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Corridors of power 16/07/2019

Head of tax steps in to ease miners vs. population feud Free

Appointed the new director general of tax for Burkina Faso on June 6, Moumouni Lougue struck straight into making measures [...]

Corridors of power 16/07/2019

The anti-fraud brigade comes out as winner of the Essakane crisis

The ripple-on effect in Burkina Faso's mining sector from the [...]

Corridors of power 10/07/2019

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

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

Corridors of power 10/07/2019

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 [...]

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Business circles 10/07/2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

The American airport security firm Securiport active in Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast has secured a $95 million arbitration win against Benin after it was driven out of the country to make way for a company with ties to Patrice Talon. [...]

Business circles 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. [...]

Corridors of power 02/07/2019

Essakane coal troubles state prosecutor Laurent Poda Free

Ever since he has been in charge of investigating a matter of coal at the Essakane gold mine, the state [...]

Exploration-Production 02/07/2019

Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

With its purchase of Boromo Gold, Arrow has picked up a complete set of gold projects and an experienced team to handle them. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 26/06/2019

Florence Parly expected in Ouagadougou

The French army minister Florence Parly will travel to Ouagadougou [...]

Business circles 26/06/2019

Jain, Orient and Marubeni to process cotton

With 95% of Burkinabe cotton exported raw, Chinese, Indian and Japanese firms like Jain, Orient and Marubeni are now looking to process it prior to export. [...]

Business circles 26/06/2019

Banker Idrissa Nassa sets sights on BNP Paribas

Idrissa Nassa, the CEO of Coris Bank International (CBI), which [...]

Power brokers 26/06/2019

Kadre Desire Ouedraogo reviews his troops with an eye on 2020

The former Burkinabe prime minister Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, aka "KDO", who wants to run for president in 2020, is relying [...]

Corridors of power 18/06/2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

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

Focus Corridors of power 17/06/2019

Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

The Lecourt family, which has been established on the Rock of Monaco for the last two generations, began in the soap business before going on to build up a profitable agricultural trading business and then a cleaning business of a non-corporal sort, registering companies in Monaco for third parties. [...]

Exploration-Production 04/06/2019

Delays on mining development fund fuels civil unrest

Created to centralise mining operators' contributions to local development, the Burkinabe local mining development fund (FMDL) is still in the [...]

Spotlight Business circles 29/05/2019

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

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 [. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Document 29/05/2019

Map of the main terrorist attacks in Sahel these past few years.

Enduring turmoil in Sahel

Stamping out the terrorist threat is proving to be difficult. Here's why. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 29/05/2019

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

The Mauritanian general Hanena Ould Sidi, who has been the [...]

29/05/2019

A disintegrating Sahel

Although the attacks in capitals such as Ouagadougou, Bamako and [...]

Business circles 29/05/2019

Sinosure underwrites Roch Marc Christian Kabore

The Chinese insurance company Sinosure has promised to release a [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 15/05/2019

Pierre-Olivier Sur manoeuvres on Blaise's behalf

The ex-president of the bar Pierre-Olivier Sur (‘POS'), who for [...]

Corridors of power 15/05/2019

Roch Marc Christian Kabore plays youth card for 2020

The new generation of ministers and advisors to the president will be playing a key role in the next presidential election. Analysis. [...]

Corridors of power 15/05/2019

Patrice Talon's turn to fall into terrorist trap

Embroiled for several weeks in unprecedented popular protests, Patrice Talon is now having to contend with a growing terrorist threat [...]

15/05/2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Following the deaths on 10 May of two French soldiers [...]

Business circles 15/05/2019

BNP to downsize regionally

BNP Paribas is planning to sell up in several west [...]

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Head of tax steps in to ease miners vs. population feud Free

The anti-fraud brigade comes out as winner of the Essakane crisis

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Essakane coal troubles state prosecutor Laurent Poda Free

Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

Florence Parly expected in Ouagadougou

Jain, Orient and Marubeni to process cotton

Banker Idrissa Nassa sets sights on BNP Paribas

Kadre Desire Ouedraogo reviews his troops with an eye on 2020

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

Delays on mining development fund fuels civil unrest

Airports spark intense international rivalries

Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

A disintegrating Sahel

Sinosure underwrites Roch Marc Christian Kabore

Pierre-Olivier Sur manoeuvres on Blaise's behalf

Roch Marc Christian Kabore plays youth card for 2020

Patrice Talon's turn to fall into terrorist trap

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

BNP to downsize regionally

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