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Guinea

Ex-minister Ahmed Kanté ordered to suspend mining operations

While he awaits a court verdict on charges of abuse of trust and forgery, the former Soguipami boss has had to stop mining bauxite for his firm GIC in the prefecture of Boffa.

Subscribers only Mining 21.04.2025

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Theia Trading takes over Russian oil products market in Africa as sanctions hit Demex

Aerial view of Russia's Novorossiysk port, August 2023. © Planet Labs PBC via AFP

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 15.04.2025

ECOWAS plans its contentious 50th anniversary amid existential crisis

The ECOWAS summit in Abuja, Nigeria, on 15 December 2024. © Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.04.2025

KPMG draws up strategy for Doumbouya's increasingly costly Simandou 2040 plan

More than 30 consultants from multinational KPMG are working on the ruling junta's new economic strategy. The aim is to use the windfall from Guinea's iron ore mega-project to diversify the economy and boost its growth.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business Running story - Iron ore in Guinea 11.04.2025

New pair of generals at Accra Initiative helm

A duo of Ghanaian generals recently took charge of the West African regional security organisation and have been tasked with revitalising it under the aegis of President Mahama.

Subscribers only Defence 08.04.2025

Mamadi Doumbouya fine-tunes his Central Africa diplomacy

Mamadi Doumbouya arrives at the UN General Assembly in New York City, 21 September 2023. © Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - Transition in Guinea 31.03.2025

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Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Guinea, which has some of the biggest unexploited iron ore deposits in the world in its south eastern corner, is also one of the countries in which they are the most difficult to bring into production, principally because of the absence of infrastructures to evacuate the ore.

Subscribers only Mining 11.04.2025

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Transition: what's next after the coup?

The coup that ousted Alpha Condé on 5 September 2021 in Guinea has ushered in a period of instability, despite the putschists' reassuring words from the start. There is much at stake over the coming months as leaders jostle for power and political alliances take shape, and pressing questions over the mining industry and international partnerships come to the fore.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Business, Diplomacy 31.03.2025

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo (left) and his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara (right) meet the putschists during an ECOWAS mission to Guinea on 17 September 2021.

Global Voice Group challenges US court ruling on Conakry dispute

Global Voice Group has come up against the US District Court for the District of Columbia's refusal to enforce an arbitration award made in the company's favour by Paris's International Chamber of Commerce in a territorial dispute with Guinea's Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.

Subscribers only Business 25.03.2025

Apix Energy, Lukoil's new vehicle in Africa

Several Litasco employees have joined forces to form a new Dubai-based trading company, Apix Energy, which has set its sights on the African continent. However, management denies any link between the two structures.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 24.03.2025

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Sahelian juntas turn to Qatar to end their international exiles

Nigeria and Mali's leaders were not shy in asking for help to mend diplomatic fences when the Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs came to visit their countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.03.2025

Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi, in Beirut, on 3 April 2023.

Audit casts doubt on quality of UAE army equipment

A technical audit commissioned by Conakry to evaluate the equipment acquired by the army and security forces from the UAE-based Streit Group has revealed numerous shortcomings.

Subscribers only Defence 21.03.2025

How France's Egis and Setec survived ousting from Simandou project

Thanks to the support of the Simandou Strategic Committee, Egis and Setec were not ousted from the mining mega-project, even though the WCS and Simfer mining groups tried to put pressure on Conakry.

Subscribers only Mining 12.03.2025

China's Baowu beefs up its Simandou workforce

Baowu Steel has strengthened its teams on the Mount Simandou iron ore megaproject, with around 150 people, mainly from China.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2025

Bauxite: Bel Air sale to India's Rescom awaits Conakry's approval

Guinea wants to ensure the US company Orion, which is selling its shares in Bel Air, does not leave an environmental mess behind. Conakry will also expect the buyer to participate in a refinery project in the country.

Free access Mining 20.02.2025

Sanctions-hit Dubai trader Coral Energy reinvents itself again

After an initial name change to 2Rivers, oil trader Coral Energy has transferred its activities to a new entity, Safira Global Trading. Coral Energy was sanctioned in December for selling Russian oil below the floor price.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2025

Guinea wants Fouta Djallon highlands added to UNESCO heritage list

The ministries of culture and the environment are taking the lead on having this area, which stretches from the city of Kindia to the Senegalese border, listed by UNESCO.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.02.2025

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Christel Bories had lofty ambitions for Africa when she took the Eramet helm in 2017. Yet she achieved few of them, and the French mining group is being challenged on its Gabonese and Senegalese sites.

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2025

The CEO of the Eramet Group, Christel Bories, in Argentina, in July 2024.

Tullow Oil may jettison assets to steady the ship

It is shaping up to be a decisive year for the British junior, which is set to sell off various assets to reduce its substantial debts.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2025

Macron's Africa envoy Jean-Marie Bockel expected in London

He will be presenting France's vision for its future military presence in Africa to the British government.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.01.2025

Mamadi Doumbouya speeds up former PM's prosecution

Guinea's courts have gone back on their initial decision to allow Ibrahima Kassory Fofana to seek medical treatment abroad. This turnaround comes as General Doumbouya has ordered that the former prime minster be brought to trial for misappropriation of public funds before 15 January.

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2025

Guinea President Mamadi Doumbouya at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Beijing, China, 5 September 2024.

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West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

West African Economic and Monetary Union heads of state are due to meet on 14 December to discuss the financial woes of the French-speaking economic organisation, which is burdened by a dearth of foreign currency, difficulties in borrowing on the markets and major unpaid debts.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.12.2024

The Ivorian leader and current WAEMU president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 5 December 2022.

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Guinea

Ex-minister Ahmed Kanté ordered to suspend mining operations

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Theia Trading takes over Russian oil products market in Africa as sanctions hit Demex

ECOWAS plans its contentious 50th anniversary amid existential crisis

KPMG draws up strategy for Doumbouya's increasingly costly Simandou 2040 plan

New pair of generals at Accra Initiative helm

Mamadi Doumbouya fine-tunes his Central Africa diplomacy

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Transition: what's next after the coup?

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Bauxite: Bel Air sale to India's Rescom awaits Conakry's approval

Sanctions-hit Dubai trader Coral Energy reinvents itself again

Guinea wants Fouta Djallon highlands added to UNESCO heritage list

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Ex-minister Ahmed Kanté ordered to suspend mining operations

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ECOWAS plans its contentious 50th anniversary amid existential crisis

KPMG draws up strategy for Doumbouya's increasingly costly Simandou 2040 plan

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Audit casts doubt on quality of UAE army equipment

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China's Baowu beefs up its Simandou workforce

Bauxite: Bel Air sale to India's Rescom awaits Conakry's approval

Sanctions-hit Dubai trader Coral Energy reinvents itself again

Guinea wants Fouta Djallon highlands added to UNESCO heritage list

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Tullow Oil may jettison assets to steady the ship

Macron's Africa envoy Jean-Marie Bockel expected in London

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Spotlight West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

Junta leader's island dream delays Guinea mining conference

Doumbouya looks to Fouta Djalon for carbon credits

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The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

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Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Spotlight
Theia Trading takes over Russian oil products market in Africa as sanctions hit Demex

Running story
Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

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Transition: what's next after the coup?

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Sahelian juntas turn to Qatar to end their international exiles

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West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil