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22/01/2019 IVORY COAST -
Alassane Ouattara to run for a third term against Bedie

GUINEA 22/01/2019

Rio Tinto, Beijing, Steinmetz, Friedland:Conakry in talks with all and sundry to reboot iron ore sector

Highly costly, remote and often the object of an international dispute or arbitration, iron ore projects in Guinea have been struggling in recent years. The Conakry authorities are working hard to turn the situation around, especially to develop Simandou and [...]

ALGERIA 17/01/2019

Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

After Sonatrach and Algerian ambassador in the United States Madjid Bouguerra, it is now the turn of Algerian business leaders to carry out a charm offensive in Washington. The business trip, organized from January 14 to 17 by Ali Haddad's [...]

IVORY COAST 16/01/2019

How Chinese business is winning over Alassane Ouattara

CONGO-K 22/01/2019

Locals angered by new generation Kibali from the get-go

Operated since January 1 by the entity formed from the merger between Africa's largest gold producer Randgold Resources and Canadian [...]

DJIBOUTI 11/01/2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh tries to destabilise the Afar region to force Ethiopia's prime minister to resume dialogue

Djibouti is stepping up operations to destabilise the Afar region in an effort to force the Ethiopian prime minister to resume dialogue. [...]

CONGO-K 15/01/2019

Election: MIBA power failures undermine Kabila in Kasai

ALGERIA 17/01/2019

Deputy Baha Eddine Tliba returns to business matters

DJIBOUTI 11/01/2019

CMA CGM eyes up Ethiopian corridor

AFRICADocument 15/01/2019

ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

ExxonMobil's arrival in Angola's Namibe Basin is the latest step in the American major's bold decision to take increasingly risky bets in offshore African projects. With no plans to let go of its Nigerian and Angolan assets, the supermajor is [...]

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAFRICA 22/01/2019

Dubai holds its own rally to keep rein on gold trade

As the London and Asian stock markets assert their role as international gold trading hubs and governments across Africa show [...]

LIBYA 17/01/2019

Salame runs into Gaddafists problem

United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) head Ghassan Salame has suffered a new setback in his efforts to organise [...]

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BURKINA FASO 22/01/2019

Step towards gender equality within ministry of mines

TUNISIA 17/01/2019

Brussels reviews its security relations with Tunisia

AFRICA 16/01/2019

TV5 monde plunges CIRTEF into red

LIBYA 15/01/2019

Sonatrach, NOC and Oil india may resume exploration in dangerous ghadames basin

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 15/01/2019

Great reshuffle within Oil authority to Kosmos energy's dismay

MAURITANIA 02/01/2019

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz rounds off the year in style thanks to Total, BP and Kosmos Energy

FRANCEGABON 16/01/2019

Investigation opened into ‘Libreville commando unit'

The abortive putsch on 7 January in Libreville has prompted Paris to ascertain why a French commando unit was present in Gabon just a few weeks previously. [...]

MADAGASCAR 11/01/2019

Who will Andry Rajoelina govern with?

Whether it was old friends, loyal allies in his Mapar party or last-minute converts to his cause, Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, had to cast his net wide to erase the memory of his previous stint in power (2009-2013) and triumph [...]

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NAMIBIA 22/01/2019

UraMin: Areva and Tilahun fight it out over Trekkopje plant

The proceedings to rule on Haddis Tilahun's control of the plant jointly owned by Areva was almost called off, much to the parties' frustration. [...]

MOROCCO 17/01/2019

El Majidi hoarding slowed down work on Sidi Maarouf bridge

Advertising hoardings put up by urban display group FC Com, owned by the king's private secretary, Mounir el Majidi, have [...]

IVORY COAST 16/01/2019

Alassane Ouattara begins sell-off of public companies

With his coffers depleted, the liberal Ivorian president is embarking on the sale of several prestigious but indebted public companies. [...]

IVORY COAST 15/01/2019

Abdourahmane Cisse orchestrates AFC's rescue of SIR

The new minister of petroleum played a key role in the restructuring of the state-owned firm's debt. [...]

SOMALILAND 11/01/2019

Will Dahabshiil pay for its ties to Abdi Ilay?

The Somaliland financial services firm stands accused by Ethiopia of collusion with the former administration of the Somali region - a charge vigorously denied by Dahabshiil. [...]

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CONGO-K MALI MOROCCO IVORY COAST 22/01/2019

BGPP seeks new African eldorado with Luc Gerard

Luc Gerard, a Congolese entrepreneur established in Colombia, has bought geological studies of 17 concessions in Congo-K and Mali via [...]

GABON 16/01/2019

Faustin Boukoubi, the anti-Brice Laccruche speaker

Elected in October as MP for Pana, his native village in the south-eastern province of Ogooue-Lolo, 65-year-old Faustin Boukoubi was [...]

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MOROCCO 17/01/2019

Tawfiki struggles to find new Casablanca stock exchange CEO

LIBYA 17/01/2019

Former LFB boss Mohamed Ben Youssef refuses to leave Istanbul

MOROCCO 17/01/2019

Dr. Talib launches clinic expansion plan

CHAD 15/01/2019

President's favourite son Seid Idriss Deby takes top seat at SHT

The news went under the radar, and for good cause. Chadian president Idriss Deby chose Christmas Eve, December 24, as [...]

ETHIOPIA 11/01/2019

Henok Teferra back in diplomatic fold

As he pledged to do in early summer (ION 1476), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is putting an end to [...]

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Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

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A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

Rio Tinto, Beijing, Steinmetz, Friedland:Conakry in talks with all and sundry to reboot iron ore sector

Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

How Chinese business is winning over Alassane Ouattara

Locals angered by new generation Kibali from the get-go

Ismail Omar Guelleh tries to destabilise the Afar region to force Ethiopia's prime minister to resume dialogue

Election: MIBA power failures undermine Kabila in Kasai

Deputy Baha Eddine Tliba returns to business matters

CMA CGM eyes up Ethiopian corridor

ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

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Dubai holds its own rally to keep rein on gold trade

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Sonatrach, NOC and Oil india may resume exploration in dangerous ghadames basin

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