the football pitch

KENYA SOUTH SUDAN Document 05/07/2019

Are the Kenya Defence Forces annexing the Ilemi triangle?

In deploying on the border with Kapoeta, are Kenyan troops looking to exploit the oil of their South Sudanese neighbour? [...]

Simandou iron ore evacuations options. ©Africa Mining Intelligence/Indigo Publications

GUINEA Document 16/07/2019

Is Liberia the solution to Rio Tinto and Chinalco's Simandou iron ore challenge?

}Not wanting to have infrastructure costs cut into the profitability of their Guinean iron ore deposit Simandou, Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and China's Chinalco are in talks to sell the site's first output to steel giant ArcelorMittal. [...]

AFRICA 09/07/2019

Attacked on all fronts, Glencore battens down the hatches

The past few months have proven to be difficult for the Swiss trading house Glencore as it weathers lawsuits involving some of its African subsidiaries and is forced to enter financial renegotiations in Chad, a country that it may be [...]

NIGER 10/07/2019

Abu Dhabi and Ankara jockey for position

The Emirates are on the verge of establishing a base in northern Niger - a manoeuvre designed to counter Ankara's regional plans. [...]

ETHIOPIA 05/07/2019

What really happened during the regional attempted coup in Bahar Dar

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LIBYA 18/07/2019

Khalifa Haftar sanctions Abderrazak Nadhouri after attack

The car bomb attack at the funeral of former special forces (Saiqa) officer Khalifa Al Mismari on July 11 has [...]

CAMEROON 16/07/2019

Yaoundé drags feet, prompting reduced Sundance offer

Despite being directly handled by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute's office, the agreement for the south-east Cameroonian Mbalam iron ore [...]

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ALGERIA 18/07/2019

The military study their new spy planes in Oklahoma

ZAMBIA 16/07/2019

Copperbelt province already looking to future beyond mining

CONGO-B 10/07/2019

Financial make-or-break time in Washington

SOUTH SUDAN 09/07/2019

Salva Kiir has traders Sahara, BB Energy, Trafigura and Glencore on tenterhooks

TANZANIA 09/07/2019

LNG: John Magufuli sets a highly political deadline for negotiations with Shell and Equinor

GABON 25/06/2019

Now minister, why is Noel Mboumba shutting down former employer Sogara

SENEGAL 10/07/2019

Senegalese President Macky Sall's entourage has split into rival factions. ©Reuters

A settling of scores within the Sall clan

DJIBOUTI 05/07/2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh uses water as tool to assert independence from Addis

Experiencing chronic drought, Djibouti is dependent on the water supplied by Ethiopia but is seeking to overcome this reliance on its neighbour. [...]

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MOROCCO 18/07/2019

Myriam Abikzer invests in marquees ahead of IMF fiesta

Myriam Abikzer, first lady of the Moroccan events world, is expanding her empire at the expense of her friends at [...]

CONGO-K 16/07/2019

How Chemaf is financing the Mutoshi copper and cobalt plant

As a result of the cobalt price slump, Chemaf can no longer only rely on revenue from its sales of the mineral to build its new processing plant. [...]

UNITED STATES WEST AFRICA 10/07/2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

The American airport security firm Securiport active in Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast has secured a $95 million arbitration win against Benin after it was driven out of the country to make way for a company with ties to Patrice Talon. [...]

GUINEA 09/07/2019

K-Energie: Sam Zormati hands over the keys to former associate

The Guinean courts have reinstated the firm's former shareholding structure. [...]

SUDAN 05/07/2019

Dickens & Madson, Hemiti's controversial lobbyist

As well as the endorsement of the Transitional Military Council, the lobbying firm Dickens & Madson has to secure international contracts… Which may be personally beneficial. [...]

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GUINEA 16/07/2019

Alpha Conde's intendant Kabinet Sylla strikes out in bauxite

President Alpha Conde buddy and powerful businessman Kabinet Sylla has submitted a request for a bauxite research permit in Guinea's [...]

GABON 10/07/2019

Businessman Seydou Kane makes a strong comeback

The Chief Executive Officer of the public works firm CITP (Consortium international des travaux publics), the Gabonese-Malian businessman Seydou Kane, [...]

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MOROCCO 18/07/2019

Milling mogul Chakib Alj invests in packaging

TUNISIA 18/07/2019

Amel Medini appointed interim CEO at Banque de l'Habitat

LIBYA 18/07/2019

Charles Gurdon madly optimistic about the Libyan market

SOUTH SUDAN 09/07/2019

Why Salva Kiir has kicked Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth out of oil ministry

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir has thrown his oil minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth a curve ball, putting a stop to [...]

DJIBOUTI 05/07/2019

Yacin Aouled Farah takes liberties on attorney general Djama Souleiman's patch

An altercation between the golden boy Yacin Aouled Farah and the attorney general Djama Souleiman recently broke out at the [...]

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MOROCCO Business circles 18/07/2019

Adnane Mouktabil launches urban display blitz Free

Users of the new terminal at Marrakesh Airport saw 10 or so "Ecoboxes" make their appearance at the end of [...]

MOROCCO Business circles 18/07/2019

GIMAS wants to organise its own air shows

Morocco's aeronautics and space companies grouping GIMAS could soon be [...]

ALGERIA Business circles 18/07/2019

Cleptal wins new Sonatrach catering contracts in Hassi R'Mel

Cleptal, the Algerian subsidiary of France's Catering International & Services [...]

LIBYA Power brokers 18/07/2019

Erica Kasraie is Haftar's new lobbyist in Washington

Linden Government Solutions, which was chosen at the end of [...]

MOROCCO Power brokers 18/07/2019

Charles Saint-Prot marks 20 years of reign with kingdom's French friends

Although Mohammed VI ("M6") appealed for his 20-year reign as [...]

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