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SPOTLIGHT ETHIOPIA DJIBOUTI 23/06/2017

Eritrea, everybody's favorite enemy

Ever since Qatar announced on June 14 it was withdrawing the observation force it deployed in 2010 between Eritrea and Djibouti, the inhabitants of Djibouti and Ethiopia fear Asmara has war-like intentions. [...]

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ETHIOPIA 23/06/2017

Ethnic clashes spread across the country

ETHIOPIA SOMALIA 23/06/2017

Army on war footing to assist Amisom

ETHIOPIA 09/06/2017

Gebremichael sees himself as TPLF’s savior

Special report ANGOLA CONGO-B FRANCE MOZAMBIQUE 16/06/2017

Africa has become Iskandar Safa’s new favourite hunting ground

How Iskandar Safa sells his ships in Africa

LIBYA 22/06/2017

The aircraft operated by DO Systems since the start of June for migrant aid NGO MOAS. ©Gordzam, Dreamstime.com

DO Systems branches out from intelligence to saving migrants

Oil SENEGAL 13/06/2017

Who is African Petroleum’s mystery partner?

African Petroleum has found a partner for Senegal Offshore Sud profond. [...]

KENYA 23/06/2017

Odinga dropped by foreign backers

Odinga, Kenya's former prime minister and now the opposition candidate in presidential elections in August, is having trouble getting his friends abroad to help finance his campaign, as they did in elections in 2007 and 2013. [...]

TUNISIA 22/06/2017

Chahed's anti-corruption drive delights the IMF

One month after the start of his "mani pulite" operation, which has now spread to the port of Rades prime minister Youssef Chahed is continuing to benefit from it politically! [...]

AFRICA 06/06/2017

Marcus Struik, from BSGR’s iron to Glencore’s nickel

Marcus Struik, the former CEO of BSGR Metals & Mining Corp has now turned his attention to Ivorian nickel. [...]

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SOMALILAND SOMALIA 23/06/2017

Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

While Somaliland has taken Saudi Arabia's side, Somalia has adopted a neutral position in the conflict pitting Qatar against the Gulf Countries. And in doing so each of them struck hard bargains. [...]

MOROCCO 22/06/2017

Driss El Yazami seeks asylum in Paris

Although he should have been in the front line playing the role of mediator in the face of the escalating [...]

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KENYA 23/06/2017

Odinga still seeking cash for his campaign

LIBYA 22/06/2017

Fayez Sarraj tracks lost Libyan treasures in the US

MOROCCO | AFRICA 20/06/2017

OCP analyst conclude that…OCP is right!

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 13/06/2017

Total and Lukoil GIVEN preferential treatment for Ronda 2016

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 13/06/2017

OneLNG, a SECURE ally for Gabriel Obiang’s gas ambitions

GABON 13/06/2017

Gabon Oil Co’s daylight robbery of the state jewels

GUINEA 20/06/2017

Ashapura pays court to the government to secure Boffa bauxite

Indian group Ashapura Minechem is vying for a bauxite block in Boffa previously explored by BHP Billiton and is bending [...]

FRANCE 14/06/2017

Friendship, security & business: Macron’s brimming Africa agenda

It took less than a month after Emmanuel Macron’s election as French president for all the pieces of his African jigsaw puzzle to fall into place The new tenant in the Elysee Palace has no lack of connections and friends [...]

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ETHIOPIA 23/06/2017

Metec can't get Yayu Fertilizer Factory to come up smelling like a rose

The Ethiopian industrial jewel is trying to raise fresh funds despite doubts about its capacity to push through its projects. [...]

MOROCCO 22/06/2017

Belkhayat protege Laarabi launches pan-African press venture

Former RNI party communications chief Nawfal Laarabi is to try his hand as a press entrepreneur. With Le1.ma website boss [...]

MAURITIUS 20/06/2017

Denham Capital ramps up mining investments via Tremont

Mauritius fund Tremont Investments, affiliated with Denham Capital, is preparing to increase its mining stakes in Tanzania and Congo-K. [...]

AFRICA 14/06/2017

Iteka, the bugbear of African Guarantee Fund

The intermediation firm has retained lawyer William Bourdon in a dispute pitting it against a fund headed by Felix Bikpo. [...]

AFRICA 13/06/2017

Strategia Worldwide's men stride into oil & gas

Strategia Worldwide, a consultancy founded by two former British Army officers, has set up a new division entirely focused on oil and gas projects. [...]

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SUDAN 23/06/2017

Caffey Norman to lay out Khartoum's case in Washington

Caffey Norman, a partner of Democrat Thomas Boggs in the firm Squire Patton Boggs (SPB), penned a lobbying contract in [...]

RWANDA 20/06/2017

AB Minerals brings in Frank Mugyenyi to crush coltan rivals

To keep work moving forward on its Rwandan smelter to transform coltan into tantalum powder and niobium hydroxide (AMI 382), [...]

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TUNISIA 22/06/2017

How Iskandar Safa sells his ships in Africa

The Kandadji dam, the evil eye and a whiff of scandal

Abdelhakim Belhadj, the militia leader turned international businessman

Paul Obambi, the man at the top of Congo-B’s private sector tree

Eritrea, everybody's favorite enemy

Ethnic clashes spread across the country

Army on war footing to assist Amisom

Gebremichael sees himself as TPLF’s savior

How Iskandar Safa sells his ships in Africa

DO Systems branches out from intelligence to saving migrants

Who is African Petroleum’s mystery partner?

Odinga dropped by foreign backers

Chahed's anti-corruption drive delights the IMF

Marcus Struik, from BSGR’s iron to Glencore’s nickel

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Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

Driss El Yazami seeks asylum in Paris

Odinga still seeking cash for his campaign

Fayez Sarraj tracks lost Libyan treasures in the US

OCP analyst conclude that…OCP is right!

Total and Lukoil GIVEN preferential treatment for Ronda 2016

OneLNG, a SECURE ally for Gabriel Obiang’s gas ambitions

Gabon Oil Co’s daylight robbery of the state jewels

Ashapura pays court to the government to secure Boffa bauxite

Friendship, security & business: Macron’s brimming Africa agenda

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Business circles

Metec can't get Yayu Fertilizer Factory to come up smelling like a rose

Belkhayat protege Laarabi launches pan-African press venture

Denham Capital ramps up mining investments via Tremont

Iteka, the bugbear of African Guarantee Fund

Strategia Worldwide's men stride into oil & gas

Special reports

How major African port operator Necotrans was brought to its knees

Pyongyang, an alternative to the West?

Ibrahima Diawadoh N'Jim, French PM's Africa man

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AB Minerals brings in Frank Mugyenyi to crush coltan rivals

Khelil Lajimi plays farmer for the Bayahi brothers

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Lucien Pouamon looking for financial backing

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