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Mauritania

Finance ministry orders audit of Addax Energy's bunkering activities

The Swiss trader's bunkering activities in Mauritanian waters have caught the attention of the finance ministry, sparking an audit request in early September.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2021

McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

In Nouakchott, US engineering firm McDermott has joined with Sogeco, whose director is also active in promoting US-Mauritanian business relations.

Subscribers only Energy 13.09.2021

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

The Bretton Woods institution has committed to financing an ambitious project to beef up the West African Power Pool (WAPP). Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, and Mali are the main beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.09.2021

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

The private clinic located in the French capital and favoured by African VIPs, is facing a claim for "negligence" and "fraud" relating to its treatment of the late business tycoon Victor Fotso, from Cameroon, who died in the hospital on 19 March 2020.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.09.2021

Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

To avoid a break in the gasoline supply chain after the Swiss firm's departure, Nouakchott plans to call on other foreign traders. For its part, the contract holder denies this and claims its contract is still running.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2021

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

In July, Prague embarked on a major tour of West and Central African defence ministries to promote Czech Republic's military know-how. Once dominated by French interests, competition in this region is becoming increasingly international.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 03.09.2021

Accrombessi blows his influence

Since moving to his native Benin several years ago, Ali Bongo's former right-hand man Maixent Accrombessi has managed to get close to some in the presidential family but remains on the sidelines of the president's inner circle.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

Nouakchott in dispute with exclusive fuel supplier Addax Energy

Although it was supposed to handle all Mauritania's oil product imports in 2021, Swiss trader Addax Energy could be forced to drop its lucrative supply contract there earlier than intended.

Subscribers only Energy 31.08.2021

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

With France's active support, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) is on a mission to obtain some of the special drawing rights (SDR) funds attributed to developed countries to offset the impact of Covid-19.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2021

Spain follows Italy and Turkey's lead by investing in African coastguards

Following the disappearance of around 50 African migrants off the coast of Mauritania in early August, Spain is to draw on European funding to strengthen the efforts it is making with Mauritanian coastguards to stop clandestine emigration.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.08.2021

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 23.08.2021

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

India to open embassy in Nouakchott

For the past few months, India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has been laying the groundwork for the opening on an embassy in Mauritania in the first half of 2022.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.08.2021

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

After investing in RwandAir and Kigali International Airport in 2019, Qatar Airways is keen to establish a base in West Africa and has started discussions with Lomé and Abidjan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Qatar Airways inaugurated its Abidjan-Doha route on June 16, 2021.

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.08.2021

Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

PEP Engineering, Taylor Wessing and Gibraltar Advisory have been hired to draw up the public-private partnership model to be used for the Nouakchott-Boutilimit motorway build, a project expected to total $292m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.08.2021

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

For the past month, Ivory Coast's president has been trying to bring together his counterparts from Benin and Niger, whose customs feud has the entire region in a gridlock, while also attempting to patch up relations between Patrice Talon and Faure Gnassingbé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2021

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara.

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

With the diplomatic skirmish over customs decisions between Nigeria and Benin threatening to paralyse the subregion's entire economy, the Ivorian president has reached out to both their heads of state in an attempt to get them talking again.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2021

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

After working together for more than twenty-five years, Victor Delerue and his son Axel will no longer represent Raidco Marine in West Africa. The dramatic end to their lengthy relationship was due to a spat with Raidco boss Jean-Michel Monnier.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.07.2021

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Two Nigerian citizens were among the 10 people police in Benin arrested in a 25 June drug bust. For the best part of two years Cotonou and Abuja have been at odds over the smuggling of narcotics between their two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2021

After generous spending, ExxonMobil on its way out

ExxonMobil adds Mauritania to the growing list of African countries from which it is divesting.

Subscribers only Energy 12.07.2021

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries.

Free access Commodity traders, Politics 06.07.2021

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin.

First Quantum primed for its second ICSID copper-related arbitration

The ICSID tribunal that will arbitrate between First Quantum and the Mauritanian state over disputed millions in unpaid taxes is now ready to start. The Canadian firm is also still locked in a battle before the international arbitration centre against Zambia over a separate copper mine.

Subscribers only Mining 06.07.2021

Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Mauritania is the only country in the G5 Sahel bloc not to have had an Islamist attack in more than ten years. It is closely monitoring Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups operating on its border with Mali.

Subscribers only Politics 30.06.2021

The Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation for being weak on drugs.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

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Mauritania

Finance ministry orders audit of Addax Energy's bunkering activities

McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Accrombessi blows his influence

Nouakchott in dispute with exclusive fuel supplier Addax Energy

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

Spain follows Italy and Turkey's lead by investing in African coastguards

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

India to open embassy in Nouakchott

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

After generous spending, ExxonMobil on its way out

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

First Quantum primed for its second ICSID copper-related arbitration

Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

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Mauritania

Finance ministry orders audit of Addax Energy's bunkering activities

McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Accrombessi blows his influence

Nouakchott in dispute with exclusive fuel supplier Addax Energy

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

Spain follows Italy and Turkey's lead by investing in African coastguards

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

India to open embassy in Nouakchott

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

After generous spending, ExxonMobil on its way out

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

First Quantum primed for its second ICSID copper-related arbitration

Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

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