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Business Defence 19/10/2021

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

To bolster the region's armies, Washington is increasing the number of its security programmes, from Burkina Faso to Chad. Relyant Global is among the top beneficiaries of this project, having been tasked to deliver OTT Technologies armoured vehicles and to build military facilities. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 15/10/2021

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team Free

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Reuters

Business Defence 11/10/2021

A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

An observation aerostat type T-C350L from A-NSE. © A-NSE

Diplomacy 07/10/2021

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Lacking an official status since the downfall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso in 2014, the desert fox Mustafa Chafi has returned to the limelight in Niger where he is leveraging his ties with regional leaders. [...]

Diplomacy 04/10/2021

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

The European Border and Coastguard agency is about to put more resources on the Spanish islands and could deploy aerial surveillance assets there. [...]

Business Defence 04/10/2021

Battle between Turkey's TAI and Baykar plays out in Niamey

Fierce competition has broken out between the two giants of the Turkish defence sector over Niger, a market Ankara has had a lock on for the past decade. [...]

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Diplomacy Defence 24/09/2021

France to transfer military surpluses to Gulf of Guinea as some Sahel states urge higher-level cooperation

Between now and 2025, the surplus stock of the French army will increasingly be channelled towards the coastal states in the Gulf of Guinea, which are contending with the spread of armed groups from the Sahel. [...]

Business Infrastructures 23/09/2021

Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

The Chinese construction giant, already well-entrenched in Ivory Coast, is gaining a foothold in Burkina Faso with help from Arnaud Jean-Claude Soumah, the godson of the late Ivorian founding president Félix Houphouët-Boigny. [...]

Business Power 09/09/2021

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

The Bretton Woods institution has committed to financing an ambitious project to beef up the West African Power Pool (WAPP). Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, and Mali are the main beneficiaries. [...]

Diplomacy 09/09/2021

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

The private clinic located in the French capital and favoured by African VIPs, is facing a claim for "negligence" and "fraud" relating to its treatment of the late business tycoon Victor Fotso, from Cameroon, who died in the hospital on 19 March 2020. [...]

Business Defence 03/09/2021

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

In July, Prague embarked on a major tour of West and Central African defence ministries to promote Czech Republic's military know-how. Once dominated by French interests, competition in this region is becoming increasingly international. [...]

Politics 01/09/2021

Accrombessi blows his influence

Since moving to his native Benin several years ago, Ali Bongo's former right-hand man Maixent Accrombessi has managed to get close to some in the presidential family but remains on the sidelines of the president's inner circle. [...]

Diplomacy 30/08/2021

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

With France's active support, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) is on a mission to obtain some of the special drawing rights (SDR) funds attributed to developed countries to offset the impact of Covid-19. [...]

Business Defence 24/08/2021

Banjul orders Turkish Katmerciler APCs to bolster its peacekeeping contingents

Gambia has signed an agreement with Turkish parastatal Katmerciler in order to respond to the country's intention to increase the number of its peacekeepers in Africa. The armoured vehicle manufacturer is a pillar of President Erdogan's military and diplomatic offensive in East, and now also, West Africa. [...]

Gambia has ordered 20 Hizir armoured vehicles from Turkish company Katmerciler. © Katmerciler

Politics 23/08/2021

Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm

The administration of Adama Barrow, which seized three aircrafts and luxury cars owned by former head of state Yahya Jammeh, has found a buyer for his Ilyushin IL62-M. [...]

Gambian President Adama Barrow. © Reuters/of/dam

Business Defence 23/08/2021

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display. [...]

Business 20/08/2021

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation. [...]

Business Ports and airports 19/08/2021

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

After investing in RwandAir and Kigali International Airport in 2019, Qatar Airways is keen to establish a base in West Africa and has started discussions with Lomé and Abidjan. [...]

Qatar Airways inaugurated its Abidjan-Doha route on June 16, 2021. © @QatarAirways/Twitter

Business 19/08/2021

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar. [...]

Diplomacy 18/08/2021

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

For the past month, Ivory Coast's president has been trying to bring together his counterparts from Benin and Niger, whose customs feud has the entire region in a gridlock, while also attempting to patch up relations between Patrice Talon and Faure Gnassingbé. [...]

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara. © Twitter account Alassane Ouattara @AOuattara_PRCI

Politics 20/07/2021

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

With the diplomatic skirmish over customs decisions between Nigeria and Benin threatening to paralyse the subregion's entire economy, the Ivorian president has reached out to both their heads of state in an attempt to get them talking again. [...]

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara © Reuters/Luc Gnago

Business Defence 20/07/2021

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

After working together for more than twenty-five years, Victor Delerue and his son Axel will no longer represent Raidco Marine in West Africa. The dramatic end to their lengthy relationship was due to a spat with Raidco boss Jean-Michel Monnier. [...]

Diplomacy 12/07/2021

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Two Nigerian citizens were among the 10 people police in Benin arrested in a 25 June drug bust. For the best part of two years Cotonou and Abuja have been at odds over the smuggling of narcotics between their two countries. [...]

Beninese President Patrice Talon. © Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

Oil & gas 07/07/2021

Gambian National Petroleum Company to train with Petrosen pending FAR drill results

Gambia will have its eyes fixed on the results of FAR's drilling campaign on offshore block A2 expected by the end of the year. [...]

Politics 06/07/2021

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop Free

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries. [...]

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team Free

A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

Battle between Turkey's TAI and Baykar plays out in Niamey

France to transfer military surpluses to Gulf of Guinea as some Sahel states urge higher-level cooperation

Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Accrombessi blows his influence

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

Banjul orders Turkish Katmerciler APCs to bolster its peacekeeping contingents

Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Gambian National Petroleum Company to train with Petrosen pending FAR drill results

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop Free

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Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team Free

A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

Battle between Turkey's TAI and Baykar plays out in Niamey

France to transfer military surpluses to Gulf of Guinea as some Sahel states urge higher-level cooperation

Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Accrombessi blows his influence

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

Banjul orders Turkish Katmerciler APCs to bolster its peacekeeping contingents

Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Gambian National Petroleum Company to train with Petrosen pending FAR drill results

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop Free

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