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17/10/2017 IVORY COAST -
Ouattara and Soro on talking terms again

SPOTLIGHT CONGO-K 17/10/2017

Gecamines caught up in own double play between Forrest and Shamrock in Lubumbashi

The conflict waging between George Forrest International (GFI) and Congolese state-run firm Gecamines for control of the Lubumbashi slag heap conceals another, more strategic, tug-of-war. When it had evicted GFI from the slag heap, Gecamines is reported to [...]

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MOROCCO 12/10/2017

Prince Rachid and Adil Rtabi expand into industrial zones

Moulay Rachid, who like the rest of the royal family has extensive property interests, is planning to go into the development of industrial zones. He will do so with a more than solid partner in the form of Mohamed Adil [...]

FRANCE BURKINA FASO 11/10/2017

Kabore receives Macron against a backdrop of jihadist threats

On the eve of the arrival of his French counterpart, the president is struggling to contain the radical movements active in the north. [...]

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Veolia and Al Badr go after ONAS sewage plant contracts

A few weeks after having won a contract to run Sousse's pumping stations as part of a consortium including Abdessalem [...]

UGANDA 17/10/2017

Salim Saleh SPLIT in two between his president brother and government bugbear Tibet Hima

Irene Muloni, Uganda's minister of energy and mineral development, has decided to postpone the call for tenders for a new [...]

SUDAN UNITED STATES 06/10/2017

Has the countdown to normalised ties begun?

The most recent UN General Assembly offered Khartoum a fresh chance to lobby for the lifting of the sanctions weighing on the country since 1997. [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/10/2017

Why Ahmed Osman Guelleh's empire is collapsing

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the Djiboutian authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of Ahmed Osman Guelleh, the boss of the local firm GSK Group. The lowdown on how a businessman was brought [...]

BURKINA FASO IVORY COAST 17/10/2017

Can Bollore's railroad help Frank Timis in Tambao?

The rehabilitation of the Abidjan-Kaya line could help the manganese project get back on its feet, after a Burkinabe court ruled export facilities a prerequisite. [...]

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WEST AFRICA 17/10/2017

Kwame Addo-Kufuor's dreams of becoming supra mining king

Ghanaian Kwame Addo-Kufuor, who is piloting the project to federate all of the mining chambers of the nation members of [...]

LIBYA 12/10/2017

Haftar uses gas to bargain with Rome

The capture of the city of Sabratha by militias supporting Khalifa Haftar on October 6 will reinforce the eastern general's [...]

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GUINEA 17/10/2017

EDG and Anaim bend over backwards to save Boke bauxite

TUNISIA 12/10/2017

Ghannouchi enlists Algabid to boost his support in Niger

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Soro irked by Ouattara's silence over the ‘arms cache' affair

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Oil firms pulling out of offshore as output continues to freefall

GABON 10/10/2017

operators lament complete halt to Hyrdocarbon code revision

ALGERIA 26/09/2017

Boutarfa network holds strong to hog all key executive ministerial positions

BENIN 11/10/2017

Patrice Talon: keeping it in the family!

How the president has promoted his friends and family to prime positions. An exclusive investigation. [...]

ETHIOPIA 06/10/2017

Liyu Police come in for renewed criticism

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has seen a report submitted by the Ethiopian intelligence services to the head of the National [...]

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AFRICA 17/10/2017

Lord Farmer's mining treasures on the continent

Treasurer of the British conservative party under David Cameron, Lord Farmer has been building up his African mining portfolio slowly but surely. [...]

MOROCCO 12/10/2017

Red alert over world judo championships

Minister for Youth and Sports Rachid Talbi Alami could find himself crashing violently to the tatami as Morocco prepares to [...]

CONGO-B 11/10/2017

Turned down by the IMF, Sassou now has to contain the social unrest

Despite negotiating with Washington from late September to early October, the president has failed to finalise the ‘adjustment plan' urged on him by the IMF. [...]

ALGERIA 10/10/2017

Consultancy bigwigs in the running to help Sonatrach reboot

BCG, EY, Deloitte and PwC are battling it out to help the Algerian state-run firm overhaul its financial management. [...]

UGANDA 06/10/2017

How Museveni is supporting American GMOs

By allowing American seed companies to grow GM crops, the Ugandan president is disregarding the potential export risks. [...]

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GUINEA 17/10/2017

Alan Davies, Rio Tinto's fallen star, fights for his reputation

In mid-September, Alan Davies, former head of energy and minerals at Rio Tinto, published a motion demanding the dismissal of [...]

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Business leaders give Zoumana Bakayoko the cold shoulder

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ALGERIA 12/10/2017

Jean-Marie Pinel makes the 51/49 law more flexible

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GABON 11/10/2017

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ANGOLA 10/10/2017

Isabel dos Santos ever more unimpeded at head of Sonangol

The reshuffle of state-run firm Sonangol's board of directors at the end of September should give the company chairwoman Isabel [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/10/2017

Nicolas Sureau serves up a salt-free diet for the country

Nicolas Sureau, the director of international environmental and industrial projects at Eiffage Travaux publics, was in Djibouti from 19 to [...]

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Breaking news IVORY COAST 17/10/2017

Ouattara and Soro on talking terms again

President Alassane Ouattara recently spoke on the telephone to Guillaume Soro for the first time since the end of June. [...]

Spotlight CONGO-K 17/10/2017

Gecamines caught up in own double play between Forrest and Shamrock in Lubumbashi

The conflict waging between George Forrest International (GFI) and Congolese state-run firm Gecamines for control of the Lubumbashi slag heap (AMI 391) conceals another, more strategic, tug-of-war. When it had evicted GFI from the slag heap, Gecamines is reported to [...]

GHANA 17/10/2017

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Forrest loses bout against Gecamines

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Kwame Addo-Kufuor's dreams of becoming supra mining king

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Soro irked by Ouattara's silence over the ‘arms cache' affair

Oil firms pulling out of offshore as output continues to freefall

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Patrice Talon: keeping it in the family!

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