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Guinea

Doumbouya pressures Emirati firm GAC over alumina refinery

The leader of the Guinean junta has decided to reduce Guinea Alumina Corporation's bauxite production to force the Emirati giant to respect its pledge to build a local refinery.

Subscribers only Mining 08.06.2023

Gide, Mazars and Titane compete for fibre optics feasibility study

French firms Gide Loyrette Nouel, Mazars and Titane are currently bidding for a feasibility study contract for an extension of Mauritania's backbone, a major project aiming to equip the country with fibre optics.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 07.06.2023

Oleg Maximov, Nordgold's discreet junta go-between

The Russian mining giant recently entrusted one of its executives with responsibility for strategic talks with the various transitional authorities in West Africa, where the company is trying to defend its interests while also getting around sanctions.

Subscribers only Mining 02.06.2023

African Parks picks Benin's Akpona as new West Africa boss

African Parks has appointed Benin's Hugues Akpona as its new West Africa regional director. He takes over from Erik Mararv, who moves on to oversee the parks administered by the NGO in Chad.

Subscribers only Defence 30.05.2023

Friedland executives and lobbyists battle Jindal over Nimba project

Magnate Robert Friedland's representatives in Conakry sent letters to Guinean junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya and Jindal's management, declining to sell their Nimba iron ore deposit to the Indian group, although the mining project is struggling.

Subscribers only Mining Running story - Iron ore in Guinea 29.05.2023

UN struggles to replace resident coordinator

The Burkianbe junta has once again rejected the United Nations' request for certification for a replacement of the organisation's resident coordinator Barbara Manzi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.05.2023

Inner circles
Albayrak leads Erdogan's economic and diplomatic drive in Conakry

All-powerful under Alpha Condé, the Turkish group Albayrak is continuing to hold its own under the junta despite some tensions. Several figures are keeping the dialogue going between Mamadi Doumbouya and the conglomerate, which has very close ties to the Turkish president.

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 26.05.2023

Paris and Conakry collaborate on tracking down Guinea's embezzled millions

France's PNF financial prosecutor's office and the Guinean judiciary have been in regular contact in recent months. Their exchanges have focused on tracking down assets allegedly misappropriated under former president Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2023

Rwanda's Aldira set to bag deal to build gold refinery in Conakry

The Rwandan company Aldira, led by Jean de Dieu Mutunzi, is poised to sign a contract with the Guinean state to build the country's first gold refinery.

Subscribers only Mining 24.05.2023

Conakry acquires South African armoured vehicles

The Guinean junta, which hopes to deploy a second battalion of peacekeepers to the UN mission in Mali, has ordered 25 armoured personnel carriers from the South African firm OTT Technologies. The contingent could be deployed at the earliest in early 2024.

Subscribers only Defence 23.05.2023

In Focus
On the trail of Papa Fofana, Mamadi Doumbouya's enigmatic adviser

Right after his rise to power, Guinea's transition president Mamadi Doumbouya appointed a longstanding acquaintance, known as Papa Fofana, as one of his closest advisers. With a shadowy past and an ever-tightening grip on the country's administration, he now plays a key role in a wide range of strategic projects.

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2023

Mamadi Doumbouya, Fodé Amadou Fofana, Waleed bin Abdulkarim al-Khuraiji.

Doumbouya wants to renegotiate Albayrak's Conakry port contract

Conakry does not recognise the terms of the contract signed between the former administration and the Turkish group in 2018. Through renegotiations, Mamadi Doumbouya hopes to put pressure on Ankara to obtain the return of Alpha Condé from exile.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.05.2023

Simmering tensions result in ousting of army chief Koulibaly

The stances adopted by Sadiba Koulibaly had made him a number of enemies and ultimately prompted Mamadi Doumbouya to dismiss him, despite the general having supported the junta leader from the very earliest hours of the coup.

Subscribers only Defence 19.05.2023

OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa

After opening its first fertiliser plant in Nigeria last October, phosphate giant OCP, 95% owned by the Moroccan state, is keen to repeat that success elsewhere in West Africa. It is prospecting in Togo and Senegal.

Subscribers only Business 19.05.2023

President Traore pampers miner Iamgold

Despite needing money to buy weapons to fight armed groups in the north of Burkina Faso, the junta has decided to turn a blind eye to the Canadian firm's infringement of customs regulations. IamGold is the last mining firm operating in this region beset by terrorist violence.

Subscribers only Mining 16.05.2023

Robert Friedland reorganises his Nimba project ahead of possible sale to Jindal

American-Canadian mining magnate Robert Friedland no longer believes that he can complete the Nimba iron ore mining project being carried out by his High Power Exploration (HPX) group and its local subsidiary, Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée.

Subscribers only Mining 10.05.2023

Spotlight
Paris mulls drastic reduction of French troops in Africa

The "re-articulation" of France's military presence in Africa, announced by President Macron in February, is taking shape. Plans to drastically reduce numbers at the country's permanent bases in West Africa are already well advanced.

Subscribers only Defence 09.05.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Port-Bouët camp, Ivory Coast, December 2019.

Fadi Wazni asks France to back alumina refinery project

The French-Guinean businessman is asking the French state to give its sovereign guarantee for his alumina refinery project in Guinea. The French finance ministry's treasury department has set up an ad hoc team to examine his request.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 02.05.2023

The French-Guinean businessman Fadi Wazni, in Marseille, in September 2021.

AMR co-founders Romain Girbal and Thibault Launay quietly exit Guinea

The two founders are selling their stakes in the AMR mining company to devote themselves to metaverse projects in Dubai and Lisbon. The current CEO, Sonny Doumbouya, is set to become its largest shareholder in the Conakry-approved takeover.

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2023

Bola Tinubu's discrete business ties with Alpha Condé

The granting of a Guinean diplomatic passport to the new Nigerian president by Alpha Condé in 2015 recently attracted widespread attention on social media in Nigeria, but behind this gesture lies a little-known business relationship forged between the two men over the last decade.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 27.04.2023

Nigeria's new president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Guinean president Alpha Condé.

AU chair Assoumani due in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Conakry

Azali Assoumani, the Comorian president and current chair of the African Union, is set to visit Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the course of May to set in train mediation for the three states to rejoin the pan-African organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2023

Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

The Indian mining company's perceived failure to deliver on its contractual obligations led Conakry to hand over the construction and management of river and maritime port infrastructure to a Moroccan firm.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 25.04.2023

Gambling baron Antonio Souaré seeks to reclaim Guinée Games

Mamadou Antonio Souaré was marginalised by the ruling junta and dispossessed of his lucrative betting company Guinée Games last August. He is hoping that the recent creation of a gambling regulator will help him get it back.

Subscribers only Business 24.04.2023

Doumbouya plans to reallocate Zogota iron to Indian tycoon Jindal

To supply his steel mills, India's Naveen Jindal has set his sights on the Zogota deposit in Guinea, whose licence quietly fell back into state hands last year. The junta leader is backing the plan, and Niron Metals, the site's official owner, has given up all hope of developing the project.

Subscribers only Mining 21.04.2023

The head of the ruling junta in Guinea, Mamadi Doumbouya.

Mozambican ex-foreign minister tipped for top UNOWAS job

At UN headquarters in New York, the name Leonardo Santos Simão, Mozambique's former foreign minister under Joaquim Chissano, is doing the rounds as the potential next head of UNOWAS.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.04.2023

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Guinea

Doumbouya pressures Emirati firm GAC over alumina refinery

Gide, Mazars and Titane compete for fibre optics feasibility study

Oleg Maximov, Nordgold's discreet junta go-between

African Parks picks Benin's Akpona as new West Africa boss

Friedland executives and lobbyists battle Jindal over Nimba project

UN struggles to replace resident coordinator

Inner circles
Albayrak leads Erdogan's economic and diplomatic drive in Conakry

Paris and Conakry collaborate on tracking down Guinea's embezzled millions

Rwanda's Aldira set to bag deal to build gold refinery in Conakry

Conakry acquires South African armoured vehicles

In Focus
On the trail of Papa Fofana, Mamadi Doumbouya's enigmatic adviser

Doumbouya wants to renegotiate Albayrak's Conakry port contract

Simmering tensions result in ousting of army chief Koulibaly

OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa

President Traore pampers miner Iamgold

Robert Friedland reorganises his Nimba project ahead of possible sale to Jindal

Spotlight
Paris mulls drastic reduction of French troops in Africa

Fadi Wazni asks France to back alumina refinery project

AMR co-founders Romain Girbal and Thibault Launay quietly exit Guinea

Bola Tinubu's discrete business ties with Alpha Condé

AU chair Assoumani due in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Conakry

Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

Gambling baron Antonio Souaré seeks to reclaim Guinée Games

Doumbouya plans to reallocate Zogota iron to Indian tycoon Jindal

Mozambican ex-foreign minister tipped for top UNOWAS job

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Guinea

Doumbouya pressures Emirati firm GAC over alumina refinery

Gide, Mazars and Titane compete for fibre optics feasibility study

Oleg Maximov, Nordgold's discreet junta go-between

African Parks picks Benin's Akpona as new West Africa boss

Friedland executives and lobbyists battle Jindal over Nimba project

UN struggles to replace resident coordinator

Inner circles Albayrak leads Erdogan's economic and diplomatic drive in Conakry

Paris and Conakry collaborate on tracking down Guinea's embezzled millions

Rwanda's Aldira set to bag deal to build gold refinery in Conakry

Conakry acquires South African armoured vehicles

In Focus On the trail of Papa Fofana, Mamadi Doumbouya's enigmatic adviser

Doumbouya wants to renegotiate Albayrak's Conakry port contract

Simmering tensions result in ousting of army chief Koulibaly

OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa

President Traore pampers miner Iamgold

Robert Friedland reorganises his Nimba project ahead of possible sale to Jindal

Spotlight Paris mulls drastic reduction of French troops in Africa

Fadi Wazni asks France to back alumina refinery project

AMR co-founders Romain Girbal and Thibault Launay quietly exit Guinea

Bola Tinubu's discrete business ties with Alpha Condé

AU chair Assoumani due in Bamako, Ouagadougou and Conakry

Tanger Med poised to take over Ashapura's mining ports contracts

Gambling baron Antonio Souaré seeks to reclaim Guinée Games

Doumbouya plans to reallocate Zogota iron to Indian tycoon Jindal

Mozambican ex-foreign minister tipped for top UNOWAS job

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Inner circles
Albayrak leads Erdogan's economic and diplomatic drive in Conakry

In Focus
On the trail of Papa Fofana, Mamadi Doumbouya's enigmatic adviser

Spotlight
Paris mulls drastic reduction of French troops in Africa