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Business 12/05/2022

After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

The Atlanta-based soft drinks giant has already severed its ties with Castel in Ivory Coast and a number of other African countries, and is now about to do the same in Burkina Faso. [...]

Diplomacy 10/05/2022

EU ministers to discuss Africa

EU foreign affairs ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on 16 May. While the situation in Ukraine is set to dominate the talks, the agenda is also likely to include Africa, and specifically the Sahel region. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 10/05/2022

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

The first discreet nightly rotations took place from 1 to 7 May at Kandi airport, in northern Benin, which is currently used as a platform for French jumbo jets coming from Mali and heading for Niger, the final destination of the French equipment. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 09/05/2022

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINSUMA medical services on the spot

The withdrawal of French Barkhane troops from Mali and the dismantling of its military hospital in Gao means that MINUSMA will have to reorganise medical logistics for its peacekeepers. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 06/05/2022

Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

The European Union is ready to commit tens of millions of euros to restructuring Burkina Faso's military and police apparatus, to the delight of the ruling junta. [...]

Business 05/05/2022

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership Free

The Atlanta-based soft drinks company has been dissolving several of its African partnerships and is currently preparing to part ways with its bottler in Ivory Coast. [...]

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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

Diplomacy 27/04/2022

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

On 21 April, the European Union adopted an assistance measure to provide the African Union with €600m in aid over three years. A €170m package has already been set aside for 2022. The package should be put towards the fight against Boko Haram and the AU mission in Somalia but leaves out the G5 Sahel. [...]

Mining 25/04/2022

The who's who of the mining sector reform discussions

The future of Burkina Faso's mining sector is at the heart of discussions that began in April between the junta, the government, the Chamber of Mines and civil society. Veterans and newcomers to this industry, which is key to the country's GDP, are helping define and negotiate its framework. [...]

Mining 21/04/2022

Russia's Nordgold talks up its future despite sanctions and closure of Taparko gold mine

The gold producer Nordgold, which has just announced the closure of one of its mines in Burkina Faso, claims to have found an alternative solution for refining its African output, which was an early victim of the sanctions targeting Russia and Nordgold's owner, oligarch Alexey Mordashov. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 21/04/2022

Brussels reviews its EUCAP Sahel training mission

The European Union has started a strategic review of its EUCAP Sahel training mission for national security forces in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. [...]

Diplomacy 20/04/2022

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital Free

Over the last decade, Dakar has established itself as the centre of 'strategic thinking' in West Africa. The city boasts a think tank ecosystem where ministers, former generals, researchers and donors mingle. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 19/04/2022

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

In parallel with the withdrawal from Mali, the French army will strengthen the role the Eléments Français au Sénégal's 400 soldiers, whose current boss, General Michel Delpit, will leave his post in the middle of this year. [...]

Dakar is home to 350 French soldiers from the EFS. © Facebook/Eléments français au Sénégal

Diplomacy Defence 15/04/2022

Between Mali pullout and Ukraine, French military cooperation budget reaches delicate equilibrium

Despite the reallocation of European security cooperation funds to Ukraine, Paris has made a point of reassuring its West African partners by releasing other funds their way. [...]

Business 15/04/2022

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Walid Arem has taken over the famed Ledger Plaza hotel in Bangui, which is owned by the Libyan state through its Laico fund and is at the centre of a bitter power struggle. Arem was already running two other Laico hotels in Bamako, as well as a seaside resort in Tunisia. [...]

Tunisian businessman Walid Arem. © Walid Arem/Instagram

Business Banks 14/04/2022

Burkinabe business leaders in three-way fight for Orabank

Orabank's re-entry into the market has resulted in three Burkina Faso business leaders battling it out to buy the Togo-based regional banking group. [...]

Business Politics 13/04/2022

Competition hots up for Northwestern African constituency between Pro-Macron candidates

The former Maghreb representative of Emmanuel Macron's LREM party, Mehdi Reddad, is gearing up to run for the presidential majority's nomination for the seat of MP for the French nationals in the Maghreb and West Africa. [...]

Mehdi Reddad (left) and M'Jid El Guerrab (right). © Mehdi Reddad/M'Jid el-Guerrab/Twitter

Business Banks 07/04/2022

Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

Two West African moguls are poised to make an offer to buy French bank BNP Paribas' lucrative subsidiary in Ivory Coast, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et pour l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire (BICICI), in what promises to be a bitter battle for its aquisition. [...]

BICICI's headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. © bicici.com

Business Defence 07/04/2022

Bolloré's French army foreign operations' contract renewed for over €200m

After much hemming and hawing, French Bolloré Logistics has renewed its contract with the French army in Sahel. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 05/04/2022

France redeploys its military staff after Mali withdrawal

As the Barkhane convoys leave Mali one after the other, France has already begun to prepare its next steps in the Sahel. [...]

Diplomacy 01/04/2022

Obiang plans his AU summit in Malabo

Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is scheduled to hold an African Union (AU) summit on humanitarian issues from 25 to 27 May in Malabo. [...]

Mining 23/03/2022

After Friedland, Salle-Audet duo's projects spark interest of Sawiris and Eramet

Following on from Robert Friedland last year, Naguib Sawiris' La Mancha has just invested in a West Africa project of Canadian miners Benoît La Salle and Marc-Antoine Audet. French group Eramet also has its eye on a Guinean area the pair know well. [...]

Mining 22/03/2022

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After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

EU ministers to discuss Africa

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINSUMA medical services on the spot

Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership Free

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

The who's who of the mining sector reform discussions

Russia's Nordgold talks up its future despite sanctions and closure of Taparko gold mine

Brussels reviews its EUCAP Sahel training mission

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital Free

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Between Mali pullout and Ukraine, French military cooperation budget reaches delicate equilibrium

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Burkinabe business leaders in three-way fight for Orabank

Competition hots up for Northwestern African constituency between Pro-Macron candidates

Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

Bolloré's French army foreign operations' contract renewed for over €200m

France redeploys its military staff after Mali withdrawal

Obiang plans his AU summit in Malabo

After Friedland, Salle-Audet duo's projects spark interest of Sawiris and Eramet

Sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov tries desperately to get his gold out of Africa

Will Russian deputy foreign minister Bogdanov stick to West Africa tour as planned?

In Yaoundé, Brussels and Africa seek to strengthen their navies' cooperation

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After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

EU ministers to discuss Africa

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINSUMA medical services on the spot

Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership Free

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

The who's who of the mining sector reform discussions

Russia's Nordgold talks up its future despite sanctions and closure of Taparko gold mine

Brussels reviews its EUCAP Sahel training mission

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital Free

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Between Mali pullout and Ukraine, French military cooperation budget reaches delicate equilibrium

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Burkinabe business leaders in three-way fight for Orabank

Competition hots up for Northwestern African constituency between Pro-Macron candidates

Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

Bolloré's French army foreign operations' contract renewed for over €200m

France redeploys its military staff after Mali withdrawal

Obiang plans his AU summit in Malabo

After Friedland, Salle-Audet duo's projects spark interest of Sawiris and Eramet

Sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov tries desperately to get his gold out of Africa

Will Russian deputy foreign minister Bogdanov stick to West Africa tour as planned?

In Yaoundé, Brussels and Africa seek to strengthen their navies' cooperation

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