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ALGERIA 08/11/2018

Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the El Alia Cemetery’s “martyrs’ square” on November 1. ©Screenshot Algerie Bladna

Bouteflika bids for fifth mandate by default

It is by no means sure that the El Alia Cemetery's "martyrs' square" was the right place to organise the reappearance of an Abdelaziz Bouteflika looking more ghostlike than ever on November 1. But, in the absence of an alternative, [...]

UGANDA 09/11/2018

Pro and anti-Chinese factions battle it out at Bank of Uganda

The figures produced by the Ugandan Treasury, which the government jealously guards for itself, have revealed a dizzying increase in the country's foreign debt. [...]

Corridors of power CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 31/10/2018

Paris pushes back against the Russians

Having underestimated Moscow's offensive, France seeks to regain the initiative in the country. [...]

GABON 31/10/2018

How the state will make do without Ali Bongo

After fainting and being hospitalised on 24 October during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Gabonese president Ali Bongo is likely to withdraw from state affairs for a number of weeks. Mechanisms to ensure the continuity of government business have [...]

GUINEA 06/11/2018

Full-steam on Boffa bauxite, Chalco turns back on Simandou iron ore

Chinese public firm Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) inaugurated the construction of its Boffa bauxite mine on October 28 with [...]

CHINAAFRICA 06/11/2018

Young mining countries seek business angels in Tianjin

Nigeria, which would like to build up its mining sector, sent a batch of representatives to the China Mining Conference [...]

Business circlesHORN OF AFRICA 09/11/2018

DP World downsizes in Berbera

In developing Somaliland's port, the Emirati operator is having to contend with the new political configurations in the Horn. [...]

NIGERIA 30/10/2018

Kola Karim takes a risk or two with Shoreline

Shoreline boss, the Nigerian businessman Kola Karim, has been on a roll securing partners with foreign firms to bulk up his company's portfolio of assets in Nigeria and across Africa at large. The latest target: Vinci - As we revealed in [...]

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DJIBOUTI 09/11/2018

Big guns battle it out

Backed by the first lady, the mayor of Djibouti is up against rivals close to the minister of finance, IOG's potential successor. [...]

LIBYA 08/11/2018

Salame has Libyan leaders worried

The new road map that Ghassan Salame is due to submit to the United Nations Security Council on November 8 [...]

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KENYA 09/11/2018

Governor of Kilifi gears up for presidential bid

MOROCCO 08/11/2018

Bourita tries to keep Aziz out of Sahrawi debate

GAMBIA 06/11/2018

Banjul wins reprieve against Carnegie Minerals

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 30/10/2018

President scion Gabriel Obiang to ease throttle on Fortuna project operated by ophir

NAMIBIA 30/10/2018

Kudu: norwegian Bw Offshore considers imaginative development plans

SENEGAL 16/10/2018

Petrosen puts african Petroleum and Elenilto's old assets up for sale

CONGO-K 06/11/2018

Banro plays to bend tax to its advantage

Canadian firm Banro Corp, which is struggling to handle security at its Congolese gold mine Namoya (AMI 425), is also [...]

CONGO-KUNITED STATESISRAEL 31/10/2018

Kinshasa's curious lobbying contracts

With the presidential election looming, the government is turning to US lobbyists for help. [...]

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SOUTH SUDAN 09/11/2018

Trinity Energy, the oil operator underwriting the state

The South Sudanese petroleum products firm is becoming indispensable to the government by guaranteeing its loans with crude oil. [...]

MOROCCO 08/11/2018

Moulay Hafid Elalamy sets up luxury property venture with Jettou

Industry minister and Saham group head Moulay Hafid Elalamy has gone into partnership with Court of Accounts chairman Driss Jettou [...]

AFRICA 06/11/2018

ERG wins bout in battle against data thieves

A South African court has validated Kazakh mining group ERG's decision to fire Tebogo Khasake after he was found in unauthorised possession of confidential documents belonging to the firm. [...]

IVORY COAST 31/10/2018

Prime Group set to take over Saf Cacao

A Moroccan businessman has teamed up with a relative of the late Felix Houphouet-Boigny in a bid for the trading company. [...]

NIGERIA 30/10/2018

Shell/Exxon to drag NNPC execs through American courts

Several senior executives of the Nigerian state-owned firm will have to explain themselves in their dispute with ExxonMobil and Shell over OML 133. [...]

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SUDAN 09/11/2018

Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh, Lord of gold... and potatoes

The Baron Sheikh of Cornhill, Lord Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh, is one of the board members and shareholders of the new [...]

UGANDA TANZANIA 06/11/2018

Paul Lemmon and partners steer SparrowHawk towards battery metals

Already active in gold and copper mining in Africa via CopperZone Resources and SparrowHawk Gold (AMI 417), Canadian multitaskers Paul [...]

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ALGERIA 08/11/2018

Edgard Bou-Chahine takes the controls at Schneider Electric

LIBYA|TUNISIA 08/11/2018

Former martyrs minister Nasr Jibril Hamed turns consultant

LIBYA 08/11/2018

Ahmed Miitig backs Isam Zanati against Faysel Gergab at LPTIC

GABON 31/10/2018

Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, the putative president

The name of 61-year-old Lucie Milebou-Aubusson, who has been the president of the Senate since 2015 and is the country's [...]

GHANA 30/10/2018

Who is Gabby Darko, the president's nephew omnipresent in the oil sector?

Officially, the former journalist Gabby Otchere-Darko is not employed by any state institution in Ghana. However, his office has gradually [...]

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MAURITANIA Published on 25/04/2018

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

Bouteflika bids for fifth mandate by default

Pro and anti-Chinese factions battle it out at Bank of Uganda

Paris pushes back against the Russians

How the state will make do without Ali Bongo

Full-steam on Boffa bauxite, Chalco turns back on Simandou iron ore

Young mining countries seek business angels in Tianjin

DP World downsizes in Berbera

Kola Karim takes a risk or two with Shoreline

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Governor of Kilifi gears up for presidential bid

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Kudu: norwegian Bw Offshore considers imaginative development plans

Petrosen puts african Petroleum and Elenilto's old assets up for sale

Banro plays to bend tax to its advantage

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