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Ivory Coast

Beijing relaunches San Pedro airport extension project

China is very keen for one of its state-owned companies to take the helm of the construction project, which the Ivorian government first announced in 2014.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 10.02.2020

Spotlight
Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

Macky Sall and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Dakar, January 28 2020. © Reuters

Subscribers only Politics Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 05.02.2020

Amadou Gon Coulibaly gets his presidential campaign up and running

Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who is bidding to succeed Alassane Ouattara, has set up a core campaign team and has made peace with those who are sceptical about his presidential credentials.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Vincent Miclet's great trek put on hold

Resident in Bissau in recent years, the French businessman Vincent Miclet has had to leave the country after backing the opponent of the new president Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

The French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, was in Washington from 27 to 28 January in the hope of persuading [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.02.2020

BNP hopes for political neutrality as it sells off its subsidiaries

Obliged to negotiate with Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali in order to sell its African subsidiaries, BNP has urged them not to block the sale of its assets.

Free access Finance, Business 05.02.2020

Bilé Diémeléou's gift to Bruno Koné

The Haute autorité pour la bonne gouvernance has not dared to launch proceedings against Bilé Diéméléou, the managing director of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Sarkozy plays hard to get with Guillaume Soro

Very critical of Emmanuel Macron, the former speaker of the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Umaro Sissoco Embaló's whirlwind tour

Forced to wait for a recount of the votes that [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to host his G5 Sahel counterparts in Nouakchott

The five heads of state of the G5 Sahel (Burkina [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.02.2020

Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

Three generals are currently on the shortlist to take over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Doha to fund new commercial division in Abidjan

Approved at a cabinet meeting on 30 January, the creation [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Belarusian instructors to train Ivorian GEB gendarmes

A dozen Belarusian instructors arrived in Abidjan from Minsk on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Seaboard subsidiary Les Grands Moulins poised to seize Eiffage assets

On 15 January Grands Moulins d'Abidjan (GMA), which has been [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

How China secured release of its kidnapped fishermen

It was Chinese diplomats and officials from the Ministry of [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Belgian helicopter firm NHV no longer shielded by Snedai

A partner of Adama Bictogo's firm Snedai up until the [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Castel still ahead of Brassivoire in beer wars

Solibra, the Ivorian subsidiary of France's Castel, has been further [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

No let-up in Vangsy Goma's financial woes

After the seizure and auctioning off on 14 January in [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

SAExploration defies legal woes to set up shop in Gulf of Guinea

The interim leaders of American services specialist SAExploration are determined [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Ghanaian mineral carrier Jonmoore plants flag

Jonmoore, a logistics and global freight group known to many miners in Gabon, wants to get in on the exploration boom in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 28.01.2020

Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Railway operator Sitarail, a subsidiary of Bolloré Transports & Logistics, is still waiting for the results of an impact assessment [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.01.2020

Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Paris to meet Nicolas Sarkozy

In the early afternoon of 22 January in a lounge at the Paris hotel Claridge, the former French president Nicolas [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.01.2020

Inza Fofana becomes Ouattara's go-to man for security

In recent months, the Unité de lutte contre le grande banditisme (ULGB) commanded by Colonel Inza Fofana, which is based [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.01.2020

Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

A few lines in the last issue of the West Africa Newsletter seem to have sufficed to unleash the tensions [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2020

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

Several west African capitals are openly expressing concern at the risk of jihadist groups seeking sanctuary in W National Park, [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2020

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Ivory Coast

Beijing relaunches San Pedro airport extension project

Spotlight
Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

Amadou Gon Coulibaly gets his presidential campaign up and running

Vincent Miclet's great trek put on hold

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

BNP hopes for political neutrality as it sells off its subsidiaries

Bilé Diémeléou's gift to Bruno Koné

Sarkozy plays hard to get with Guillaume Soro

Umaro Sissoco Embaló's whirlwind tour

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to host his G5 Sahel counterparts in Nouakchott

Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

Doha to fund new commercial division in Abidjan

Belarusian instructors to train Ivorian GEB gendarmes

Seaboard subsidiary Les Grands Moulins poised to seize Eiffage assets

How China secured release of its kidnapped fishermen

Belgian helicopter firm NHV no longer shielded by Snedai

Castel still ahead of Brassivoire in beer wars

No let-up in Vangsy Goma's financial woes

SAExploration defies legal woes to set up shop in Gulf of Guinea

Ghanaian mineral carrier Jonmoore plants flag

Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Paris to meet Nicolas Sarkozy

Inza Fofana becomes Ouattara's go-to man for security

Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

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Ivory Coast

Beijing relaunches San Pedro airport extension project

Spotlight Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

Amadou Gon Coulibaly gets his presidential campaign up and running

Vincent Miclet's great trek put on hold

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

BNP hopes for political neutrality as it sells off its subsidiaries

Bilé Diémeléou's gift to Bruno Koné

Sarkozy plays hard to get with Guillaume Soro

Umaro Sissoco Embaló's whirlwind tour

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to host his G5 Sahel counterparts in Nouakchott

Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

Doha to fund new commercial division in Abidjan

Belarusian instructors to train Ivorian GEB gendarmes

Seaboard subsidiary Les Grands Moulins poised to seize Eiffage assets

How China secured release of its kidnapped fishermen

Belgian helicopter firm NHV no longer shielded by Snedai

Castel still ahead of Brassivoire in beer wars

No let-up in Vangsy Goma's financial woes

SAExploration defies legal woes to set up shop in Gulf of Guinea

Ghanaian mineral carrier Jonmoore plants flag

Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Paris to meet Nicolas Sarkozy

Inza Fofana becomes Ouattara's go-to man for security

Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

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Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres