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Burkina Faso

Mines ministry gets youth boost

Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kabore has given his green light for a massive recruitment plan within the ministry of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.04.2018

Frank Timis in danger of losing Tambao

The Burkinabe authorities have confirmed their intention of seeking a new partner to operate the site. The businessman is trying to block the decision.

Subscribers only Politics 04.04.2018

Will Bollore come unstuck against Sopam?

The dispute between Bollore and Sopam came to a head [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.04.2018

Former AngloGold and Billiton execs tap into Niare and Sao gold

Aforo Resources, the junior poised to purchase two Burkinabe gold mines, has four West African gold experts at the helm.

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Oumarou Idani mandates user guide for mining projects

Two Burkinabe engineering firms, Socrege and Begimine, have been tasked [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Miners to be certified by CSR label

Burkina Faso's Chamber of mines has set up a corporate [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.03.2018

Kabore urges Ankara to invest

Encouraged by the president, Turkish businesses are set to expand rapidly.

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2018

Cherif Sy and consorts in Paris to set the record straight

In mid-March, the Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kabore dispatched [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.03.2018

Semafo, Elie Ouedraogo's springboard towards top role?

Elie Ouedraogo might surf on Canadian gold producer Semafo's ambitions to get a step ahead of his rival, Apollinaire Compaore, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.03.2018

African heads of state steer clear of Zinsou-Bonkoungou debt dispute

The bitter dispute between Lionel Zinsou and Mahamadou Bonkoungou, which was revealed by West Africa Newsletter (WAN 771), has shifted [...]

Subscribers only 09.03.2018

Air Burkina bolsters its fleet as the private sector beckons

Engaged in a major restructuring ever since the Aga Khan [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2018

Chamber of mines "educational" lobbying of parliament

In early January, Burkina Faso's members of parliament accepted Chambre des mines du Burkina's request to organize training sessions in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2018

NGO Good Governance Africa scouts for mining clients

In late 2018, South African NGO Good Governance Africa (GGA), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.02.2018

Candidate Zinsou's debts under his economist credentials

Lionel Zinsou, one of Emmanuel Macron's valued advisers and head [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2018

Diawara relaunches himself via CIDEF

Created in late 2017 but only genuinely operational since early [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.02.2018

Feeling the heat from Sonabhy, Razack Saka turns to Kabore

While Societe nationale burkinabe d'hydrocarbures (Sonabhy) would like to reach a deal that would cut the cost of its storage [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2018

The ghost of Salif Diallo shapes the electoral landscape of 2020

Roch Marc Christian Kabore will have to accommodate supporters of the former speaker of parliament in the run-up to the next presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics 07.02.2018

Salif ‘Kossouka' Ouedraogo, the aspiring rival to Togouna

Permitted to return to Ouagadougou in July 2017 after ten [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.02.2018

Endeavour's golden boy Adama Soro

French entrepreneur Sébastien de Montessus, head of British firm Endeavour Mining, has set up the new team to handle the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.01.2018

Troy Minerals brings artisanal gold mining into digital era

Troy Minerals, a UAE firm specialised in due diligence and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.01.2018

Dieudonne Samson Yaogho helping Acacia restructure in West Africa

Until now CEO of Canadian junior Komet Resources in Ouagadougou, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 30.01.2018

Kabore reinforces the Beijing-Taiwan axis

The president is allowing relations with China to flourish while at the same time recognising the island nation.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2018

Barke Ibrahima Tall takes national security in hand

Against the disturbing backdrop of the arrest of Colonel Auguste Denise Barry, the chief commissioner of police Barke Ibrahima Tall [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.01.2018

Sonabhy claims deal with Octogone too costly

Societe nationale burkinabe d'hydrocarbures has been struggling to make a profit off its storage capacity and wants to review its contract.

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2018

Focus on Inata gold mine's new owner, Balaji

Ghana-based influential Indian businessman Akoliya Patel, has taken control of the Inata gold mine, bought from Avocet Mining in January.

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

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Burkina Faso

Mines ministry gets youth boost

Frank Timis in danger of losing Tambao

Will Bollore come unstuck against Sopam?

Former AngloGold and Billiton execs tap into Niare and Sao gold

Oumarou Idani mandates user guide for mining projects

Miners to be certified by CSR label

Kabore urges Ankara to invest

Cherif Sy and consorts in Paris to set the record straight

Semafo, Elie Ouedraogo's springboard towards top role?

African heads of state steer clear of Zinsou-Bonkoungou debt dispute

Air Burkina bolsters its fleet as the private sector beckons

Chamber of mines "educational" lobbying of parliament

NGO Good Governance Africa scouts for mining clients

Candidate Zinsou's debts under his economist credentials

Diawara relaunches himself via CIDEF

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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"