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Eritrea

Asmara’s gold: Sunridge pulls out all stops

Even as it presses ahead with talks with would-be buyers, Sunridge Gold Corp, is pushing ahead faster than ever on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.11.2013

Eritrea would indeed like to take money from Egypt

The Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki's insistence that any financial aid [...]

Subscribers only 26.07.2013

Call for unity between Ethiopian Tigrayans and Eritreans

The Ethiopian former foreign affairs minister, Seyoum Mesfin, organised two [...]

Subscribers only 28.06.2013

French army keeping watch on Horn of Africa

The Délégation des affaires stratégiques (DAS) of the French ministry [...]

Subscribers only 31.05.2013

Spotlight
British business's new frontier

British Prime Minister David Cameron's reason for holding an international conference on Somalia in London on 7 May, along with an associated business forum the following day, was not only so he could claim success in diplomacy. He mainly wanted [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.05.2013

Think tanks meet in Addis Ababa

The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and an Ethiopian government think tank have each separately held meetings in Addis Ababa on Ethiopia-Eritrea relations.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2013

Isaias Afwerki keeps Qatar waiting

Qatar has started to apply pressure on Asmara to make President Isaias Afwerki finally accept to implement the peace agreement with Djibouti.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2013

Asmara

After hijacking the only private jet belonging to Eritrean President [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2013

Hollande's 1979 trip to Mogadishu

While he was a student at ENA, the future President François Hollande was passionate about the Horn of Africa. He even went so far as to organize a trip to Somalia at the end of 1979.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2013

Asmara gold: Enamco to put up 33%

Talks are dragging on between the Eritrean National Mining Corp [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

South Boulder Mines

This year’s end could be rather delicate for the Australian [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2012

Bill Bent

A metallurgist by training and former executive of Mirabela Nickel, Bill Bent, is to join Chalice Gold Mines (listed on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2012

Sunridge starts on Asmara earlier than planned

Sunridge Gold Corp is scheduled to put its poly-metal Asmara project (copper, zinc, gold and silver) in Eritrea into production [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2012

Isaias Afwerki arms the elderly

President Isaias Afwerki has begun to distribute arms to older civilian citizens. He may be worried about a future threat from outside or he could want to make up for desertions from the military.

Subscribers only Politics 21.09.2012

Afars worried by death of Meles

Two hundred Afars from Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea or from the Diaspora in Europe and the United States, converged on Brussels to meet from 30 August to 2 September.

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2012

Stephane Gruenberg

Exit Roger Auque, the journalist and former hostage in Lebanon whom President Nicolas Sarkozy had appointed Ambassador to Eritrea. He [...]

Subscribers only 07.09.2012

Coluli’s potash: South Boulder sees quick start

Active in Eritrea since 2010, South Boulder Mines wants to put the potash mine of Colluli into production in 2016, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.09.2012

Air force in rapid decline

The UN embargo on the sale of arms and military equipment to Eritrea because of its role in Somalia is preventing its Air Force from maintaining its aircraft.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2012

EU creates new anti-piracy mission

A third European Union (EU) mission will soon be fighting maritime piracy in the Indian Ocean and off the Horn [...]

Subscribers only 25.06.2012

A visit that worries Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government did not appreciate Juba's asking Eritrea to intervene in its negotiations with Khartoum over oil.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2012

Meles tests Afeworki's reactions

After several years of being not quite at war nor quite at peace, the two sparring partners are gradually coming round to intermittent armed confrontation.

Subscribers only Politics 08.06.2012

A key year for Sunridge Gold

Now that it wholly owns its Asmara project since its partner Antofagasrta Minerals SA pulled out in May, the project’s [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2012

Namibian Copper spies new prospects

An old hand in African mining, Colin Ikin, who is current chairman of the Australian explorer Namibian Copper which has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2012

How ENAMCO plans to pay Chalice

The Eritrean Mining Corp (ENAMCO) is being put to the test. The national mine company must contend with the withdrawal [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2012

How PetroTrans will export gas

PetroTrans, a Hong Kong-based company which bought Petronas’ concessions in Ethiopia last July, is expected by the end of January [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2012

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Eritrea

Asmara’s gold: Sunridge pulls out all stops

Eritrea would indeed like to take money from Egypt

Call for unity between Ethiopian Tigrayans and Eritreans

French army keeping watch on Horn of Africa

Spotlight British business's new frontier

Think tanks meet in Addis Ababa

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Hollande's 1979 trip to Mogadishu

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Bill Bent

Sunridge starts on Asmara earlier than planned

Isaias Afwerki arms the elderly

Afars worried by death of Meles

Stephane Gruenberg

Coluli’s potash: South Boulder sees quick start

Air force in rapid decline

EU creates new anti-piracy mission

A visit that worries Ethiopia

Meles tests Afeworki's reactions

A key year for Sunridge Gold

Namibian Copper spies new prospects

How ENAMCO plans to pay Chalice

How PetroTrans will export gas

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About Africa Intelligence

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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"

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