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Spotlight | Niger
The hunt for Areva's lost 'uraniumgate' millions from Niamey to Lagos

The Kennedy bridge at dusk in Niamey in September 2013. © Joe Penney/Reuters

Investigations into the wealth management company Helin International have revealed details of the beneficiaries of operations by the French state-owned nuclear firm Areva in Niger in 2011. US authorities have identified a regular contractor of the US State Department, which appears to be at the heart of the Areva affair.

Subscribers only Business

Central Africa

DRC
Arise in talks to resurrect Matadi-Kinshasa railway line

The port of Matadi, in november 2018. © Junior D. Kannah/AFP

The DRC government has initiated discussions over the erstwhile rail connection, which is a crucial corridor for conveying shipping containers to the Congolese capital.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Cameroon, France
Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

The arbitration procedure launched by Petronas and ExxonMobil against Cameroon has been suspended for two months after Yaoundé's lawyer, Gill Dingome, sought the recusal of the oil firm's chosen arbitrator Thomas Clay.

Subscribers only Business

Gabon
Orange negotiates new mobile licence in Libreville

Discussions were held in March between Orange's Africa and Middle East branch and Libreville on the award of a new licence for the French telecommunications company in Gabon.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

Guinea, Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's discrete business ties with Alpha Condé

Nigeria's new president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Guinean president Alpha Condé. © Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters/Stéphane Lemouton/Abacapress

The granting of a Guinean diplomatic passport to the new Nigerian president by Alpha Condé in 2015 recently attracted widespread attention on social media in Nigeria, but behind this gesture lies a little-known business relationship forged between the two men over the last decade.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

African Union, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali
AU chair Assoumani due in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Conakry

Azali Assoumani, the Comorian president and current chair of the African Union, is set to visit Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the course of May to set in train mediation for the three states to rejoin the pan-African organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
OLA and Addis open preliminary talks in climate of mistrust

After many attempts at mediation, the war of words between the Oromo Liberation Army and the Ethiopian federal government has finally calmed down, opening the door to an outline of dialogue. But the process is still very fragile.

Free access Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

The Portuguese-Angolan construction group Omatapalo has won billions of euros worth of state contracts with the help of its connections within the ruling party.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

North Africa

Algeria
General Hallouz comes out of retirement to take lead on international cooperation

Essentially inactive since its creation, Algeria's international cooperation agency now has a new director in retired general Abed Halouze and a billion-dollar budget.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Tunisia
Foreign minister Nabil Ammar sacks head of Europe department

Nommé en février, le nouveau ministre tunisien des affaires étrangères, Nabil Ammar, impose peu à peu à sa marque. Sans bruit, il a limogé mi-mars le directeur général pour l'Europe, l'Union européenne et la Méditerranée du ministère, Khalil Tazarki.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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