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Court-protected airship-maker A-NSE wants Niger to pay its bills

In 2018, A-NSE, a French company currently in safeguard proceedings, supplied several surveillance blimps to Niger, which has yet to make payment. Niamey says in an audit the firm did not deliver what it ordered. [...]

Published on 15.06.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Aboubacar Charfo
Aboubacar Hima
Aero-Nautic Services and Engineering
Baptiste Regas
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Laure Simon
Minusma
Renault Trucks
Thales
Toyota

West Africa
A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

Faced with an increasing number of militia groups, Ivory Coast has just ordered tethered surveillance balloons for its border with Burkina Faso from French company A-NSE. The Bundeswehr also just ordered balloons from A-NSE to protect its new military base in Tillia, Niger.

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An observation aerostat type T-C350L from A-NSE.

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How Ukraine's Motor Sich became entangled in fake military contract saga

Niamey is about to open a judicial inquiry into overbilling and fictitious contracts exposed in February by a Ministry of Defence audit. The Ukrainian company Motor Sich, which might be bought by a businessman close to Beijing, is caught up in the fray.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.07.2020

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As Niger court homes in, Aboubacar Hima uproots arms broker BRID A DEFCON to Prague

With a legal investigation now in full swing in Niger, the businessman Aboubacar Hima, aka "Petit Boubé", has relocated his military equipment brokerage firm BRID A DEFCON to the Czech Republic. This brings it closer to the Czech defence supplier DEFCON.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.07.2020

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Aerodyne, EST Ukraine: mysterious web of contacts behind fake competition scandal

Gintautas Barauskas, the low-profile representative of defence firms Aerodyne and EST Ukraine, is threatening to sue Niger for €2.2m while he himself is accused by the ministry of defence for his role in a fake competition scandal.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 03.07.2020

Niger
Arquus and Niamey squabble over disputed €3.8m

In April following an audit conducted by the defence ministry, the Nigerien judiciary opened an investigation into the affairs of Arquus/Renault Trucks. For its part, the French company, which supplied 75 vehicles to the Nigerien army between 2017 and 2019, is expecting Niamey to stump up the sum of €3.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 26.06.2020

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Aero-Nautic Services and Engineering
Baptiste Regas
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Laure Simon
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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Niger
Court-protected airship-maker A-NSE wants Niger to pay its bills

West Africa
A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

Niger
How Ukraine's Motor Sich became entangled in fake military contract saga

Niger
As Niger court homes in, Aboubacar Hima uproots arms broker BRID A DEFCON to Prague

Niger
Aerodyne, EST Ukraine: mysterious web of contacts behind fake competition scandal

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Arquus and Niamey squabble over disputed €3.8m

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France's Delair gets its surveillance drones off the ground in the Sahel

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US military intelligence takes over from special forces

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