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GUINEA 17/09/2019

UAE prince and Fortescue join the race for iron ore in Guinea

With President Alpha Conde on a diplomatic trip in the United States, the world's investors have their eyes turned to his country's iron ore assets. Sir Mick Davis, the former treasurer of the UK's Conservative Party, took over the helm [...]

Focus UNITED STATES MAURITANIA NIGER 09/09/2019

Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

MOZAMBIQUE Corridors of power 06/09/2019

Erik Prince makes up for army shortcomings

South Africans have stepped in to supply the army with two helicopters, and Erik Prince is in the thick of it. [...]

Map of the future rapid bus routes in the Dakar conurbation.

SENEGAL 16/09/2019

France's Meridiam and Madrid's EMT vie for Dakar Bus Rapid Transit project

Two international consortia are in the running to take on the BRT contract in Senegal's capital. [...]

LIBYA 12/09/2019

New Italian government slides over to Khalifa Haftar

The appointment of Giuseppe Conte's new government on September 5 could provoke a veritable aggiornamento in Italian policy on Libya. [...]

ALGERIA 12/09/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah plays his last cards against the hirak

Breaking newsMAURITANIA SENEGAL 13/09/2019

Exclusive: Kosmos sells to United Arab Emirate firm

As we revealed, Kosmos Energy had wanted to shed a large portion of its shares in the Senegalese and Mauritanian blocks on which the giant gas discovery Tortue was found since the start of the year. [...]

Corridors of power

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GUINEA 17/09/2019

Washington takes an interest in Conakry's strategic minerals

When on a visit to Washington in September, Guinean president Alpha Conde was able to present his country's strategic minerals, [...]

Breaking newsIVORY COAST 13/09/2019

Alassane Ouattara sends Laurent Gbagbo's speech writer to Algiers

The 2020 presidential election campaign has got off to a good start. To deprive Laurent Gbagbo's Front populaire ivoirien (FPI) [...]

LIBYA 12/09/2019

Khalifa Haftar lacks manpower on the ground

The forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) gained a little more ground in the Espiaa district in southern [...]

News In Brief

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 17/09/2019

Tetra Tech to coordinate artisanal mining grants

MOROCCO 12/09/2019

Mouad el Jamai takes action on Jerada's deadly coal mines

CONGO-B 11/09/2019

FBI trains Congolese gendarmes

UGANDA 10/09/2019

Total/Cnooc case: how URA and Tullow took part in the fiasco with Yoweri Museveni

Tullow Oil has clashed with the Ugandan authorities as the cracks begin to appear in the crude oil export project. [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/09/2019

Murky visibility around presidential and air force flights

According to documents obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the aircraft of the government and of the Forces aeriennes djiboutiennes, the air force of the Forces armees djiboutiennes (FAD), are being managed in a highly irregular fashion. In both cases, [...]

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CONGO-K 17/09/2019

Falling cobalt prices at the heart of Och-Ziff and Africo scuffle

A group of former Africo Resources investors has been authorised by court to seek damages from American hedge fund Och-Ziff [...]

GUINEA 17/09/2019

Nimba iron ore: P. Agboyibor's Asafo backs Conakry-Friedland deal

For the agreement signed on September 5 for Canadian mining magnet Robert Friedland's firm High Power Exploration (HPX) to take [...]

MOROCCO 12/09/2019

Yellowrock to play banking role among struggling milling firms

Third-ranking Moroccan cereals trader Yellowrock hopes it has found the financial solution which will enable it to overtake market leaders [...]

News In Brief

ANGOLA 17/09/2019

First bidding round results to be announced in November

CONGO-K 11/09/2019

Sicomines debts reach $2.56 billion

NIGERIA 10/09/2019

How Muhammadu Buhari found a spot for his oil allies Ogah and Jeddi Agba

MOROCCO 12/09/2019

CDG plans to outsource pension fund management

The Caisse de Depot et de Gestion (CDG), which manages pension fund RCAR (Regime Collectif d'Allocation de Retraite), via its [...]

CAMEROON 11/09/2019

Two contenders in running for Douala container terminal

On 17 September, the Port autonome de Douala will announce who is taking over the Douala container terminal concession. After failing to get shortlisted, Bollore is battling to stay in the running. [...]

CONGO-K 11/09/2019

Advisors queue up to lure back IMF

All the big-name advisory banks are laying siege to the presidential palace in the hope of winning the contract to advise the DRC on its relations with the IMF. [...]

CONGO-K 10/09/2019

Total and Tullow's approach for blocks 1, 2 and 3 murkier and murkier

Total's ambiguous ambitions for its future in exploration in the country is making the Congolese authorities' heads spin. As for, Tullow Oil, the junior has already taken a swipe at the new government, allegedly with the French major's approval. The [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 06/09/2019

Is Kapoeta governor's grip on local business under threat?

The governance of Louis Lobong Lojore, who has built up an impressive business empire in his state, could be tainted by a new scandal. [...]

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CAMEROON 11/09/2019

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh governs by correspondence

Addressed to ministers and heads of civil service departments alike, the letters from the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh, which invariably [...]

News In Brief

ALGERIA 12/09/2019

Now the Benhamadis lower their visibility at Travocovia

MOROCCO 12/09/2019

Dounia Taarji wants to set up a first UCITS for the Hassan II fund

MOROCCO 12/09/2019

Mohamed H'Midouche keeps up his African contacts with IGD

NIGERIA 10/09/2019

New minister of oil-rich Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, highly contested

The new minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Obot Akpabio, appointed on August 21, has established his legitimacy and authority [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/09/2019

Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem in firing line

This summer the minister for urban planning and the environment, Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem, sparked tensions within the Union de [...]

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CONGO-K State Strategy 17/09/2019

Tshisekedi's mining right-hand-man, Michel Eboma Ablavi Free

Felix Tshisekedi's go-to advisor on mining and energy matters, lawyer Michel Eboma Ablavi is tipped to be the Congolese president's [...]

MOROCCO Financing and advisory 17/09/2019

Ex Managem executives take on mining project in two of their former employer's strongholds

The deal for Sudanese firm Rida Mining to purchase the [...]

GUINEA Financing and advisory 17/09/2019

Former prime minister Mamady Youla starts afresh in consulting

Guinean national Mamady Youla opened up M. Y. Consultants et [...]

AFRICA Supply Chain 17/09/2019

Traceablity: Pamela Fierst-Walsh helps Assent prove know-how

To demonstrate its expertise in mining traceability and win over [...]

AFRICA JAPAN Supply Chain 17/09/2019

Tokyo promotes a move to curb damaging impact of mining

Participants at the Japan-Africa summit, Tokyo International Conference on African [...]

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Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

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UAE prince and Fortescue join the race for iron ore in Guinea

Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Erik Prince makes up for army shortcomings

France's Meridiam and Madrid's EMT vie for Dakar Bus Rapid Transit project

New Italian government slides over to Khalifa Haftar

Ahmed Gaid Salah plays his last cards against the hirak

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Alassane Ouattara sends Laurent Gbagbo's speech writer to Algiers

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Mouad el Jamai takes action on Jerada's deadly coal mines

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Sicomines debts reach $2.56 billion

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