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UGANDA 11/12/2018

Future infrastructure for oil extraction around Lake Albert ©Africa Energy Intelligence/Indigo Publications

Lake Albert: Museveni and Total still fail to see eye to eye

The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is pressuring Total to take a Final Investment Decision (FID) on its Lake Albert licence. For the oil major there needs to be a lot more guarantees on the table before they decide to dig [...]

ALGERIA Business circles 06/12/2018

Sonatrach awards IT contract to China's CNPC and Huawei

Giant national oil group Sonatrach has entrusted its Chinese opposite number, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and telecommunications equipment supplier [...]

SUDAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 07/12/2018

Emirates poised to drop anchor in Sudan's ports

Sudanese ports have the wind in their sails thanks to the businessmen of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. [...]

CONGO-B 11/12/2018

Sassou sells off blocks to rescue 2019 budget

Although the country's output has reached one of its all-time highs, exploration could very well step up a notch next year. Here's why. [...]

CAMEROON 28/11/2018

Why Biya wants to torpedo Anglophone General Conference

The postponement in mid-November of an event aimed at resolving the crisis in the country is in large part due to pressure from Yaounde. [...]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 04/12/2018

How the Obiang family plans to take on the mining sector

The oil-impassioned Equatorial Guinea now has plans to make 2019 a year of mining. With the help of veteran consultants, the minister of mines and hydrocarbons in Malabo, Gabriel Obiang Lima [...]

AFRICAUNITED STATES 28/11/2018

Draper, Kuramo… Venture capital funds target innovation market

Private equity funds specialising in new technologies are expanding their activities in Africa. [...]

ZIMBABWE 04/12/2018

Chitando and Manhando's bold mining ambitions Free

The Zimbabwean government expects to see exceptional growth in mining production over the next few years fuelled by a strong [...]

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MADAGASCAR 07/12/2018

Marc Ravalomanana (left) and Andry Rajoelina, both former presidents, hope to have a new term.

Presidential election lays bare polarised political landscape

TUNISIA 06/12/2018

Slim Riahi tries to bring down Youssef Chahed from Paris

From his place of voluntary exile in Paris, Slim Riahi, the new secretary general of presidential party Nidaa Tounes, is preparing for the next round in his battle with prime minister Youssef Chahed. Slim Riahi is preparing his onslaught with [...]

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KENYA 07/12/2018

A new recruit lined up for the National Rainbow Coalition ?

LIBYA 06/12/2018

Fathi Bachagha still struggling to get the militias under control

CONGO-K |UNITED KINGDOM 04/12/2018

British to flock to Lubumbashi in March to conquer mines

SENEGAL 11/12/2018

Total's block: what is African Petroleum's knockout argument to win arbitration against Dakar?

IVORY COAST 11/12/2018

Prime minister delays Cairn's entry onto tullow Oil's blocks

GAMBIA 27/11/2018

Adama Barrow gives tandem Petronas-Far six months leeway to pull through

AFRICA 04/12/2018

EU war on cadmium takes toll on phosphate sector

The provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and the European Council of Ministers to cap cadmium content in phosphate [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAWEST AFRICA 28/11/2018

Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

For many years regulars at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, African heads of state are now increasingly likely to get their check-ups in Saudi Arabia, Morocco or Israel rather than checking into a clinic in the French [...]

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