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CONGO-B 14/11/2017

Congo-B Denis Sassou Nguesso is in a very precarious economic position. ©Antoine Gyori - Corbis

Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope

Pending the decision of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is due to decide early next year whether it is willing to lend to a debt-ridden Congo-B, Denis Sassou-Nguesso has [...]

A year after his election, Ali Bongo is facing a financial crisis of great magnitude.

GABON 10/08/2017

Gabon: Ali Bongo's real challenge lies in financial crisis

Gabon's president Ali Bongo got off to a rocky start, winning an election bitterly contested by his opponent Jean Ping and apathetically validated by international courts. A year on, he [...]

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SOMALIA 12/06/2014

London goes into the offensive in oil

The backing London has given the Somalian government is not without mercantile ulterior motives. Among other things, it will allow [...]

Former prime minister, Raila Odinga, leads the opposition coalition.

KENYA 01/08/2017

Kenya: is the presidential election still on track?

Against an electoral process rife with errors and heavily criticized by the National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition led by former prime minister Raila Odinga, the polls have overcome a [...]

Africa has become Iskandar Safa’s new favourite hunting ground

ANGOLA CONGO-B FRANCEMOZAMBIQUE 16/06/2017

How Iskandar Safa sells his ships in Africa

After Europe and the Arab World, Africa has become Iskandar Safa's new favourite hunting ground. The 65-year-old Lebanese businessman, who heads the powerful holding company, Privinvest, which includes among its [...]

NIGER 01/09/2016

The Kandadji dam, the evil eye and a whiff of scandal

Will the hydro-electric dam due to built in the Kandadji region on the River Niger in south western Niger ever see the light of day? Construction of the dam, which [...]

ANGOLA 16/08/2016

In the middle of the oil crisis, the Dos Santos family has united to save the regime

Mass sackings, investment costs, oil company departures and revenues in free fall constitute a powder keg on which the family, which has been in power since 1979, is sitting. Sensing [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 02/08/2016

Where to get the billions of dollars to develop LNG?

Mozambique’s gigantic offshore LNG projects are constantly being put back. ENI seems to be ahead of the competition with its FLNG project but the Italian major nevertheless faces the same [...]

Mohsen Hojeij, a man who frightens president Sassou Nguesso

CONGO-B 17/08/2015

Mohsen Hojeij, a man who frightens president Sassou Nguesso

The boss of the construction company Commisimpex, Mohsen Hojeij, could be seen as a Damocles sword hanging over Denis Sassou-Nguesso's government, as this report shows. Launching any number of legal proceedings [...]

KENYA UGANDA 12/08/2015

Kenya-Uganda pipeline: Kenyatta manages to bring Museveni and the oil companies round to his choice

The Kenyan and Ugandan governments have been at loggerheads for several months over the choice of route to be taken by the future pipeline to carry the two countries' crude [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 30/04/2014

From civil war to ethnic conflagration

From the outset, South Sudan was a fragile construction, despite support from the international community, US sponsorship and substantial oil resources. The leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) [...]

Frelimo dignitaries sew up energy sector

MOZAMBIQUE 18/11/2013

Frelimo dignitaries sew up energy sector

Eminent members of the Frelimo elite follow the example of President Armando Guebuza and his family who own stakes in a large number of companies. They have invested in the [...]

Tug of war between Addax and GOC on Obangue

GABON 26/07/2013

Tug of war between Addax and GOC on Obangue

In the wake of the Gabonese government's requisition of the Obangue field at the end of last year, tempers are still flaring between the oil ministry under Etienne Ngoubou, Addax [...]

MALI 18/02/2013

Northern Mali: The Sahel time-bomb explodes

An attack by a group of Islamist extremists in Northern Mali cast a cruel light on the risk of destabilization facing the area and, beyond it, the entire Sahel region. Launched by France on Jan. 11, a military operation dubbed Serval quickly restored the status quo ante. And in rapidly wresting control of the regions exercised by three Islamist groups since April 2012 (Mujao, Ansar Dine and AQMI) [...]

SOUTH AFRICA 12/11/2012

Shell spearheads drive for shale gas

With its potentially enormous resources - but its real reserves still unknown - South Africa has been attracting the lustful eye of shale gas developers. While strident lobbying by Shell resulted in a moratorium on the exploration for shale gas around the huge Karoo basin being lifted in September, companies are now waiting impatiently for licenses to be awarded. The extraction of shale gas with [...]

President Guebuza's business connections

MOZAMBIQUE 19/06/2012

President Guebuza's business connections

A businessman before his election as Mozambique's president in 2005, Armando Guebuza didn't break off ties with his old circles in taking office. In fact, the leader and his family did much subsequently to establish new contacts and gain influence through various companies in which they hold stakes. In areas like energy, luxury goods, real estate, public works, haulage and medical equipment, Gueb [...]

NIGER 06/03/2012

Post-Agadem oil rush in Niamey

Business is booming in Niger's oil sector. After new development on the Agadem block and the inauguration of the Zinder refinery, numerous companies are knocking on Niger's door in the wake of the China National Petroleum Co (CNPC). Who are they and what's at stake in the development of this new oil country. [...]

IVORY COAST 21/11/2011

Alassane Ouattara's energy strategy

Ivory Coast's energy sector suffered greatly from the country's political crisis. Oil production has dropped by 33% compared with 2009 while energy generation has been falling off steadily for several years. To give a push to production, president Alassane Ouattara has roped in specialists who are meeting regularly with private companies to prod them into boosting their operations in the country. [...]

NIGERIA 19/08/2011

Shell vs Malabu: The OPL 245 Saga

Containing nearly 9 billion barrels of reserves, OPL 245 in Nigeria's offshore has be the theatre of an epic struggle for nearly 10 years between Shell and the local Nigerian [...]

Oil the burning issue in the North-South split

SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN 29/07/2011

Oil the burning issue in the North-South split

The public jubilation that marked the independence of South Sudan on July 9 did little to hide the fragility of the new state, especially with regards oil revenue. The question [...]

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Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope

Gabon: Ali Bongo's real challenge lies in financial crisis

Read a free special report

London goes into the offensive in oil

Kenya: is the presidential election still on track?

How Iskandar Safa sells his ships in Africa

The Kandadji dam, the evil eye and a whiff of scandal

In the middle of the oil crisis, the Dos Santos family has united to save the regime

Where to get the billions of dollars to develop LNG?

Mohsen Hojeij, a man who frightens president Sassou Nguesso

Kenya-Uganda pipeline: Kenyatta manages to bring Museveni and the oil companies round to his choice

From civil war to ethnic conflagration

Frelimo dignitaries sew up energy sector

Tug of war between Addax and GOC on Obangue

Northern Mali: The Sahel time-bomb explodes

Shell spearheads drive for shale gas

President Guebuza's business connections

Post-Agadem oil rush in Niamey

Alassane Ouattara's energy strategy

Shell vs Malabu: The OPL 245 Saga

Oil the burning issue in the North-South split

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