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Wapco gas pipeline in major money leak Petroci's boss hopes Total will help lure investors

Walt Perez, an executive at Chevron and also managing director [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2016

Resolute makes beeline for Syama and Bibiani

On completing a feasibility study, Resolute Mining is intent on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2016

Johannes Dagnon, Patrice Talon’s eminence grise

If Olivier Boko is Patrice Talon’s right-hand man ( WAN n°731), Franco-Beninese Johannes Dagnon is his eminence grise. An accountant [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.07.2016

IMF’s harsh words for Boni Yayi’s track record

Visiting Cotonou between June 6-18, an IMF mission could hardly [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.07.2016

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Subscribers only Politics 05.07.2016

Sapetro playing hardball in talks over its withdrawal from Seme

The Sapetro company, owned by former Nigerian defence minister Theophilus [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2016

Patrice Talon puts his right hand man in charge of the port of Cotonou

In accordance with his logic of retaking control of the key economic sites which were closed to his companies during [...]

Subscribers only 28.06.2016

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Patrice Talon grabs control of economy

Benin’s new President Patrice Talon pledged in earnest throughout his electoral campaign that he would not mix politics with business. However now that he is comfortably installed in the presidential palace, Talon appears to be keen to reinstate all of [.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2016

Olivier Boko, indispensable to Patrice Talon

Less than three months after his mentor Patrice Talon was elected President of Benin, businessman Olivier Boko, 53, is making [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.06.2016

Patrice Talon gets check-up in Paris

When he visited Paris before his inauguration in April, Patrice [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.06.2016

Zinsou and Elumelu talk about private equity

Former Beninese prime minister Lionel Zinsou has been talking to [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.06.2016

Document
Niger recognizes Africarail’s concession rights !

Africarail, which has for several months been claiming that it was the originator of the project to create the West [...]

Subscribers only 27.05.2016

Patrice Talon ditches Boni Yayi’s Boeing jet

Benin’s new leader had barely come to power when he had to deal with his predecessor’s problematic order of a new presidential plane.

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

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Aniambossou ticked off by police chief

Jules-Armand Aniambossou Benin’s ambassador to France, is widely expected to be recalled by new President Patrice Talon and, adding to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

Patrice Talon has phone chat with Sarkozy

Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy phoned Benin’s new leader Patrice Talon [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

Talon finds jobs for Boni Yayi poisoning scandal protagonists!

Patrice Talon has lost no time in restoring the fortunes of those of his associates who came under suspicion in [...]

Subscribers only 20.05.2016

President Patrice Talon back in cotton business

No time after his inauguration as Benin’s leader, Patrice Talon is getting back into the country’s economically-strategic cotton industry.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2016

Enoch Marcel Omonlola Laourou refused French visa

Enoch Marcel Omonlola Laourou, the former director of Benin’s SLD (Service de Liaison et de Documentation) intelligence service, was appointed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2016

Ajavon targets Houngbedji

Businessman Sebastien Ajavon, who came third in the first round [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2016

Bouisset to spearhead Endeavour's exploration drive

In addition to dominating gold production in West Africa, Endeavour is to make a name for itself in exploration as well.

Subscribers only Mining 03.05.2016

Patrice Talon and friends celebrate after victory

Maixent Accrombessi was among the VIP guests at a party in Cotonou for Patrice Talon’s inauguration.

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Talon takes to the air to settle scores with predecessor

The new president is expected to take a close look at the conditions surrounding the acquisition of a presidential Boeing by his predecessor.

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2016

Zinsou pops up again - in Cotonou

Barely recovered from his crushing defeat in the run-off of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Thomas Boni Yayi just won’t hang up

Although he retired on April 6, former president Thomas Boni [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Amenounve behind push for mining exchange

The general manager of the Bourse Regionale des Valeurs Mobilieres (BRVM), Togo-born Edoh Kossi Amenounve, is behind a move to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2016

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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

Wapco gas pipeline in major money leak Petroci's boss hopes Total will help lure investors

Resolute makes beeline for Syama and Bibiani

Johannes Dagnon, Patrice Talon’s eminence grise

IMF’s harsh words for Boni Yayi’s track record

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Sapetro playing hardball in talks over its withdrawal from Seme

Patrice Talon puts his right hand man in charge of the port of Cotonou

Spotlight
Patrice Talon grabs control of economy

Olivier Boko, indispensable to Patrice Talon

Patrice Talon gets check-up in Paris

Zinsou and Elumelu talk about private equity

Document
Niger recognizes Africarail’s concession rights !

Patrice Talon ditches Boni Yayi’s Boeing jet

Document
Aniambossou ticked off by police chief

Patrice Talon has phone chat with Sarkozy

Talon finds jobs for Boni Yayi poisoning scandal protagonists!

President Patrice Talon back in cotton business

Enoch Marcel Omonlola Laourou refused French visa

Ajavon targets Houngbedji

Bouisset to spearhead Endeavour's exploration drive

Patrice Talon and friends celebrate after victory

Talon takes to the air to settle scores with predecessor

Zinsou pops up again - in Cotonou

Thomas Boni Yayi just won’t hang up

Amenounve behind push for mining exchange

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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

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Benin

Wapco gas pipeline in major money leak Petroci's boss hopes Total will help lure investors

Resolute makes beeline for Syama and Bibiani

Johannes Dagnon, Patrice Talon’s eminence grise

IMF’s harsh words for Boni Yayi’s track record

Insiders Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Sapetro playing hardball in talks over its withdrawal from Seme

Patrice Talon puts his right hand man in charge of the port of Cotonou

Spotlight Patrice Talon grabs control of economy

Olivier Boko, indispensable to Patrice Talon

Patrice Talon gets check-up in Paris

Zinsou and Elumelu talk about private equity

Document Niger recognizes Africarail’s concession rights !

Patrice Talon ditches Boni Yayi’s Boeing jet

Document Aniambossou ticked off by police chief

Patrice Talon has phone chat with Sarkozy

Talon finds jobs for Boni Yayi poisoning scandal protagonists!

President Patrice Talon back in cotton business

Enoch Marcel Omonlola Laourou refused French visa

Ajavon targets Houngbedji

Bouisset to spearhead Endeavour's exploration drive

Patrice Talon and friends celebrate after victory

Talon takes to the air to settle scores with predecessor

Zinsou pops up again - in Cotonou

Thomas Boni Yayi just won’t hang up

Amenounve behind push for mining exchange

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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

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Spotlight
Patrice Talon grabs control of economy

Document
Niger recognizes Africarail’s concession rights !

Document
Aniambossou ticked off by police chief