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Mauritania

Simon Bolster eager to start gold hunt with DetectORE

Simon Bolster is trying to get the mining world to know about a new gold sampling analysis tool that can be used directly on site and speed up the exploration phase.

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

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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

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

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

How China secured release of its kidnapped fishermen

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

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Tortue gas trading: BP gets Ghazouani and Sall to yield at last

An ultimate marathon leg of talks ended in a deal, settling the final question marks for the development of Tortue. Here's how they reached this point.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Institut Français du Pétrole cashes in on BP-Kosmos duo

Years on from BP and Kosmos Energy's April 2015 discoveries on the cross-border Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project, located offshore [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

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

SNIM's anti-waste strategy takes hold

In its fight to reduce pollution from its iron ore [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

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

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to build himself a new embassy

The absence of a Mauritanian ambassador in Morocco has not [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.01.2020

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to build himself a new embassy

The absence of a Mauritanian ambassador in Morocco has not [...]

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 23.01.2020

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement

For the last month, Washington has been playing a game of bluff with its allies in the Sahel by dangling the threat of withdrawal as it did a year ago.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 22.01.2020

Hababou, Miclet: who are Umaro Sissoco Embalo's sponsors?

The consultancy activities of the new president of Guinea-Bissau have afforded Umaro Sissoco Embalo a solid network among the most active business figures on the continuent.

Subscribers only Politics 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 Politics 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

First European mini-tour for Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

Despite persistent tensions with his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.01.2020

Dubai's Great Minds Events Management moves into African forum market

The Dubai-based company Great Minds Event Management (GM) was actively [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2020

BP's attempts to save Tortue gas purchase deal

British major BP, which will be selling gas from the first phase of the field, is applying maximum pressure on Sall and Ghazouani.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2020

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou slips into Aziz and Ghazouani breach

With the relationship between the former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and his successor Mohamed Ould Ghazouani continuing to deteriorate [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2020

Koç and Nurol target the land armies

The Cobra II of Otokar, a subsidiary of the Turkish [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Business 08.01.2020

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Mauritania

Simon Bolster eager to start gold hunt with DetectORE

Spotlight
Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

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

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?

How China secured release of its kidnapped fishermen

Tortue gas trading: BP gets Ghazouani and Sall to yield at last

Institut Français du Pétrole cashes in on BP-Kosmos duo

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

SNIM's anti-waste strategy takes hold

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

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to build himself a new embassy

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to build himself a new embassy

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement

Hababou, Miclet: who are Umaro Sissoco Embalo's sponsors?

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

First European mini-tour for Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

Dubai's Great Minds Events Management moves into African forum market

BP's attempts to save Tortue gas purchase deal

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou slips into Aziz and Ghazouani breach

Koç and Nurol target the land armies

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Mauritania

Simon Bolster eager to start gold hunt with DetectORE

Spotlight Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

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

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?

How China secured release of its kidnapped fishermen

Tortue gas trading: BP gets Ghazouani and Sall to yield at last

Institut Français du Pétrole cashes in on BP-Kosmos duo

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

SNIM's anti-waste strategy takes hold

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

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to build himself a new embassy

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to build himself a new embassy

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement

Hababou, Miclet: who are Umaro Sissoco Embalo's sponsors?

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

Jihadists settle on Beninese-Burkina border

First European mini-tour for Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

Dubai's Great Minds Events Management moves into African forum market

BP's attempts to save Tortue gas purchase deal

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou slips into Aziz and Ghazouani breach

Koç and Nurol target the land armies

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Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres