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Burkina Faso

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

A brand new oil brokerage company, Blue Oil Energy, which is based in London and on the highly posh Quai [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

A visit by Azerbaijan energy minister Natig Aliyev to Benin [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

Mines and Money 2016: Alpha Oumar Dissa fancies donors more than investors

Seizing the occasion of an influx of mining investors attending the Mines & Money and Investing in African Mining conferences [...]

Subscribers only 28.11.2016

New legislation on marketing gold to be tabled

Burkina Faso’s mines minister Alpha Oumar Dissa plans to finalize [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Avocet sinks deeper into Inata financial quagmire

Although a court in Ouagadougou lifted the impoundment of one [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Coris Bank finances SCI Helam shopping centre

Burkina Faso’s Coris Bank international has approved the financing of [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2016

Salif Kabore, Francois Compaore’s punching bag

Unable to reach Francois Compaore, who has been in exile [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2016

Tullow cuts sharply into next year’s exploration budget for Africa

Even if Tullow Oil’s creditors have offered it a new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Tamboura drives new nail in Compaore coffin

Published at the end of October, a Parliamentary inquiry in Burkina Faso into the government’s dealings in the oil sector [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Customs and tax officials learn the ropes about mining

While mining companies in next-door Mali are reeling from pressure [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Too many small-scale miners flout the rules

While the number of permits for artisanal gold mining is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Mimran throws support behind Teranga on Banfora

The Canadian junior Teranga Gold Corp decided in early November [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Endeavour wants to grow as big as Randgold

The group is to summon its shareholders next month to unveil its new strategy that's both ambitious and costly. Here's a preview.

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2016

miner in Burkina Faso looks for fresh vistas

In disgrace in Ouagadougou since the fall of president Blaise [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2016

Short respite for Timis on Tambao

The Romanian businessman Frank Timis is expected to shortly be [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2016

ECOWAS’ stock market takes form

In recent weeks a project by Togo’s Edoh Kossi Amenounve, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2016

Call for consultants with World Bank credentials

Since the end of September, Burkina Faso’s mines minister Alpha [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2016

Mid-air scare for Kabore

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso escaped unharmed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.10.2016

Zoumana Traore updates the mines registry

Named director of the mining registry at Burkina Faso’s mines ministry in late May (AMI 369), Zoumana Traore has already [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

Sherpa of ex French president Sarkozy takes job at Endeavour

Developing six mining projects in West Africa, the firm Endeavour Mining run by Sébastien de Montessus, has hired an impressive [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

PNDES trains its sights on small-scale miners

Burkina Faso’s Plan National de Developpement Economique et Social (PNDES) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

Nicolas Heurzeau intent on helping mining juniors

A senior lawyer in the Paris office of Herbert Smith [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.10.2016

After hitting turbulence, Securiport seeks smooth ride in Mali

Having lost contracts in Ivory Coast and Benin, airport security firm Securiport hopes to bounce back in Mali.

Subscribers only Business 05.10.2016

Kabore copies ADO in Paris

Roch Marc Christian Kabore, will next month follow in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.10.2016

Series of setbacks for Endeavor Energy

The American company Endeavor Energy has failed to make its mark in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

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