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Mining 29/11/2021

Niger's mining code may finally be reformed

After many long months of discussion over reforming Niger's mining code, established in 2006, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. [...]

Business Offshore finance 26/11/2021

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

The Emirati wealth manager run by French executives is actively developing its network in Africa. Its latest operation was to help the acquisition of a Gulfstream V that had often jetted Alpha Condé around the globe. [...]

Business Banks 25/11/2021

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Idrissa Nassa, founder of the west African bank, Coris Bank International. © Idrissa Nassa/Twitter

Diplomacy 24/11/2021

Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

Germany's military commitment in the Sahel is one of the issues on the table in negotiations between the Greens, the business-friendly FDP and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to form the next government. [...]

Mining 15/11/2021

A technique used in Kazakhstan may reduce uranium extraction costs

Upon British Curzon's suggestion, Niamey is looking into using ISR technology at uranium mines to take full advantage of the rebounding nuclear sector. [...]

Politics Defence 15/11/2021

Berlin and Ankara battle for air surveillance contracts

Actively courted by its Turkish ally, which wants to provide it with surveillance aircraft that can also carry out strikes, Niger is negotiating in parallel with the German group Aerodata to buy two Beechcraft equipped with ISR technology. Each negotiation is being handled by a different branch of the Nigerien government. [...]

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The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. [...]

Operation Barkhane soldiers in Burkina Faso. © Philippe de Poulpiquet /PhotoPQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP

Diplomacy Defence 11/11/2021

Madrid continues to equip Malian gendarmes despite tensions over Wagner

Although EU relations with Mali have been strained by the junta's decision to cosy up to Moscow, Madrid is going ahead with its programme to equip gendarmes in Mali and elsewhere in the Sahel. [...]

Mining 11/11/2021

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

The Australian mining and petroleum community in West Africa is keeping a close eye on the growing Russian influence in the region. [...]

Business Banks 09/11/2021

NSIA peddles prized assets

The Ivorian family bancassurance outfit, which has branches across Africa, is shedding some key assets. The hasty sales come as the group needs to reimburse in full a €32m loan. [...]

Oil & gas 09/11/2021

Why CNPC's former blocks are back on the market

Niger Oil Co, formed by the trio Sonidep, Fonterra and Amko, failed to pay its signature bonus putting the oil ministry months behind. [...]

Business Investments funds 02/11/2021

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

After breaking off its alliance with Moroccan royal holding Al Mada earlier this year, Caterpillar machinery distributor in Africa JA Delmas is in talks with ex-banker Jean-Luc Konan's Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina) over opening up its capital. [...]

Banker Jean-Luc Konan, founder of the Ivorian financial holding Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina). © Facebook/Bovoyagefelix

Business Power 28/10/2021

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

The developers of the Dorsale Nord electricity grid project, which involves connecting up Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso via an 875 km network, are fearful of potential delays. [...]

Diplomacy 26/10/2021

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

After having been in the running to be an African Union mediator in Chad last year, ex-Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou is again on a list of such names, this time for the role of ECOWAS special envoy to Guinea following the fall of Alpha Condé. [...]

Ex-Nigerian president Mahamadou Issoufou. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Politics 26/10/2021

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Nearly 2.5 tons of cocaine were seized in Cotonou at the beginning of the month, but since last week judges at the Beninese CRIET have been focused on a different case, that of 10 defendants who were arrested in May, shortly after the seizure of 150kg of cocaine at the port. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 25/10/2021

France sources surveillance balloons as it withdraws troops from northern Mali

As the Barkhane mission begins to close bases in northern Mali, the French army is preparing to order a dozen surveillance balloons to provide extra security for its installations in the country. [...]

Diplomacy 21/10/2021

UN Security Council maps out Sahel visit

Kenya, current president of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October, has been working hard to organise the UN governing body's Sahel visit. [...]

Business 20/10/2021

Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers his services in Niamey

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was in Niamey in mid-October to network with various Nigerien officials. [...]

Business Defence 19/10/2021

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

To bolster the region's armies, Washington is increasing the number of its security programmes, from Burkina Faso to Chad. Relyant Global is among the top beneficiaries of this project, having been tasked to deliver OTT Technologies armoured vehicles and to build military facilities. [...]

Politics 15/10/2021

Cracks appear in Mahamane Ousmane and Hama Amadou's opposition alliance

The two heavyweights of the Nigerien opposition, who were allies in the last presidential election, have not spoken to each other since April. They have fallen out over the strategy to adopt in relation to the Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 15/10/2021

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team Free

During his official tour of Angola, Nigeria and Togo from 17 to 20 October, the Turkish president will be aiming to strengthen political and economic ties with the countries of the Gulf of Guinea. Central to this strategy will be promoting the interests of Turkey's defence industry ahead of the Turkey-Africa summit scheduled for December in Istanbul. [...]

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Reuters

Politics 13/10/2021

Jacqueville counter-terrorism academy hits the ground running

The International Counter-Terrorism Academy in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, is now fully operational and running at full speed, despite a slow start due to funding problems, and is in high demand as the threat of Islamist militants shifts to the South. [...]

Business Defence 11/10/2021

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. [...]

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

Diplomacy 11/10/2021

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

The heads of Sudanese intelligence agencies are expected in Paris at the end of this week to discuss questions of security with their French counterparts and the ministry of foreign affairs. [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Sudanese Sovereignty Council Chairman Abel Fattah al-Burhan. © Yoan Valat/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Diplomacy 07/10/2021

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Lacking an official status since the downfall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso in 2014, the desert fox Mustafa Chafi has returned to the limelight in Niger where he is leveraging his ties with regional leaders. [...]

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Niger's mining code may finally be reformed

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

A technique used in Kazakhstan may reduce uranium extraction costs

Berlin and Ankara battle for air surveillance contracts

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Madrid continues to equip Malian gendarmes despite tensions over Wagner

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Why CNPC's former blocks are back on the market

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

France sources surveillance balloons as it withdraws troops from northern Mali

UN Security Council maps out Sahel visit

Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers his services in Niamey

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Cracks appear in Mahamane Ousmane and Hama Amadou's opposition alliance

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team Free

Jacqueville counter-terrorism academy hits the ground running

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

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

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Niger's mining code may finally be reformed

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

A technique used in Kazakhstan may reduce uranium extraction costs

Berlin and Ankara battle for air surveillance contracts

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Madrid continues to equip Malian gendarmes despite tensions over Wagner

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Why CNPC's former blocks are back on the market

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

France sources surveillance balloons as it withdraws troops from northern Mali

UN Security Council maps out Sahel visit

Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers his services in Niamey

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Cracks appear in Mahamane Ousmane and Hama Amadou's opposition alliance

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team Free

Jacqueville counter-terrorism academy hits the ground running

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

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

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