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NSIA peddles prized assets

The Ivorian family bancassurance outfit, which has branches across Africa, is shedding some key assets. The hasty sales come as the group needs to reimburse in full a €32m loan.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 09.11.2021

A Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft registered VP-CSB and operated by a Cayman Islands company was stationed in Conakry from 1 November at 6pm until around the same time on 4 November. Several Israeli businessmen were reportedly on the trip.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 08.11.2021

Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

Addax Energy has bagged a six-month extension from the junta led by Mamady Doumbouya on its exclusive contract to import petroleum products to Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy Running story - Transition in Guinea 03.11.2021

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

Banker Jean-Luc Konan, founder of the Ivorian financial holding Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina). © Facebook/Bovoyagefelix

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.11.2021

IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

The International Union for Conservation of Nature will help Guinea's ministry of the environment define a policy to develop the country's key minerals bauxite and gold in a way that respects its biodiversity.

Subscribers only Mining 02.11.2021

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

The developers of the Dorsale Nord electricity grid project, which involves connecting up Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso via an 875 km network, are fearful of potential delays.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 28.10.2021

Military junta ruffles feathers among diplomatic corps

Since mid-September, several of the diplomatic representations in Conakry have complained about the actions of Guinean security forces who are said to have carried out searches of their diplomatic vehicles that they consider 'unfriendly'.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.10.2021

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

After having been in the running to be an African Union mediator in Chad last year, ex-Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou is again on a list of such names, this time for the role of ECOWAS special envoy to Guinea following the fall of Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.10.2021

Ex-Nigerian president Mahamadou Issoufou.

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Nearly 2.5 tons of cocaine were seized in Cotonou at the beginning of the month, but since last week judges at the Beninese CRIET have been focused on a different case, that of 10 defendants who were arrested in May, shortly after the seizure of 150kg of cocaine at the port.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 26.10.2021

Niron Metals still facing murky future on Beny Steinmetz's former Zogota iron ore project

On top of a state coup, the departure of its majority shareholder Sir Mick Davis and intrinsic logistical issues on its Zogota iron ore project, Niron Metals is facing yet another major hurdle: its rights to the site only covered a feasibility assessment which even that, it is struggling to finish.

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2021

UAE's Ghantoot Group authorised to take Monaco Resources to arbitration over bauxite deal

A dispute between Monaco Resources and Ghantoot Group at a Guinean bauxite mine hides another more fundamental conflict over the capital of Société des Bauxites de Guinée. That dispute will need to be dealt with by the International Chamber of Commerce in France.

Subscribers only Mining 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.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.10.2021

Fanta Cissé looks in pole position for the post of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Fanta Cissé's name is being strongly put forward in the Guinea junta's entourage to take the coveted post of head of diplomacy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2021

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

During his official tour of Angola, Nigeria and Togo from 17 to 20 October, the Turkish president will be aiming to strengthen political and economic ties with the countries of the Gulf of Guinea. Central to this strategy will be promoting the interests of Turkey's defence industry ahead of the Turkey-Africa summit scheduled for December in Istanbul.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 15.10.2021

Internationally isolated putschists bank on Cardinal Sarah

Deprived of an official role and sidelined by Pope Francis, Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, the former prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship, is engaging with the CNRD, which forcibly took over Conakry on 5 September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.10.2021

Rattled Nimba iron project shareholders launch charm offensive in Liberia

Robert Friedland's group, which operates the Nimba iron ore project in Guinea, has launched a website extolling its activities in Liberia to show the country that it can boost its economy. It is rattled by a new agreement between ArcelorMittal and Monrovia.

Subscribers only Mining 12.10.2021

The Canadian mining magnate Robert Friedland, who is also the chief executive of Ivanhoe Mines.

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

Faced with an increasing number of militia groups, Ivory Coast has just ordered tethered surveillance balloons for its border with Burkina Faso from French company A-NSE. The Bundeswehr also just ordered balloons from A-NSE to protect its new military base in Tillia, Niger.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.10.2021

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

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Guinea

NSIA peddles prized assets

Gaby Peretz in Conakry

Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Military junta ruffles feathers among diplomatic corps

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Niron Metals still facing murky future on Beny Steinmetz's former Zogota iron ore project

UAE's Ghantoot Group authorised to take Monaco Resources to arbitration over bauxite deal

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Fanta Cissé looks in pole position for the post of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

Internationally isolated putschists bank on Cardinal Sarah

Rattled Nimba iron project shareholders launch charm offensive in Liberia

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

Monaco Resources and its co-shareholder back in court

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

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

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

Battle begins for top mining ministry job

Post-coup, new ArcelorMittal-Monrovia deal problematic for iron explorers

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

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Guinea

NSIA peddles prized assets

Gaby Peretz in Conakry

Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Military junta ruffles feathers among diplomatic corps

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Niron Metals still facing murky future on Beny Steinmetz's former Zogota iron ore project

UAE's Ghantoot Group authorised to take Monaco Resources to arbitration over bauxite deal

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Fanta Cissé looks in pole position for the post of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

Internationally isolated putschists bank on Cardinal Sarah

Rattled Nimba iron project shareholders launch charm offensive in Liberia

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

Monaco Resources and its co-shareholder back in court

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

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

UMS call on TechnipFMC for steelworks and oil refinery

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

Battle begins for top mining ministry job

Post-coup, new ArcelorMittal-Monrovia deal problematic for iron explorers

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

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