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Burkina Faso

Compaore looks to the French left

Blaise Compaore is not unhappy about Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential defeat and has been cultivating his Socialist contacts to regain access to France's corridors of power.

Subscribers only Politics 16.05.2012

Actlabs plants flag in Burkina Faso

In setting up operations in Ougadougou, the Canadian group Activation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2012

Stratex seeks GBP 7

The British explorer Stratex International has retained Northland Capital Partners [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2012

Home stretch for Ampella

With CFA 23.5 billion in investment planned for this year [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.03.2012

Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012

Burkina Faso is expecting mining companies to produce 40 tons [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.03.2012

Sopatel chief

A fresh round of musical chairs is underway for the [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

The U.S. company Newmont Ventures, has been awarded the contract [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Bruce Burrows

With only a few months to go before it starts a three-well drilling campaign in Ivory Coast, Australia's Rialto Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

The mining services company SEMS Exploration Services which is active in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Ivory Coast and headed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

Ouagadougou, 21-25/03

Burkina Faso is organizing its first international fair on energy, mines and quarries (SEMICA) in Ouagadougou under the patronage of [...]

Free access Mining 06.03.2012

Ouagadougou, 12-18/03

A workshop on metallogy (mechanisms involved in the formation of mineral deposits) in Africa is being backed by UNESCO, the [...]

Free access Mining 06.03.2012

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Holding dual Australian and Polish citizenship, Derek Lenartowicz, boss of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

The Burkina Faso government has chosen the American concern Newmont [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

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Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

While the Arab Spring may have raised the hopes of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa, on the whole rulers have managed to avoid regime changes and often made no attempt at transparency during the recent elections across the region.

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2012

Tensions in the army

The army purge ordered by President Blaise Compaore following a spate of attempted mutinies in 2011 has had a negative impact on morale in Burkina Faso’s military.

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2012

WAGP still stumbling

Deliveries by the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) that carries [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

Sekou Konate

A former consultant of the mining companies Semafo, Wega Mining, Afcan, African Gold and others, Sekou Konate has become the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

The second West African businessmen’s forum named Africallia will be held in Ouagadougou on Feb. 23-24. Staged every two years, [...]

Free access Mining 21.02.2012

Ouagadougou
New phosphate operator

In deciding to set up the Societe d'Exploitation des Phosphates [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

The second West African businessmen’s forum named Africallia will be held in Ouagadougou on Feb. 23-24. Staged every two years, [...]

Free access Mining 07.02.2012

Ougadougou
Tax on sales of mining rights

The Burkina Faso authorities are to set a 20% tax [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Listing in sight for Toro Gold

Once it winds up a drive for fresh capital at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Former BHP staffers in push for Birimian

Birimian Gold has wound up a cash infusion operation after [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Vital Metals steps on gas in Douinia

The firm Vital Metals plans to invest $3 million in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Conde Burkina visit in works

Guinean President Alpha Conde will make an official visit to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2012

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Burkina Faso

Compaore looks to the French left

Actlabs plants flag in Burkina Faso

Stratex seeks GBP 7

Home stretch for Ampella

Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012

Sopatel chief

Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

Bruce Burrows

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

Ouagadougou, 21-25/03

Ouagadougou, 12-18/03

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

Spotlight
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Tensions in the army

WAGP still stumbling

Sekou Konate

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

Ouagadougou
New phosphate operator

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

Ougadougou
Tax on sales of mining rights

Listing in sight for Toro Gold

Former BHP staffers in push for Birimian

Vital Metals steps on gas in Douinia

Conde Burkina visit in works

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Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Burkina Faso

Compaore looks to the French left

Actlabs plants flag in Burkina Faso

Stratex seeks GBP 7

Home stretch for Ampella

Gold output to hit 40 ton mark in 2012

Sopatel chief

Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

Bruce Burrows

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

Ouagadougou, 21-25/03

Ouagadougou, 12-18/03

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

Spotlight Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Tensions in the army

WAGP still stumbling

Sekou Konate

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

Ouagadougou New phosphate operator

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

Ougadougou Tax on sales of mining rights

Listing in sight for Toro Gold

Former BHP staffers in push for Birimian

Vital Metals steps on gas in Douinia

Conde Burkina visit in works

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Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Ouagadougou
New phosphate operator

Ougadougou
Tax on sales of mining rights