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Total seals new partnership with President Aziz

LIBYA 13/12/2018

Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) meets with Fayez al-Sarraj, Libya's Prime Minister. ©Reuters

Scope tries to reduce Jordanian war-wounded bill

When he visited Jordan on December 2, prime minister Fayez Sarraj promised King Abdallah II that Libya would repay the $310 million it owes the Jordanian hospitals who treated wounded Libyans after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Behind the scenes, [...]

CAMEROON Document 12/12/2018

Reelected for a seventh term, Paul Biya won't sway.

Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

ALGERIA 06/12/2018

Sonatrach awards IT contract to China's CNPC and Huawei

Giant national oil group Sonatrach has entrusted its Chinese opposite number, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),

SpotlightEQUATORIAL GUINEA 04/12/2018

How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector

The oil-impassioned Equatorial Guinea now has plans to make 2019 a year of mining. With the help

UGANDA 11/12/2018

Future infrastructure for oil extraction around Lake Albert ©Africa Energy Intelligence/Indigo Publications

Lake Albert: Museveni and Total still fail to see eye to eye

MOROCCO 13/12/2018

Engie and Nareva obtain Dakhla desalination plant contract unopposed

French energy giant Engie and Nareva, energy subsidiary of Mohammed VI’s personal holding company Al Mada, did not have too [...]

IVORY COAST 12/12/2018

UK holds sway in Abidjan

A visiting business delegation is a further sign of London's interest in the national economy. [...]

CONGO-B 11/12/2018

Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Although the country's output has reached one of its all-time highs, exploration could very well step up a notch next year. Here's why. [...]

SUDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 07/12/2018

Emirates poised to drop anchor in Sudan's ports

Sudanese ports have the wind in their sails thanks to the businessmen of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. [...]

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ALGERIA 13/12/2018

Bouteflika too ill to run, clan preps plan B

A proposal to postpone the presidential elections due in April 2019, which has been talked about by leading figures in [...]

IVORY COAST 12/12/2018

Point of no return for Ouattara and Bedie

The president and his former ally seem to be intent on torpedoing each other. [...]

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ALGERIA 13/12/2018

"Rebrab problem" provokes high-level wrangling

CHAD 12/12/2018

Paris supports Deby in Tibesti Mountains

KENYA 07/12/2018

A new recruit lined up for the National Rainbow Coalition ?

SENEGAL 11/12/2018

Total's block: what is African Petroleum's knockout argument to win arbitration against Dakar?

IVORY COAST 11/12/2018

Prime minister delays Cairn's entry onto tullow Oil's blocks

GAMBIA 27/11/2018

Adama Barrow gives tandem Petronas-Far six months leeway to pull through

MADAGASCAR 07/12/2018

Marc Ravalomanana (left) and Andry Rajoelina, both former presidents, hope to have a new term.

Presidential election lays bare polarised political landscape

AFRICA 04/12/2018

EU war on cadmium takes toll on phosphate sector

The provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and the European Council of Ministers to cap cadmium content in phosphate [...]

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ALGERIA 13/12/2018

Abdenour Souakri to mill flour in the desert with the Baadji brothers

Construction materials specialist Abdenour Souakri, who has been a leading figure in the cement industry since he went into partnership [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 12/12/2018

Where private security companies are king

The fraught situation in the country since 2013 has proved a boon for a burgeoning private security sector. An investigation. [...]

KENYA 11/12/2018

Solar energy: French billionaire Mulliez pampered by AfDB

One of the retail tycoon's offshoots, Voltalia, is about to get a leg up from Abidjan for its solar farm in Kenya. [...]

UGANDA 07/12/2018

Sky's the limit for Qatari tourism operators

Qatari investors are poised to take over the management of the UTB and develop aerodromes into airports… [...]

MOROCCO 04/12/2018

Former Managem bedfellows move into mining consultancy

Three former Managem men have joined forces to set up their own mining advisory firm. [...]

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IVORY COAST 12/12/2018

Nadiana Bamba, the gatekeeper in The Hague

Having married Laurent Gbagbo in a traditional ceremony, Nadiana Bamba (aka Nady) is the former Ivorian president's bedrock in The [...]

TUNISIA 11/12/2018

Oil firms with no-one to call on since Kaddour's departure

As the majors continue to leave the country one by one, the latest being Repsol (AEI 829), Tunisia's petroleum sector [...]

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TUNISIA 13/12/2018

Money laundering expert Chakib Adib goes solo

MOROCCO 13/12/2018

Former banker Lemridi turns guide for foreign investors

TUNISIA 13/12/2018

Chaibi and Ben Salem launch shopping mall project in Sfax

MADAGASCAR 07/12/2018

Alain Toussaint, anti-France or pro-Russia?

Senior officials at the Ministry of Communications were not informed, and with good reason: the decision came directly from the [...]

GHANA 04/12/2018

Sandeep Chadha helps Accra become gold refiner

Indian businessman Sandeep Chadha has been placed in charge of overseeing the project to create a gold refinery carried by [...]

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TUNISIA Business circles 13/12/2018

Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope

A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

Scope tries to reduce Jordanian war-wounded bill

Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

Sonatrach awards IT contract to China's CNPC and Huawei

How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector

Lake Albert: Museveni and Total still fail to see eye to eye

Engie and Nareva obtain Dakhla desalination plant contract unopposed

UK holds sway in Abidjan

Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Emirates poised to drop anchor in Sudan's ports

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