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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 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 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. [...]

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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 Oil 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 [. [...]

Corridors of power 18/06/2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

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

Spotlight Business circles 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 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 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 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 [...]

Business circles 15/05/2019

Omar Arouna coaches Direct Media

The Togolese media company Direct Media recently retained the services [...]

Electricity 14/05/2019

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Founder of Simba Essel Energy, Hassan Hassan is calling on [...]

Corridors of power 07/05/2019

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

Insecurity in and around mining sites in West Africa is taking a toll on the development of key projects. Given [...]

Focus Business circles 06/05/2019

Liza Transport International's Falcon 7X in Ebomaf Force One video featuring Chocki.

Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

As business magnates Michel Tomi and Samuel Dossou see their business aviation companies go into nosedive, the aircraft operated by Burkina Faso's Mahamadou Bonkoungou are attracting bookings from presidencies throughout West Africa and will soon start flying from Central Africa as well. [...]

16/04/2019

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

The Universities of Exeter in the United Kingdom and Queensland [...]

Corridors of power 10/04/2019

Mediation behind the scenes in Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse rift

No fewer than three west African presidents have been involved in resolving the political crisis that broke out in Mali last August. [...]

Spotlight Diplomatic Affairs 27/03/2019

Secrets of diplomatic transfer market revealed

The end of the mandate of 18 ambassadors currently in post on the African continent, together with the preparations for the next Africa-France summit, will entail numerous changes in the French diplomatic corps in 2019. [...]

Corridors of power 27/03/2019

Maixent Accrombessi, voodoo chief or future president?

His new status as ‘Dah' may serve as a political springboard for Ali Bongo's former chief of staff. [...]

Power brokers 27/03/2019

Wanted: Hama Amadou!

At the request of the Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou, the Niamey government has filed a request with the Interpol bureau [...]

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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

Omar Arouna coaches Direct Media

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

Mediation behind the scenes in Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse rift

Secrets of diplomatic transfer market revealed

Maixent Accrombessi, voodoo chief or future president?

Wanted: Hama Amadou!

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