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Ex-Tullow chair Aidan Heavey spares no expense with Carlyle

Tullow Oil founder, Aidan Heavey, is still in the thick [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 24.09.2019

Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

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

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 11.09.2019

Cotonou generates refugees

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

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

Export pipeline: CNPC making fast progress with partner CPPE

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

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 10.09.2019

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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 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.

Subscribers only Business 28.08.2019

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

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

Subscribers only Business 28.08.2019

Patrice Talon takes a break in Assinie

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

Subscribers only Politics 24.07.2019

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

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

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

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

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

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

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 [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 10.07.2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

For the last six months, envoys from the American airport security firm Securiport have been making a beeline for the [...]

Subscribers only 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.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.07.2019

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

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

Subscribers only Politics 10.07.2019

Patrice Talon demotes American ambassador in pecking order

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

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.07.2019

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, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Spotlight | Document
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 [.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2019

How CNPC plans to export output from Agadem.

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

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

Subscribers only 18.06.2019

Spotlight
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 [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

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

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Benin

Ex-Tullow chair Aidan Heavey spares no expense with Carlyle

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

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

Patrice Talon demotes American ambassador in pecking order

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

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

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document
Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

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

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DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Benin

Ex-Tullow chair Aidan Heavey spares no expense with Carlyle

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

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

Patrice Talon demotes American ambassador in pecking order

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

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

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Spotlight Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

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

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

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

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document
Enduring turmoil in Sahel