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Ghana army kept waiting for UkrSpecSystems drones

Ghana's armed forces are bearing the consequences of the war in Ukraine. They ordered 10 VTOL drones from UkrSpecSystems for an estimated €15m that have yet to be delivered.

Subscribers only Defence 18.11.2022

In Focus
From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

Axelcium, a discreet key intermediary for public-private partnerships in Africa.© Claire Seichepine/Studio Pachamama/Shutterstock

Subscribers only Infrastructure, West Africa, Business 14.11.2022

ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on 4 December in Abuja, which hosts the headquarters of the regional organisation, for their annual ordinary summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.11.2022

French firm Ocea inches ever closer to clinching patrol boats deal with Accra

The consultations launched by the Ghana Navy for the acquisition of several patrol boats could shortly reach a conclusion, with French shipyard Ocea a likely winner.

Subscribers only Defence 09.11.2022

Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Following on from his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in September, the former Nigerien head of state Mahamadou Issoufou will present his report on the situation in the Sahel at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.11.2022

Border protection: Turkish military company Sadat's discreet charm offensive

CEO Melih Tanriverdi has sent his teams to court West Africa's armed forces in the hopes of selling them Sadat's integrated border surveillance system for use in the conflict-prone Sahel region.

Subscribers only Defence Running Story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 01.11.2022

Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

The business and political leaders of Ivory Coast and Ghana's cocoa sectors did not attend the partnership meeting between the world's chocolate producers in Brussels this week. Their aim was to put pressure on European decision-makers working on new supply standards.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 28.10.2022

Sahel special envoy Frédéric Bontems tipped for Pretoria ambassador job

France's special envoy for the Sahel, Frédéric Bontems, is expected to be appointed as his country's ambassador to South Africa. He would take over in Pretoria from Aurélien Lechavallier.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.10.2022

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Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

From Singapore to Monrovia, via New York and Conakry, the American-Canadian tycoon Robert Friedland is one of the global mining sector's most flamboyant figures. Well established in the DR Congo, he is working behind the scenes in Conakry and Monrovia to expand his empire in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2022

Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland at a conference in Cape Town in 2022.

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Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Details have emerged about Yaoundé et Abuja's talks in Abidjan to join the Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative, set up to defend the interests of the world's two largest cocoa producers.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 21.10.2022

Lazard and GSA queue up to advise Ghana on IMF loan

In difficulty with the International Monetary Fund, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo met in great secrecy with a team from the French advisory bank Global Sovereign Advisory. Accra has previously used Lazard bank for such matters.

Subscribers only Finance 20.10.2022

After mixed results, Brussels mulls future of Sahel's elite counterterror units

The European Union is reviewing the GAR-SI Sahel initiative, through which it funded and trained reaction squads in six African countries to tackle terrorism and trafficking. Although the programme is to be beefed up in Senegal, Mauritania and Niger, Brussels plans to axe it in Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad.

Subscribers only Defence 19.10.2022

BRICS' Russian boss Larisa Zelentsova makes her move in Francophone Africa

Accompanied on her tour by her Africa expert, the president of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa alliance has made the opening of a West Africa headquarters in Senegal official.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2022

VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

The presidents of Angola, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau will take part in the 8th Dakar Forum on Peace and Security from 24 to 25 October. They will be joined by the foreign ministers of Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia, as well as the French secretary of state Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2022

MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Since September, the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been directly affected by the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) decision to block the UN use of Russian aircraft

Subscribers only Defence 17.10.2022

Mysterious UK firm Duc In Altum wants to build medical cities in Africa

The South African representative of an unknown British firm owned by an Israeli-Bulgarian duo has been trying to convince various African governments to build vast smart medical cities to fight against Covid-19.

Subscribers only Business 12.10.2022

Defence firm Streit courts army high commands from Abuja to Conakry

Following the opening of a military production facility in Uganda over the summer, the Emirati firm Streit Group is now setting out to conquer West Africa. It is eyeing a partnership with Dicon, the Nigerian public defence conglomerate, as well as new opportunities in Guinea.

Subscribers only Defence 11.10.2022

Accra forced to align itself with Abidjan on cocoa prices

The Ghanaian Cocoa Board is in the process of performing a U-turn on cocoa prices. Having initially announced that it would not change the farm gate price this season, it has had to back down in the face of pressure from Ghanaian grower associations, who have taken advantage of Ivory Coast's decision to increase its own farm gate price by 9%.

Free access Commodity Traders 07.10.2022

France offers Conakry military support to protect border with Mali

To stop the spread into Guinea of jihadist groups operating in neighbouring Mali, France has responded favourably to Guinea leader Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya request for military assistance along its northeastern border.

Subscribers only Defence 07.10.2022

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

The armed forces of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Gabon will have to wait a little longer to receive the first transfers of French armoured personnel carriers under the Integrated Ground Mobility and Protection Programme that Paris launched last year.

Subscribers only Defence 06.10.2022

Stena Drilling on a roll in Gulf of Guinea

The drilling company has won a swathe of contracts across the continent in recent months, confirming its place as one of the go-to suppliers in the sector.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2022

A view of the Stena forth drill rig for Springfield Group, pictured at the sea near Takoradi, Ghana, November 15, 2019.

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries.

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2022

Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

The developers of Ghana's gas import terminal keep postponing the start of the project. The war in Ukraine has been added to a long list of excuses about why it is so far behind schedule.

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2022

Ghanaian workers walk at the construction site of Tema Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal Project in Tema, Ghana, on 5 January 2021.

Cocobod grapples with cocoa farmers' associations

Communications between the cocoa sector regulator and the main bean producer organisations have become strained. The latter reproach the public body for not consulting them, particularly on the re-evaluation of the on-farm price, unchanged since 2019.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 22.09.2022

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab

The European Union is drawing up the contours of a new programme to boost the armies of the countries of the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea. Already widely used to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, the European Peace Facility must be at the center of this new West African strategy.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 21.09.2022

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Ghana army kept waiting for UkrSpecSystems drones

In Focus
From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

French firm Ocea inches ever closer to clinching patrol boats deal with Accra

Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Border protection: Turkish military company Sadat's discreet charm offensive

Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

Sahel special envoy Frédéric Bontems tipped for Pretoria ambassador job

In Focus
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Spotlight
Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Lazard and GSA queue up to advise Ghana on IMF loan

After mixed results, Brussels mulls future of Sahel's elite counterterror units

BRICS' Russian boss Larisa Zelentsova makes her move in Francophone Africa

VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Mysterious UK firm Duc In Altum wants to build medical cities in Africa

Defence firm Streit courts army high commands from Abuja to Conakry

Accra forced to align itself with Abidjan on cocoa prices

France offers Conakry military support to protect border with Mali

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

Stena Drilling on a roll in Gulf of Guinea

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

Cocobod grapples with cocoa farmers' associations

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Ghana army kept waiting for UkrSpecSystems drones

In Focus From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

French firm Ocea inches ever closer to clinching patrol boats deal with Accra

Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Border protection: Turkish military company Sadat's discreet charm offensive

Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

Sahel special envoy Frédéric Bontems tipped for Pretoria ambassador job

In Focus Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Spotlight Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Lazard and GSA queue up to advise Ghana on IMF loan

After mixed results, Brussels mulls future of Sahel's elite counterterror units

BRICS' Russian boss Larisa Zelentsova makes her move in Francophone Africa

VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Mysterious UK firm Duc In Altum wants to build medical cities in Africa

Defence firm Streit courts army high commands from Abuja to Conakry

Accra forced to align itself with Abidjan on cocoa prices

France offers Conakry military support to protect border with Mali

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

Stena Drilling on a roll in Gulf of Guinea

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

Cocobod grapples with cocoa farmers' associations

Spotlight Inside the EU's new security lab

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In Focus
From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

In Focus
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Spotlight
Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab