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Business Ports and airports 14/01/2022

Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire Free

Business 13/01/2022

Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

Lionel Talon, son of Beninese president Patrice Talon. © Presidency of the Republic of Benin

Business Power 05/01/2022

After telecoms, Franco-Malagasy group Axian develops power stations in Senegal and Mali

Hassanein Hiridjee, head of Axian. © @HassanHiridjee/Twitter

Focus

Diplomacy Defence 03/01/2022

Trapped in Sahel logistics nightmare, French army seeks way out

French multi-role armoured vehicles VBMR Griffon patrol the streets of Gao on 4 December 2021. © Thomas Coex/AFP

Diplomacy 23/12/2021

Foreign minister Lamamra already reshuffling his Sahel team

The head of Algerian diplomacy, Ramtane Lamamra, is shortly due to appoint a new special envoy for the Sahel. Since this summer the post has been occupied by Boudjemaa Delmi, a very close friend of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [...]

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The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. [...]

Operation Barkhane soldiers in Burkina Faso. © Philippe de Poulpiquet /PhotoPQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP

Mining 22/12/2021

In the face of terrorism, gold fraud fight gets back on track

In addition to reshuffling the government, Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is pushing other initiatives to curb the Islamic militant threat in his country. He has urged the National Anti-Gold Fraud Brigade to mobilise and become more effective. [...]

Politics 17/12/2021

Kaboré's party faces existential crisis

The presidential Mouvement du peuple pour le progrès (MPP) party has offered little support to Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, either in countering the demonstrators who questioned his security record, or in forming a new government, the latter responsibility eventually being entrusted to Lassina Zerbo. [...]

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. © Xose Bouzas / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Diplomacy 15/12/2021

Macron to talk Wagner and elections in Bamako

The French president will visit Bamako from 20 to 21 December. In the Malian capital, he will meet interim president Assimi Goita for the first time to discuss the ongoing talks between his junta and the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. [...]

French president Emmanuel Macron during his previous visit to Mali in May 2017. © Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/MaxPPP out

Oil & gas 14/12/2021

ENI, Mercuria, TotalEnergies and Shell aim to revive Gulf of Guinea next year Free

African E&P may have focused on the south of the continent lately, but the west is still very much in the game. [...]

Business 10/12/2021

Fertiliser king Salif Ouédraogo targeted by Cotonou lawsuit

The fertiliser trader, a key figure in the Sahelian agricultural sector for the past twenty years who was close to Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré and Beninese president Thomas Boni Yahi, is the target of a lawsuit by a Malian client. [...]

SpotlightDiplomacy 09/12/2021

Biden pitches plan for more NATO and less UN in Sahel

Joe Biden's engagement with the Sahel has been heavily anticipated, especially given his predecessor Donald Trump was noted for his isolationism. He has been working on his approach to this region since early 2021 with a new Africa team. [...]

US President Joe Biden (left) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. © Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Business Mining 07/12/2021

AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Having already bought a 90% stake in the project from its original developer Cose banada's Windiga, UAE-based AMEA Power has awarded the construction of this 26.6MW solar power plant to China's Sinohydro, which has taken over from France's Bouygues. [...]

Diplomacy 07/12/2021

Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

The French president spoke at length with his Algerian counterpart in late November. The two leaders agreed to gradually ease the tensions between them over the next few months. Meanwhile Paris and Algiers have resumed discussions of the Sahel. [...]

Diplomacy 03/12/2021

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

The race for the presidency of the Ivorian chapter of the World Lebanese Cultural Union is stirring up the Lebanese-Ivorian community and has broader repercussions for the Ivorian state. [...]

Business Offshore finance 26/11/2021

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

The Emirati wealth manager run by French executives is actively developing its network in Africa. Its latest operation was to help the acquisition of a Gulfstream V that had often jetted Alpha Condé around the globe. [...]

Business Banks 25/11/2021

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

The reshuffle of bancassurance company Orabank's capital remains on standby after being stopped in its tracks by the hesitations of the BCEAO banking commission. This situation is encouraging local entrepreneurs to try to get their foot in the door. [...]

Idrissa Nassa, founder of the west African bank, Coris Bank International. © Idrissa Nassa/Twitter

Diplomacy 24/11/2021

Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

Germany's military commitment in the Sahel is one of the issues on the table in negotiations between the Greens, the business-friendly FDP and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to form the next government. [...]

Mining 22/11/2021

Ouagadougou assesses mining assets and contracts

The government of Burkina Faso has begun an audit of the country's mining assets to determine whether some mining contracts need renegotiated and if others are preventing exploitation of resources. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 11/11/2021

Madrid continues to equip Malian gendarmes despite tensions over Wagner

Although EU relations with Mali have been strained by the junta's decision to cosy up to Moscow, Madrid is going ahead with its programme to equip gendarmes in Mali and elsewhere in the Sahel. [...]

Mining 11/11/2021

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

The Australian mining and petroleum community in West Africa is keeping a close eye on the growing Russian influence in the region. [...]

Business Banks 09/11/2021

NSIA peddles prized assets

The Ivorian family bancassurance outfit, which has branches across Africa, is shedding some key assets. The hasty sales come as the group needs to reimburse in full a €32m loan. [...]

Business Investments funds 02/11/2021

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

After breaking off its alliance with Moroccan royal holding Al Mada earlier this year, Caterpillar machinery distributor in Africa JA Delmas is in talks with ex-banker Jean-Luc Konan's Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina) over opening up its capital. [...]

Banker Jean-Luc Konan, founder of the Ivorian financial holding Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina). © Facebook/Bovoyagefelix

Business Power 28/10/2021

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

The developers of the Dorsale Nord electricity grid project, which involves connecting up Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso via an 875 km network, are fearful of potential delays. [...]

Diplomacy 26/10/2021

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

After having been in the running to be an African Union mediator in Chad last year, ex-Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou is again on a list of such names, this time for the role of ECOWAS special envoy to Guinea following the fall of Alpha Condé. [...]

Ex-Nigerian president Mahamadou Issoufou. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire Free

Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

After telecoms, Franco-Malagasy group Axian develops power stations in Senegal and Mali

Trapped in Sahel logistics nightmare, French army seeks way out

Foreign minister Lamamra already reshuffling his Sahel team

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

In the face of terrorism, gold fraud fight gets back on track

Kaboré's party faces existential crisis

Macron to talk Wagner and elections in Bamako

ENI, Mercuria, TotalEnergies and Shell aim to revive Gulf of Guinea next year Free

Fertiliser king Salif Ouédraogo targeted by Cotonou lawsuit

Biden pitches plan for more NATO and less UN in Sahel

AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

Ouagadougou assesses mining assets and contracts

Madrid continues to equip Malian gendarmes despite tensions over Wagner

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

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Kaboré's party faces existential crisis

Macron to talk Wagner and elections in Bamako

ENI, Mercuria, TotalEnergies and Shell aim to revive Gulf of Guinea next year Free

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Biden pitches plan for more NATO and less UN in Sahel

AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

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UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Sahel becomes an issue in German parties' bid to form coalition

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Madrid continues to equip Malian gendarmes despite tensions over Wagner

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

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