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Benin

Frederic Joel Aivo has presidential residence in a tizzy

Dean of the law faculty at Abomey-Calavi university in Benin, Frederic Joel Aivo, has drawn fire from president Patrice Talon [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2017

Reforms that rub the Constitution the wrong way

President Patrice Talon pledged in his electoral campaign in March [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2017

Re-branding of former Alufer head

The former non-executive director of British firm Alufer Mining in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

Talon goes softly, softly with the imams

After banning prayers in the streets across the country, Benin president Patrice Talon received a number of imams in the presidential palace on Feb. 4.

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2017

Benin Control retains the services of Webb Fontaine

After a long process of consultation lasting months, the firm [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.03.2017

Who wants to operate the Seme field?

The managing director of Societe Beninoise des Hydrocarbures (SBH), Jean-Jacques [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Talon opens his borders

In accordance with his promise to open up his country to Africa, President Patrice Talon has instructed embassies and consulates [...]

Free access Politics 14.02.2017

Steinepreis brothers patiently cobbles together a gold empire

Running into problems in Australia, the Steinepreis brothers are snapping up small gold concerns in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

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Freemasonry in disarray

The death in a road accident on Jan. 29 of Clotaire Magloire Coffie shouldn’t result in a major shake-up of the Grande Loge de Cote d’Ivoire (GLCI). After serving as grand master for three decades Coffie gave up his post [.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2017

Patrice Talon seeks a plot for a house in Assinie

Patrice Talon has hired Ivorian architect Guillaume Koffi, the head [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2017

CENA lays down the law

Basile Fassinou, the Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome’s budget coordinator, has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2017

Managem in fresh drive on West Africa’s gold

Imad Toumi, the CEO of Managem, the mining unit of Moroccan king Mohammed VI’s holding company SNI, met with Senegalese [...]

Free access Mining 24.01.2017

Data and sovereignty: Why Talon ended Securiport’s contract

It wasn’t just about putting his own companies back in the saddle - the head of state wanted to clean up the aviation sector.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2017

Bollore and Dossou settle their differences

French industrialist Vincent Bollore and Samuel Dossou, the Beninese head [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Lionel Zinsou launches Ecce Africa

An Afro-optimist through and through, Benin’s former prime minister Lionel [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.01.2017

Serigne Drame’s push for wider worker rights

In Dakar in late November, the Senegalese magistrate Serigne Assane Drame spelled out his first recommendations aimed at establishing a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

France trains African troops

Following commando operations by French Special Forces in the Sahel-Saharan Strip and recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Thomas Boni Yayi finally finds a cushy number

Out of office since April, former president Thomas Boni Yayi is set to start work from early next year as [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Boni Yayi claims 10 years of unpaid allowances

During his two five-year stints as president of Benin (2006-2016) Thomas Boni Yayi did not receive a single CFA franc [...]

Free access Politics 30.11.2016

Romuald Wadagni Patrice Talon’s financial advisor

Before his April appointment as economy minister, Romuald Wadagni, 40, spent several years working as Patrice Talon’s financial advisor from [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2016

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

The BCEAO has asked foreign banks operating within the West [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2016

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

A brand new oil brokerage company, Blue Oil Energy, which is based in London and on the highly posh Quai [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

A visit by Azerbaijan energy minister Natig Aliyev to Benin [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

Dany Khayat and Anna Joubin-Bret back in Africarail battle

In late October Benin's government named six lawyers to represent [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Jean-Dominique Loko’s lodge leadership confirmed

The "brothers" of the Grande Loge du Benin (GLB) will [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.11.2016

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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

Frederic Joel Aivo has presidential residence in a tizzy

Reforms that rub the Constitution the wrong way

Re-branding of former Alufer head

Talon goes softly, softly with the imams

Benin Control retains the services of Webb Fontaine

Who wants to operate the Seme field?

Talon opens his borders

Steinepreis brothers patiently cobbles together a gold empire

Spotlight
Freemasonry in disarray

Patrice Talon seeks a plot for a house in Assinie

CENA lays down the law

Managem in fresh drive on West Africa’s gold

Data and sovereignty: Why Talon ended Securiport’s contract

Bollore and Dossou settle their differences

Lionel Zinsou launches Ecce Africa

Serigne Drame’s push for wider worker rights

France trains African troops

Thomas Boni Yayi finally finds a cushy number

Boni Yayi claims 10 years of unpaid allowances

Romuald Wadagni Patrice Talon’s financial advisor

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

Dany Khayat and Anna Joubin-Bret back in Africarail battle

Jean-Dominique Loko’s lodge leadership confirmed

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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

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Andry Rajoelina

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Benin

Frederic Joel Aivo has presidential residence in a tizzy

Reforms that rub the Constitution the wrong way

Re-branding of former Alufer head

Talon goes softly, softly with the imams

Benin Control retains the services of Webb Fontaine

Who wants to operate the Seme field?

Talon opens his borders

Steinepreis brothers patiently cobbles together a gold empire

Spotlight Freemasonry in disarray

Patrice Talon seeks a plot for a house in Assinie

CENA lays down the law

Managem in fresh drive on West Africa’s gold

Data and sovereignty: Why Talon ended Securiport’s contract

Bollore and Dossou settle their differences

Lionel Zinsou launches Ecce Africa

Serigne Drame’s push for wider worker rights

France trains African troops

Thomas Boni Yayi finally finds a cushy number

Boni Yayi claims 10 years of unpaid allowances

Romuald Wadagni Patrice Talon’s financial advisor

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

Dany Khayat and Anna Joubin-Bret back in Africarail battle

Jean-Dominique Loko’s lodge leadership confirmed

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About Africa Intelligence

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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
Freemasonry in disarray