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Burkina Faso

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

The mining services company SEMS Exploration Services which is active in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Ivory Coast and headed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Holding dual Australian and Polish citizenship, Derek Lenartowicz, boss of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

The Burkina Faso government has chosen the American concern Newmont [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.03.2012

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Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

While the Arab Spring may have raised the hopes of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa, on the whole rulers have managed to avoid regime changes and often made no attempt at transparency during the recent elections across the region. With [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2012

Tensions in the army

The army purge ordered by President Blaise Compaore following a spate of attempted mutinies in 2011 has had a negative impact on morale in Burkina Faso’s military.

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2012

WAGP still stumbling

Deliveries by the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) that carries [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

Sekou Konate

A former consultant of the mining companies Semafo, Wega Mining, Afcan, African Gold and others, Sekou Konate has become the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

The second West African businessmen’s forum named Africallia will be held in Ouagadougou on Feb. 23-24. Staged every two years, [...]

Free access Mining 21.02.2012

New phosphate operator

In deciding to set up the Societe d'Exploitation des Phosphates [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

The second West African businessmen’s forum named Africallia will be held in Ouagadougou on Feb. 23-24. Staged every two years, [...]

Free access Mining 07.02.2012

Tax on sales of mining rights

The Burkina Faso authorities are to set a 20% tax [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Listing in sight for Toro Gold

Once it winds up a drive for fresh capital at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Former BHP staffers in push for Birimian

Birimian Gold has wound up a cash infusion operation after [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Vital Metals steps on gas in Douinia

The firm Vital Metals plans to invest $3 million in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2012

Conde Burkina visit in works

Guinean President Alpha Conde will make an official visit to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2012

Production to start at Kiaka in late 2014

Operated by the Canadian firm Volta Resources, the Kiaka mine [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2012

Soro welcomes Burkinabe business

Business in Ivory Coast is booming for Burkinabe entrepreneurs, thanks to the ties between Guillaume Soro and Blaise Compaore.

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2012

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Abuja: Turmoil in region’s gasoline market

Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan promised to do it and he kept the pledge. On January 1, the government did away with subsidies on oil products sold in Nigeria, which amount to between 300,000-400,000 BOE. In response to demonstrations and strikes, [.

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2012

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Burkina Faso

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

Spotlight
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Tensions in the army

WAGP still stumbling

Sekou Konate

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

New phosphate operator

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

Tax on sales of mining rights

Listing in sight for Toro Gold

Former BHP staffers in push for Birimian

Vital Metals steps on gas in Douinia

Conde Burkina visit in works

Production to start at Kiaka in late 2014

Soro welcomes Burkinabe business

Spotlight
Abuja: Turmoil in region’s gasoline market

Olusegun Lawson

Finishing line in sight for Tambao in 2012?

What Sidikou aims for in Burkina Faso

Salif Diallo back in the fold

Essakane mulls lay-offs in Burkina Faso

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African Petroleum pulls out all the stops

Avion Gold puts money on Vindaloo in Burkina Faso

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Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Burkina Faso

SEMS Exploration Services in expansion drive

Sultan Corp now named Balarama Resources

Newmont Ventures to reopen the Poura mine

Spotlight Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Tensions in the army

WAGP still stumbling

Sekou Konate

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

New phosphate operator

Ouagadougou, 23-24/02

Tax on sales of mining rights

Listing in sight for Toro Gold

Former BHP staffers in push for Birimian

Vital Metals steps on gas in Douinia

Conde Burkina visit in works

Production to start at Kiaka in late 2014

Soro welcomes Burkinabe business

Spotlight Abuja: Turmoil in region’s gasoline market

Olusegun Lawson

Finishing line in sight for Tambao in 2012?

What Sidikou aims for in Burkina Faso

Salif Diallo back in the fold

Essakane mulls lay-offs in Burkina Faso

Spotlight African Petroleum pulls out all the stops

Avion Gold puts money on Vindaloo in Burkina Faso

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

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

Spotlight
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Spotlight
Abuja: Turmoil in region’s gasoline market

Spotlight
African Petroleum pulls out all the stops