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BENIN NIGER CHAD Document 25/06/2019

Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

The oil major China National Petroleum Corp plans to start exporting part of the crude oil produced on its Nigerian field Agadem by 2022. [...]

ETHIOPIA 21/06/2019

Abiy Ahmed Ali's latest gamble to save the economy

LIBYA 20/06/2019

Misrata wants central bank as war booty if Khalifa Haftar wins

The Misrati forces fighting Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) are preparing to smuggle the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) out of Tripoli to their home city in the event that they are routed. [...]

CONGO-B DocumentCorridors of power 26/06/2019

Stressful times for Denis Sassou Nguesso's financial advisors ahead of IMF meeting

On 5 July, the directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are due to decide whether to resume loans to Congo-B after a hiatus of eight years. But on the eve of this crucial decision, there are profound rifts within [...]

Focus MONACO CONGO-K GABON BURKINA FASO SENEGAL 17/06/2019

Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

The Lecourt family began in the soap business before going on to build up a profitable agricultural trading business and then a cleaning business of a non-corporal sort, registering companies in Monaco for third parties. [...]

CONGO-K 18/06/2019

CNMC hones in on ERG's Katangan mines

Chinese group CNMC is understood to be in talks to purchase Kazakh firm ERG's Congolese assets. [...]

GABON UNITED STATES 26/06/2019

The Libreville dossier of the Justice Department

For the last few years, the US Department of Justice has been scrutinising financial transactions undertaken by high-ranking Gabonese figures. No official inquiry has yet been opened. [...]

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SENEGAL 26/06/2019

Sall affair: how the government weathered the storm

Before accepting the resignation of his brother Aliou on 24 June, President Macky Sall held discreet talks with BP to ascertain the veracity of the BBC report of 2 June. He is also intending to overhaul his crisis communications unit. [...]

SUDAN ETHIOPIA UNITED STATES 21/06/2019

Washington and Addis try to save Sudan from going way of Somalia…

American and Ethiopian pressure is partially succeeding in curtailing the mass violence of Hemeti and al-Burhan. [...]

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EUROPEAN UNION |CONGO-K 26/06/2019

Brussels and Kinshasa bury the hatchet

KENYA |SOMALIA 21/06/2019

The National Intelligence Service takes interest in new group linked to Al-Shabaab

LIBYA 20/06/2019

Zintan loses pro-GNA military leader Abdulsalam Abusetta

GABON 25/06/2019

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

CONGO-B 25/06/2019

Raoul Ominga keeping a tight lip about details of SNPC upstream branch bombshell

MOROCCO 11/06/2019

SDX Energy and sound energy for sale: Rothschild's double whammy

LIBYA 20/06/2019

Khalifa Haftar opens up a second front in Syrte

As he struggles to gain the advantage over the Misrati militias defending Tripoli, Khalifa Haftar is preparing to open a [...]

ZAMBIA 18/06/2019

UK court rejects ZCCM-IH's claims against First Quantum

Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines-Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH), a majority-state owned enterprise, has failed to convince the UK's high court of justice [...]

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CONGO-K FRANCE 26/06/2019

ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

Since February, French lobbying firms have been lining up to offer their services to the Congolese president's office. Among the most active is ESL & Network. [...]

AFRICA 25/06/2019

Donald Trump sends Barack Obama's renewable energy mix up in flames

Since 2017, the American government has focused on using gas - more than renewables - to improve access to power across the continent. [...]

KENYA 21/06/2019

Odinga struggles to sell his family assets

The press have prematurely reported the sale of Kisumu Molasses to Jaswant Rai, but the deal has not yet been clinched since the tycoon has not accepted the Odinga family's asking price. [...]

MOROCCO 20/06/2019

Al Baida dangles new carrot before Casablanca bus hopefuls

With five months to go before the end of M'Dina Bus's contract, efforts to find a successor are creating one [...]

NAMIBIA 18/06/2019

UraMin: Tilahun wants to bring Areva's $250 million home

In an attempt to avoid paying damages to Areva and still be able to take over the desalination plant of the Trekkopje uranium mine, Haddis Tilahun had pushed to attach claims to a Namibian court - to no avail. [...]

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GABON 26/06/2019

Marie-MadeleineMborantsuo in eye of storm

Having managed to get his allies appointed to key posts within the government (WAN 802) and the civil service, Ali [...]

NIGERIA 25/06/2019

NNPC: who is hiding behind Muhammadu Buhari's new dream team?

Just three weeks into his second mandate, Muhammadu Buhari has chosen to replace eight of the most influential members of [...]

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BURKINA FASO 26/06/2019

Banker Idrissa Nassa sets sights on BNP Paribas

MOROCCO 20/06/2019

Inwi plays catch-up in mobile money with Nicolas Levi

ALGERIA 20/06/2019

Deputy Farida Benazi goes into used tyre reconditioning

DJIBOUTI 21/06/2019

Minister for education Moustapha Tele already in firing line?

Although he has the ear of the first lady Kadra Mahamoud Haid, the minister of education, Moustapha Mohamed Mahmoud (Issaq/Habar [...]

GUINEA 18/06/2019

Nigel Jones to take charge of Simandou iron ore for Rio Tinto

The shareholders of blocks 3 and 4 of the Guinean iron ore project Simandou - Australia's Rio Tinto, Chinese firm [...]

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Storm warning as debts of state-owned companies skyrocket

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AFRICA Business circles 26/06/2019

Scramble for trans-Sahel feasibility study

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GABON Business circles 26/06/2019

Franck Yann Koubdje moves from elite private banking to Treasury

On 13 June, the former BGFI Bank executive Franck Yann [...]

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Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

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