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AFRICA RUSSIA 19/07/2019

Alpha Conde, Putin's middleman for Somaliland

On 4 July, the Somalian government of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo announced that it was severing diplomatic ties with Guinea. The official reason given was that on 3 July on the eve of the African Union (AU) summit in Niamey, [...]

ALGERIA Corridors of power 18/07/2019

Intelligence: Ahmed Gaid Salah recreates his own "DRS"

Army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah is manoeuvring furiously to strengthen his hold over post-Bouteflika Algeria. He has set about turning the Army Central Security Directorate, the DCSA, into an all-powerful intelligence service comparable to the former Intelligence and [...]

ETHIOPIA 19/07/2019

Appointment of Temesgen Tiruneh in Amhara region pushed through

Strong pressure from the prime minister and chairman of the ruling EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front) coalition, Abiy Ahmed [...]

Simandou iron ore evacuations options. ©Africa Mining Intelligence/Indigo Publications

GUINEA Document 16/07/2019

Is Liberia the solution to Rio Tinto and Chinalco's Simandou iron ore challenge?

}Not wanting to have infrastructure costs cut into the profitability of their Guinean iron ore deposit Simandou, Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and China's Chinalco are in talks to sell the site's first output to steel giant ArcelorMittal. [...]

AFRICA 09/07/2019

Attacked on all fronts, Glencore battens down the hatches

The past few months have proven to be difficult for the Swiss trading house Glencore as it weathers lawsuits involving some of its African subsidiaries and is forced to enter financial renegotiations in Chad, a country that it may be [...]

NIGER 10/07/2019

Abu Dhabi and Ankara jockey for position

The Emirates are on the verge of establishing a base in northern Niger - a manoeuvre designed to counter Ankara's regional plans. [...]

Focus CONGO-K 15/07/2019

Mining rivals Katumbi and Beveraggi settle their scores on the football pitch

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DJIBOUTI 19/07/2019

How Djama Speed sought to wrest control of Global Fund aid

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained documents revealing the internal power struggles at the Ministry of Health to control subsidies from the international institution. [...]

LIBYA 18/07/2019

Khalifa Haftar sanctions Abderrazak Nadhouri after attack

The car bomb attack at the funeral of former special forces (Saiqa) officer Khalifa Al Mismari on July 11 has [...]

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DJIBOUTI 19/07/2019

Why Ismail Omar Guelleh supported China's candidate for FAO

ALGERIA 18/07/2019

The military study their new spy planes in Oklahoma

ZAMBIA 16/07/2019

Copperbelt province already looking to future beyond mining

SOUTH SUDAN 09/07/2019

Salva Kiir has traders Sahara, BB Energy, Trafigura and Glencore on tenterhooks

TANZANIA 09/07/2019

LNG: John Magufuli sets a highly political deadline for negotiations with Shell and Equinor

GABON 25/06/2019

Now minister, why is Noel Mboumba shutting down former employer Sogara

CAMEROON 16/07/2019

Yaoundé drags feet, prompting reduced Sundance offer

Despite being directly handled by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute's office, the agreement for the south-east Cameroonian Mbalam iron ore [...]

SENEGAL 10/07/2019

Senegalese President Macky Sall's entourage has split into rival factions. ©Reuters

A settling of scores within the Sall clan

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DJIBOUTI 19/07/2019

French firms battle to supply energy

Engie is vying with Akuo Energy for energy contracts, but the Djiboutian authorities have several other irons in the fire. [...]

MOROCCO 18/07/2019

Myriam Abikzer invests in marquees ahead of IMF fiesta

Myriam Abikzer, first lady of the Moroccan events world, is expanding her empire at the expense of her friends at [...]

CONGO-K 16/07/2019

How Chemaf is financing the Mutoshi copper and cobalt plant

As a result of the cobalt price slump, Chemaf can no longer only rely on revenue from its sales of the mineral to build its new processing plant. [...]

UNITED STATES WEST AFRICA 10/07/2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

The American airport security firm Securiport active in Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast has secured a $95 million arbitration win against Benin after it was driven out of the country to make way for a company with ties to Patrice Talon. [...]

GUINEA 09/07/2019

K-Energie: Sam Zormati hands over the keys to former associate

The Guinean courts have reinstated the firm's former shareholding structure. [...]

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UGANDA 19/07/2019

Gordon Wavamunno unites Buganda against Museveni

The law passed in late June targeting property owners has radicalised the until now apolitical entrepreneurs of Buganda and turned [...]

GUINEA 16/07/2019

Alpha Conde's intendant Kabinet Sylla strikes out in bauxite

President Alpha Conde buddy and powerful businessman Kabinet Sylla has submitted a request for a bauxite research permit in Guinea's [...]

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MOROCCO 18/07/2019

Milling mogul Chakib Alj invests in packaging

TUNISIA 18/07/2019

Amel Medini appointed interim CEO at Banque de l'Habitat

LIBYA 18/07/2019

Charles Gurdon madly optimistic about the Libyan market

GABON 10/07/2019

Businessman Seydou Kane makes a strong comeback

The Chief Executive Officer of the public works firm CITP (Consortium international des travaux publics), the Gabonese-Malian businessman Seydou Kane, [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 09/07/2019

Why Salva Kiir has kicked Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth out of oil ministry

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir has thrown his oil minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth a curve ball, putting a stop to [...]

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UGANDA Business circles 19/07/2019

Court victory for Roko Construction over major hospital project Free

On 2 July, Mark Koehler's firm Roko Construction obtained an injunction to prevent itself from being excluded from the construction [...]

DJIBOUTI Business circles 19/07/2019

Onomo hotel project slowly moves forward

Having signed a memorandum of understanding a few months ago [...]

UGANDA Business circles 19/07/2019

QED Group secures yet more USAID funding

The American consulting firm QED Group has secured a contract [...]

DJIBOUTI SOMALIA Business circles 19/07/2019

Shareholder changes at Salaam African Bank

Djibouti's Salaam African Bank has recently undergone a number of [...]

MAURITIUS Business circles 19/07/2019

Air Mauritius jettisons ballast to maintain altitude

The difficulties of Air Mauritius have forced its management, headed [...]

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Alpha Conde, Putin's middleman for Somaliland

Intelligence: Ahmed Gaid Salah recreates his own "DRS"

Appointment of Temesgen Tiruneh in Amhara region pushed through

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Attacked on all fronts, Glencore battens down the hatches

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Khalifa Haftar sanctions Abderrazak Nadhouri after attack

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The military study their new spy planes in Oklahoma

Copperbelt province already looking to future beyond mining

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LNG: John Magufuli sets a highly political deadline for negotiations with Shell and Equinor

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