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Emirati firm Tristar to supply MINUSMA for $300m

No longer wanted in the Central African Republic, but still welcome in Mali. Although the Dubai-based fuel supplier Tristar Transport recently lost its MINUSCA contract to its rival Hashi Empex.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.12.2021

New sanctions against Bamako on the agenda for 12 December Ecowas summit

ECOWAS meeting on the 7th November 2021 at Accra. © Présidence de la République du Bénin

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.12.2021

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

The race for the presidency of the Ivorian chapter of the World Lebanese Cultural Union is stirring up the Lebanese-Ivorian community and has broader repercussions for the Ivorian state.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.12.2021

G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

British private security giant G4S and American subcontractor Relyant have applied to help the UN reinforce its strategy to keep its soldiers in Mali safe from improvised explosive devices.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running story - The Sahel security crisis 02.12.2021

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

The Emirati wealth manager run by French executives is actively developing its network in Africa. Its latest operation was to help the acquisition of a Gulfstream V that had often jetted Alpha Condé around the globe.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 26.11.2021

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Idrissa Nassa, founder of the west African bank, Coris Bank International. © Idrissa Nassa/Twitter

Subscribers only Finance, Business 25.11.2021

Mahamat Déby flies to Bamako on mission to stop Wagner

Chad's interim leader, who is also the current head of the G5 Sahel of which Mali is a member, is expected in Bamako by the end of the month. He hopes to dissuade coup leader Assimi Goita and the Malian junta from hiring the Russian paramilitary company Wagner.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.11.2021

Bamako recovers its sole troop transport aircraft from Airbus

The Malian government, which has been without the means to airlift its troops into northern Mali for more than a year, earlier this month recovered its Airbus Casa C295 transport aircaft, which has been out of action for a year for maintenance.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 16.11.2021

After Libya, UK private security firm Vellichor launches in Mali

The British private security group Vellichor Risk is getting ready for its arrival in Mali, where it is due to start work in mid-December for a mining client which is conducting exploration campaigns north of Bamako.

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2021

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

The Australian mining and petroleum community in West Africa is keeping a close eye on the growing Russian influence in the region.

Subscribers only Mining 11.11.2021

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

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

As negotiations between the Malian junta and Wagner step up a notch, Paris is making last-ditch efforts to prevent the arrival of Russian paramilitaries in Bamako. Emmanuel Macron gave Vladimir Putin a stern warning during a phone call last month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2021

Emmanuel Macron receives Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, at the Palace of Versailles.

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

After breaking off its alliance with Moroccan royal holding Al Mada earlier this year, Caterpillar machinery distributor in Africa JA Delmas is in talks with ex-banker Jean-Luc Konan's Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina) over opening up its capital.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.11.2021

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

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

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

Iron exploration permits sell like hotcakes in western Mali

As iron prices rise, exploration permits are in great demand in western Mali. Early investors, most of them local, are hoping that they can later sell on their permits and make a profit.

Subscribers only Mining 22.10.2021

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

Paris secretly prepared to slap sanctions on military junta

As relations between Bamako and Paris continue to sour, France wants the EU to slap sanctions on several Malian officials seen to be rocking the boat ahead of next year's presidential poll. Meanwhile, ECOWAS is considering similar punitive measures.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.10.2021

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

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.

African Gold bigs up its prospective new Malian gold mine

The Canadian junior, which is looking for finance to build its Kobada gold mine in Mali, has issued a stream of bullish statements about the site. The highlight of the charm offensive was the publication of its final feasibility study.

Subscribers only Mining 08.10.2021

MINUSMA finally deploys its MAG Aerospace surveillance aircraft

Since late September, the UN peacekeeping force in Mali has been deploying surveillance aircraft supplied by the US military contractor MAG Aerospace. A bolstering of its capacities that comes at an opportune moment as the troops of France's Operation Barkhane get ready to withdraw from the north of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 08.10.2021

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

Lacking an official status since the downfall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso in 2014, the desert fox Mustafa Chafi has returned to the limelight in Niger where he is leveraging his ties with regional leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.10.2021

From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

Discreetly but insistently, France is working with its Western and African partners to prevent the junta going into partnership with Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Meanwhile, ECOWAS, egged on by Macron, is considering slapping sanctions on Mali's new leaders.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 06.10.2021

French foreign minister Yves Le Drian at the UN General Assembly on 23 September.

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Mali

Emirati firm Tristar to supply MINUSMA for $300m

New sanctions against Bamako on the agenda for 12 December Ecowas summit

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Mahamat Déby flies to Bamako on mission to stop Wagner

Bamako recovers its sole troop transport aircraft from Airbus

After Libya, UK private security firm Vellichor launches in Mali

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

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

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

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

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Iron exploration permits sell like hotcakes in western Mali

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Paris secretly prepared to slap sanctions on military junta

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

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

African Gold bigs up its prospective new Malian gold mine

MINUSMA finally deploys its MAG Aerospace surveillance aircraft

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

From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

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Mali

Emirati firm Tristar to supply MINUSMA for $300m

New sanctions against Bamako on the agenda for 12 December Ecowas summit

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

G4S and Relyant vie for contract to train MINUSMA's mine-clearing experts

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Mahamat Déby flies to Bamako on mission to stop Wagner

Bamako recovers its sole troop transport aircraft from Airbus

After Libya, UK private security firm Vellichor launches in Mali

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

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

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

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

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Iron exploration permits sell like hotcakes in western Mali

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Paris secretly prepared to slap sanctions on military junta

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

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

African Gold bigs up its prospective new Malian gold mine

MINUSMA finally deploys its MAG Aerospace surveillance aircraft

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

From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

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