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Burkina Faso

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 23.08.2021

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Qatar Airways inaugurated its Abidjan-Doha route on June 16, 2021. © @QatarAirways/Twitter

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar. These incidents have set off alarm bells throughout the sugar sector, particularly among traders and shipping companies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.08.2021

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara. © Twitter account Alassane Ouattara @AOuattara_PRCI

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2021

Mining explosives producer AECI unlocks $18m in Ecobank account

AECI, which has filed for arbitration against the Burkina Faso government over an import tax dispute, has managed to resolve one of its grievances with the state: the seizure of its bank account.

Subscribers only Mining 30.07.2021

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

With the diplomatic skirmish over customs decisions between Nigeria and Benin threatening to paralyse the subregion's entire economy, the Ivorian president has reached out to both their heads of state in an attempt to get them talking again.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2021

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

After working together for more than twenty-five years, Victor Delerue and his son Axel will no longer represent Raidco Marine in West Africa. The dramatic end to their lengthy relationship was due to a spat with Raidco boss Jean-Michel Monnier.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.07.2021

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Two Nigerian citizens were among the 10 people police in Benin arrested in a 25 June drug bust. For the best part of two years Cotonou and Abuja have been at odds over the smuggling of narcotics between their two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2021

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries.

Free access Commodity traders, Politics 06.07.2021

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin.

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation for being weak on drugs.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

New fund aims to help gold miners go green

The Artisanal Gold Council, an NGO dedicated to improving the living and working conditions of artisanal miners, is planning a fund to finance the purchase of less polluting equipment by miners in Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2021

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

The French investment bank has teamed up with the Jeddah-based organisation in order to diversify and expand on the continent.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.06.2021

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

The Togolese partners have made their first investment via their private equity fund Adiwale Partners, backed by the British development agency CDC Group.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 16.06.2021

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.06.2021

Industry knowledge wins over politics for top Bumigeb job

It is a mining expert and not a politician that will run Burkina Faso's mines and mining geology bureau, Bumigeb, which handles geological surveys of the country.

Subscribers only Mining 02.06.2021

Nicolas Kagambega will run Burkina Faso's mines and mining geology bureau, Bumigeb.

ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently looking for consultants to carry out several studieson the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project:

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2021

Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

Junior mining companies listed in Canada or Australia are gobbling up West African gold projects identified by global industry leaders.

Subscribers only Mining 26.05.2021

New mines administration appointments disputed internally

Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo has placed his supporters in most of the departments responsible for mining but the head of the key mining geology bureau has still to be appointed. Junior mines minister Aimé Zongo has his own ideas about the best person for the job.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2021

Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo with junior mines minister Aimé Zongo (left).

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Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

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Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Mining explosives producer AECI unlocks $18m in Ecobank account

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

New fund aims to help gold miners go green

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Industry knowledge wins over politics for top Bumigeb job

ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

New mines administration appointments disputed internally

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Fortuna Silver's takeover of Roxgold offers it new prospects in silver as well as gold

Ouagadougou settles VAT debt with miners

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Burkina Faso

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Mining explosives producer AECI unlocks $18m in Ecobank account

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

New fund aims to help gold miners go green

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Industry knowledge wins over politics for top Bumigeb job

ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

New mines administration appointments disputed internally

Changing tides for Norway's Aker in West Africa

World Bank wants to raise $450m from private sector to fund solar projects

Fortuna Silver's takeover of Roxgold offers it new prospects in silver as well as gold

Ouagadougou settles VAT debt with miners

Transparency may shed harsh light on Burkina Faso's politicians

IFC finances Ruggieri family's African hotels

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Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"