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Corridors of power 16/01/2019

Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh

Until now rather reluctant to get involved in the military sphere in Africa, Qatar nevertheless donated twenty-four armoured vehicles to [...]

Corridors of power 02/01/2019

Doha asserts itself

With Saudi Arabia becoming mired in the war Yemen, on [...]

Corridors of power Document 21/12/2018

Museveni distances himself from Nkurunziza

Solicited by his Burundian counterpart for help in fending off Paul Kagame, the Ugandan president has pointedly turned his back on him. [...]

Corridors of power 07/12/2018

Kampala and Bujumbura, allies against Kagame

According to our information, senior Ugandan and Burundian security officials are seeking to force the Rwandan president Paul Kagame to [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 28/11/2018

Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

For many years regulars at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, African heads of state are now increasingly likely to get their check-ups in Saudi Arabia, Morocco or Israel rather than checking into a clinic in the French [...]

Electricity 13/11/2018

WB, EIB and AfDB roll out new funds for Jiji/Mulembwe

Blocked in 2017 due to political tensions (AEI 789), the dual hydropower project, financed by the World Bank (WB), the [...]

Business circles 31/10/2018

French expertise deployed in Chad

A delegation from the French agency for technical cooperation, Expertise [...]

Corridors of power 26/10/2018

Refugees a collateral damage for Pierre Nkurunziza Free

For the last year, about 500 were departing by bus a week from the camps of Nduta and Mtendeli to [...]

Spotlight Business circles 17/10/2018

Vladimir Putin has been lobbying for Russian businesses during Ali Bongo's visit in Moscow in July.

Moscow's mission creep

Although the security and extractive sectors were its first port of call in francophone Africa, in particular in late 2017, post-Soviet Russia is intending in the very near future to diversify its activities by branching out into other sectors. Energy, [...]

Business circles 17/10/2018

Ethiopian Airlines swoops on local airlines

The first flight of Tchadia Airlines signals the growing influence of the Ethiopian airline in the sub-region. [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 03/10/2018

The young guard invades the corridors of power

As their long-standing allies enter their dotage, African heads of state are turning to a new generation of highly qualified pretenders who are colonising the presidential palaces and forging their own networks. An exposé of the inner circles of tomorrow. The [...]

Corridors of power 11/09/2018

CEMAC mining code in final stages before launch

A work group tasked to validate the mining code to [...]

Exploration-Production Small-scale mining 28/08/2018

ICGLR tweaks its own mining traceability procedures

While American President Donald Trump is aware of the limits [...]

Electricity 21/08/2018

Political perils threaten Ruzizi III

The goal to finish construction of the 147 MW Ruzizi III dam straddling the eponymous river by 2024 is being [...]

Corridors of power 10/07/2018

Thyssen rare earths stir up tensions in Berlin

German industrial firm ThyssenKrupp's deal with British concern Rainbow Rare Earths (RRE) to purchase the latter's rare earths production in [...]

Exploration-Production 26/06/2018

World Bank steps in between State and Adonis Pouroulis' firm

The World Bank has decided to step in to appease souring relations between the Bujumbura authorities and Burundian rare earths [...]

Electricity 19/06/2018

Ruzizi III: Nkurunziza dodges European sanctions

Although the European Union set up on-going sanctions against Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza's regime in 2015 and suspended all direct [...]

Corridors of power 27/03/2018

Olucome questions finance minister Manirakiza's ability to manage

Burundian anticorruption watchdog Observatoire de la lutte contre la corruption [...]

Corridors of power Mines on the map: railways, roads & ports 30/01/2018

Kagame and Magufuli launch railway for 3Ts and nickel Free

Tanzania will extend its railway line connecting Dar es Salaam and Isaka to reach Kigali, offering an unhoped-for opening for Rwandan and Burundian miners. [...]

Corridors of power Palace whispers 15/12/2017

Bujumbura no longer happy with Arusha as a venue

The Burundian government of President Pierre Nkurunziza is asking for [...]

Corridors of power 06/12/2017

How Michaelle Jean is trying to torpedo Lionel Zinsou

With her sights already set on a new term, the secretary-general of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie is trying to make life difficult for her main opponents. Exclusive. [...]

Electricity 26/09/2017

As EU backtracks, Bujumbura counts on Beijing for power

Even as the European Union, which had slapped sanctions on [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 30/08/2017

Zinsou to succeed Michaelle Jean?

At a recent private meeting with several African heads of [...]

Corridors of power 12/07/2017

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

The two counterparts of the Central African president pressure him to to declare a general amnesty. A move which has provoked anger in Bangui. [...]

Corridors of power 21/03/2017

Government gears up to attract mining investors

To change its image among the foreign miners and to try to attract them to the country, the ministry of [...]

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