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23/10/2017 TUNISIA -
Just one bidder for Dar Assabah press group

23/10/2017 KENYA -
On the eve of the election, Kenyatta places the polling stations under armed guard

SPOTLIGHT MAURITANIA SENEGAL GUINEA 24/10/2017

Total on offshore offensive after let-down on giant deposits

Total paid a hefty price for not showing more daring in East Africa, finding itself forced to buy Tullow Oil's assets in Uganda and Maersk Oil's stakes in Kenya. To avoid being roped into another costly operation, the French major [...]

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MOROCCO 19/10/2017

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MADAGASCAR 20/10/2017

A president (virtually) alone in his ivory tower

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Electricity IVORY COAST 24/10/2017

Eranove sends out its men to occupy charged sector

Threatened by the forthcoming liberalisation of the sector, the French power producer is trying to hold onto its influence in the country. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

LIBYA 19/10/2017

Sanalla’s British spin doctor sets up shop in Tripoli and Tunis

Toby Burnham, the preferred public relations man of National Oil Corp (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla, is moving geographically closer to [...]

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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DJIBOUTI 20/10/2017

Who is preparing the legislative elections of February 2018?

With the elections drawing closer and a cabinet reshuffle on the cards, RPP grandees are manoeuvring to hang onto their posts and avoid the hitches of the last legislative elections. [...]

LIBYA 19/10/2017

Haftar puts pressure on the west

As the political talks launched by the United Nations drag on in Tunis with no positive outcome in view, Khalifa [...]

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SOMALILAND 20/10/2017

Fears of post-electoral insecurity spread across the country

LIBYA 19/10/2017

Promediation guides Salame among the tribes of the Fezzan

GUINEA 17/10/2017

EDG and Anaim bend over backwards to save Boke bauxite

NIGERIA 24/10/2017

Marginal fields reserved to appease locals

NIGERIA 24/10/2017

French oil team to travel to lagos and abuja

MOZAMBIQUE 24/10/2017

LNG: Anadarko leaders' secret visit to Japan

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 [...]

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. [...]

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ANGOLA 24/10/2017

Majors invited to have a hand in oil fiscal reform

Working alongside Sonangol and the Angolan government, majors BP, Chevron, ENI, Total, Statoil and Exxon have 30 days to define the new financial and fiscal strategy for the country's oil sector. [...]

SOMALIA SOMALILAND 20/10/2017

A joint air authority on the horizon

Having tried to run its airspace on its own, Mogadishu is now seeking a joint arrangement with Hargeisa. [...]

MOROCCO 19/10/2017

IB Maroc sues Dell over Maroc Telecom blacklisting

Systems integrator IB Maroc and its former partner Dell, which have been in open dispute since 2015, are to settle [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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MOZAMBIQUE 24/10/2017

Ian A. Perks, Anadarko's new trump card on Rovuma

American independent firm Anadarko, operator of block 1 in Mozambique where substantial gas discoveries have been made since 2010, has [...]

UGANDA ERITREA 20/10/2017

Abraham Fessehaye sues the Stanbic Bank of Uganda

In early October, the Eritrean Abraham Fessehaye brought a lawsuit against the Stanbic Bank of Uganda (SBU) for $4 million, [...]

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ALGERIA 19/10/2017

Total boss Delafon plays good guy at Naftal round table

MOROCCO 19/10/2017

Olivier Campos heads WeAre Aerospace in Casablanca

GABON 11/10/2017

Sayid Abeloko takes over at OPRAG

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 [...]

IVORY COAST 11/10/2017

Business leaders give Zoumana Bakayoko the cold shoulder

Zoumana Bakayoko, the CEO of Agro West Africa, which specialises in distributing fertilisers and crop protection products and exporting cocoa, [...]

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Spotlight MAURITANIA SENEGAL GUINEA 24/10/2017

Total on offshore offensive after let-down on giant deposits

ANGOLA 24/10/2017

Power struggle between Lourenco and dos Santos clan for control of oil Free

The appointment of technician Carlos Saturnino, a close ally of Angola's new president, as secretary of state for oil should sway the balance of power against Isabel dos Santos in this key sector. [...]

IVORY COAST 24/10/2017