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Mauritania

Minister Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah builds entourage of experts to control BP and Kosmos

Four years after the first discoveries on Grand Tortue-Ahmeyim (GTA) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

In Focus
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

The USAF air base in Agadez, a key building site for Gecoba, the group of Khalidou Moussa Ba. © Google Earth

Subscribers only Business 09.09.2019

Key October date set to calm turbulent Tasiast gold unionists

This October, the three-year collective labour agreement signed by unionists [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

Holiday time for the presidents

As every year, lobbyists and businessmen have been running up their mobile phone bills trying to find out where African [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

With its infrastructure lagging behind, west Africa is seen as an El Dorado by fibre optic operators, not least given the proliferation of internet services.

Subscribers only Business 28.08.2019

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

The star guest at the party held in Cotonou on [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.08.2019

Ghazouani chooses to keep Abel Aziz's oil team in place for now

As we anticipated ( AEI 844), the minister of petroleum, energy and mines Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah, a close acquaintance [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

Tortue: World Bank gives oil minister Vetah a helping hand

In early August, the Mauritanian ministry of petroleum and mining [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

Jean-Yves Le Drian skips Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's inauguration

The French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will not be [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.07.2019

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Deprived of financial guarantees from the airlines, several west Africa [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Having discussed the situation in the Sahel with Alassane Ouattara on 9 July, Emmanuel Macron is due to chair a [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 10.07.2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

For the last six months, envoys from the American airport security firm Securiport have been making a beeline for the [...]

Subscribers only 10.07.2019

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Put up for sale in early June, BNP's branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea have attracted several offers from west African financial institutions.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.07.2019

Cairn wavers between a charge on exploration and a strategic retreat

According to our sources, the British junior Cairn Energy would like to shed a portion of its stake in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

Bright future for Aziz's "oil man", Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah, under Ghazouani

Mauritania's oil minister Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah, one of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's favourite cabinet's member, should pick [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

Tullow Oil's presence in the country hanging by a thread

By pulling out of block C-18 due to the disappointing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

Ruling party heavyweight, Diafara Camara heads into mining

Just days before Mauritanians headed to the ballot box to vote for a new president on June 22, Diafara Camara, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2019

President's son-in-law could tip the scales for Fderick reboot

BCM International, which picked up an 80% stake in one of Mauritania's most promising iron ore projects, Fderick, at the [...]

Subscribers only 18.06.2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Mining ministers within Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...]

Subscribers only 18.06.2019

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz makes plans to sail off into Emirati sunset

The Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz looks set to depart from Nouackchott for good after the presidential election on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2019

SNIM re-assesses sub-contractors' demands to ward off strike

With threats of a strike looming since April, which would [...]

Subscribers only 04.06.2019

$174 million dollars for Fderick iron ore

According to our sources, the deal signed late May for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.06.2019

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Airports spark intense international rivalries

At a time when many African capitals are constructing new airports to ease congestion around urban centres, such projects are giving rise to intense rivalry between new and established powers on the continent, all against a backdrop of growing sub-regional [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

Extension of Diori-Hamani airport in Niamey, built and run by Turkish group Summa.

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Enduring turmoil in Sahel

Stamping out the terrorist threat is proving to be difficult. Here's why.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.05.2019

Map of the main terrorist attacks in Sahel these past few years.

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

The Mauritanian general Hanena Ould Sidi, who has been the [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.05.2019

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Mauritania

Minister Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah builds entourage of experts to control BP and Kosmos

In Focus
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Key October date set to calm turbulent Tasiast gold unionists

Holiday time for the presidents

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

Ghazouani chooses to keep Abel Aziz's oil team in place for now

Tortue: World Bank gives oil minister Vetah a helping hand

Jean-Yves Le Drian skips Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's inauguration

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Cairn wavers between a charge on exploration and a strategic retreat

Bright future for Aziz's "oil man", Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah, under Ghazouani

Tullow Oil's presence in the country hanging by a thread

Ruling party heavyweight, Diafara Camara heads into mining

President's son-in-law could tip the scales for Fderick reboot

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz makes plans to sail off into Emirati sunset

SNIM re-assesses sub-contractors' demands to ward off strike

$174 million dollars for Fderick iron ore

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Airports spark intense international rivalries

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Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

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Mauritania

Minister Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah builds entourage of experts to control BP and Kosmos

In Focus Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Key October date set to calm turbulent Tasiast gold unionists

Holiday time for the presidents

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

Ghazouani chooses to keep Abel Aziz's oil team in place for now

Tortue: World Bank gives oil minister Vetah a helping hand

Jean-Yves Le Drian skips Mohamed Ould Ghazouani's inauguration

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Cairn wavers between a charge on exploration and a strategic retreat

Bright future for Aziz's "oil man", Mohamed Ould Abdel Vetah, under Ghazouani

Tullow Oil's presence in the country hanging by a thread

Ruling party heavyweight, Diafara Camara heads into mining

President's son-in-law could tip the scales for Fderick reboot

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz makes plans to sail off into Emirati sunset

SNIM re-assesses sub-contractors' demands to ward off strike

$174 million dollars for Fderick iron ore

Spotlight Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

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In Focus
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document
Enduring turmoil in Sahel