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Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 11/09/2019

Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

Anxious not to be left behind, Berlin has stepped up its initiatives in the Sahelo-Saharan belt. [...]

Corridors of power 11/09/2019

Cotonou generates refugees

Considered not long ago to be an island of tranquillity, [...]

State strategy Infrastructure & Power 10/09/2019

Export pipeline: CNPC making fast progress with partner CPPE

The Chinese state-owned oil firm CNPC wants to waste no [...]

Corridors of power 28/08/2019

Holiday time for the presidents

As every year, lobbyists and businessmen have been running up their mobile phone bills trying to find out where African [...]

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Business circles 28/08/2019

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

With its infrastructure lagging behind, west Africa is seen as an El Dorado by fibre optic operators, not least given the proliferation of internet services. [...]

Business circles 28/08/2019

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

The star guest at the party held in Cotonou on [...]

Corridors of power 24/07/2019

Patrice Talon takes a break in Assinie

Following the ordinary summit of heads of state of the [...]

Business circles 24/07/2019

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Deprived of financial guarantees from the airlines, several west Africa [...]

State strategy 23/07/2019

Agadem-Seme pipeline: Patrice Talon speeds up process with CNPC

West African Oil Pipeline Benin Co (WAPCO Benin) and China [...]

Corridors of power 10/07/2019

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

On 7 July, Patrice Talon travelled to the African Union [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 10/07/2019

Patrice Talon demotes American ambassador in pecking order

After a wait of several months, Patricia Mahoney was finally [...]

Corridors of power Defence & Security 10/07/2019

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Having discussed the situation in the Sahel with Alassane Ouattara on 9 July, Emmanuel Macron is due to chair a [...]

Business circles Defence & Security 10/07/2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

The American airport security firm Securiport active in Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast has secured a $95 million arbitration win against Benin after it was driven out of the country to make way for a company with ties to Patrice Talon. [...]

Business circles 10/07/2019

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Put up for sale in early June, BNP's branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea have attracted several offers from west African financial institutions. [...]

Corridors of power 26/06/2019

The lowdown on Patrice Talon's secret trip to Aso Rock

The brief trip was not officially announced, but on 20 June the Beninese president Patrice Talon travelled to Aso Rock, [...]

Spotlight State strategy Document 25/06/2019

How CNPC plans to export output from Agadem.

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

The oil major China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) plans to start exporting part of the crude oil produced on its Nigerian field Agadem by 2022. It seems to have discarded the option of building an export pipeline through Chad, much [. [...]

State Strategy 18/06/2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Mining ministers within Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...]

Spotlight Business circles Infrastructure & Power 29/05/2019

Extension of Diori-Hamani airport in Niamey, built and run by Turkish group Summa.

Airports spark intense international rivalries

At a time when many African capitals are constructing new airports to ease congestion around urban centres, such projects are giving rise to intense rivalry between new and established powers on the continent, all against a backdrop of growing sub-regional [. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security Document 29/05/2019

Map of the main terrorist attacks in Sahel these past few years.

Enduring turmoil in Sahel

Stamping out the terrorist threat is proving to be difficult. Here's why. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 29/05/2019

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

The Mauritanian general Hanena Ould Sidi, who has been the [...]

Corridors of power 15/05/2019

Ivorian architects to accommodate Patrice Talon

The Beninese president Patrice Talon has recruited the Ivorian architects [...]

Corridors of power 15/05/2019

Claudine Talon gives up on Assinie

The businesswoman Claudine Talon, who is married to Patrice Talon, [...]

Corridors of power Defence & Security 15/05/2019

Patrice Talon's turn to fall into terrorist trap

Embroiled for several weeks in unprecedented popular protests, Patrice Talon is now having to contend with a growing terrorist threat [...]

15/05/2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Following the deaths on 10 May of two French soldiers [...]

Business circles 15/05/2019

BNP to downsize regionally

BNP Paribas is planning to sell up in several west [...]

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Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

Cotonou generates refugees

Export pipeline: CNPC making fast progress with partner CPPE

Holiday time for the presidents

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

Patrice Talon takes a break in Assinie

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Agadem-Seme pipeline: Patrice Talon speeds up process with CNPC

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

Patrice Talon demotes American ambassador in pecking order

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

The lowdown on Patrice Talon's secret trip to Aso Rock

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

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Airports spark intense international rivalries

Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

Ivorian architects to accommodate Patrice Talon

Claudine Talon gives up on Assinie

Patrice Talon's turn to fall into terrorist trap

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

BNP to downsize regionally

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