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Burkina Faso

Blaise and Bollore redraw African map

Vincent Bollore's rail projects in West Africa were the main topic of conversation when the French businessman met Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore in France earlier this month.

Subscribers only Politics 26.09.2012

Discharged soldiers recruited for northern Mali

For several weeks Malian officers in Ouagadougou have been trying [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.09.2012

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New flare-up in Tambao ownership fight

The decidedly complicated issue over who owns the Tambao manganese project has reared its head once again in Ouagadougou. Early this year, African Minerals, a group owned by Frank Timis, was declared winner of a final tender issued by Ouagadougou [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2012

Elie Ouedraogo

President of the Chambre des Mines du Burkina (CMB) since 2011, Elie Ouedraogo has been appointed to the board of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2012

Tambao contract awarded… almost

Ouagadougou has found a contractor to exploit the manganese deposits in Tambao, north eastern Burkina Faso, but a law suit is threatening to derail the deal.

Subscribers only Politics 12.09.2012

Pirates cut off the gas

The West African Gas Pipeline that carries gas from the Niger Delta to Ghana, Togo and Benin stopped functioning completely [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.2012

Gryphon Minerals sees revenue rolling in by 2014

Australia's Gryphon Minerals hopes to be producing its first gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.09.2012

African Minerals carries the day at Tambao

As Africa Mining Intelligence had anticipated (AMI 276), the firm African Minerals has won a green light to work the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2012

Cluff Gold targets Seguenega

Cluff Gold has decided to acquire new properties in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2012

Timis and CNPC as bedfellows

African Petroleum’s quick and bountiful harvest of acreage in West Africa means it will have to look for key partners with deep pockets. State-run Chinese companies fit the bill.

Free access Energy 24.07.2012

The World Bank’s leg up for Burkina Faso

The World Bank has put around CFA 20 billion at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.07.2012

Merkel snubs Compaore

Unlike Faure Gnassingbe in June 2009, Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore did not get the red carpet treatment from a rather mistrustful German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his recent visit to Germany.

Subscribers only Politics 27.06.2012

Rosneft

The state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft could very shortly buy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2012

IFC in trade finance deal

For the first time, the International Finance Corp (IFC), the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2012

Timis to win auction for Tambao's manganese?

The lengthy competition between would-be buyers of the key Tambao manganese project could be drawing to a close. The Ouagadougou [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2012

Desire Aboukan

Having just been awarded an exploration permit for the Poura gold project in Burkina Faso, the American firm Newmont Ventures [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2012

Senate post for Compaore?

Mining operators in Burkina Faso and in West Africa in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2012

Algy Cluff’s crucial swansong deal

The London explorer Cluff Gold finds itself at a crucial crossroads just as its renowned founder, Algy Cluff, has retired [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Tertius Zongo

Former Burkina Faso prime minister Tertius Zongo, who served between 2007 and 2011, has joined the board of the Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Marie Ange Kalenga

Burkina Faso’s participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) seems to be going nowhere. A joint delegation from the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Avocet’s new expansion plan at Inata

Avocet Mining intends to invest in further expansion at its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2012

Goldrush seeks mining rights by 2015

The Ronguen project some 100 km north of Ouagadougou remains [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2012

Avion Gold focuses on Hounde

After being forced to rein in its ambitions on gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2012

Compaore looks to the French left

Blaise Compaore is not unhappy about Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential defeat and has been cultivating his Socialist contacts to regain access to France's corridors of power.

Subscribers only Politics 16.05.2012

Stratex seeks GBP 7

The British explorer Stratex International has retained Northland Capital Partners [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2012

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Burkina Faso

Blaise and Bollore redraw African map

Discharged soldiers recruited for northern Mali

Spotlight
New flare-up in Tambao ownership fight

Elie Ouedraogo

Tambao contract awarded… almost

Pirates cut off the gas

Gryphon Minerals sees revenue rolling in by 2014

African Minerals carries the day at Tambao

Cluff Gold targets Seguenega

Timis and CNPC as bedfellows

The World Bank’s leg up for Burkina Faso

Merkel snubs Compaore

Rosneft

IFC in trade finance deal

Timis to win auction for Tambao's manganese?

Desire Aboukan

Senate post for Compaore?

Algy Cluff’s crucial swansong deal

Tertius Zongo

Marie Ange Kalenga

Avocet’s new expansion plan at Inata

Goldrush seeks mining rights by 2015

Avion Gold focuses on Hounde

Compaore looks to the French left

Stratex seeks GBP 7

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Burkina Faso

Blaise and Bollore redraw African map

Discharged soldiers recruited for northern Mali

Spotlight New flare-up in Tambao ownership fight

Elie Ouedraogo

Tambao contract awarded… almost

Pirates cut off the gas

Gryphon Minerals sees revenue rolling in by 2014

African Minerals carries the day at Tambao

Cluff Gold targets Seguenega

Timis and CNPC as bedfellows

The World Bank’s leg up for Burkina Faso

Merkel snubs Compaore

Rosneft

IFC in trade finance deal

Timis to win auction for Tambao's manganese?

Desire Aboukan

Senate post for Compaore?

Algy Cluff’s crucial swansong deal

Tertius Zongo

Marie Ange Kalenga

Avocet’s new expansion plan at Inata

Goldrush seeks mining rights by 2015

Avion Gold focuses on Hounde

Compaore looks to the French left

Stratex seeks GBP 7

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New flare-up in Tambao ownership fight