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Mauritania

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

Spotlight
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.

Document
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

With Serval, Taleb Ould Abdi Vall renews oil ambitions

The man who headed Mauritania's ministry of petroleum, energy and mines from 2010 to 2013, Taleb Ould Abdi Vall, has, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Following the deaths on 10 May of two French soldiers [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2019

BNP to downsize regionally

BNP Paribas is planning to sell up in several west [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.05.2019

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Founder of Simba Essel Energy, Hassan Hassan is calling on [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 14.05.2019

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

Insecurity in and around mining sites in West Africa is taking a toll on the development of key projects. Given [...]

Subscribers only Defence 07.05.2019

Cheikh Ould Baya, speaker of the house and mining big gun

Known for his influence over Mauritania's fisheries (WAN 745), the speaker of parliament, Cheikh Ould Baya, who took up his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

SNIM employees back demands with all-out strike

Mauritanian national mining firm, Societe nationale industrielle et miniere (SNIM), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2019

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

As business magnates Michel Tomi and Samuel Dossou see their business aviation companies go into nosedive, the aircraft operated by Burkina Faso's Mahamadou Bonkoungou are attracting bookings from presidencies throughout West Africa and will soon start flying from Central Africa as well.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2019

Liza Transport International's Falcon 7X in Ebomaf Force One video featuring Chocki.

Cheibany Ould Weddady follows Kinross' tracks to find gold

A new contender has joined the Mauritanian mining players' race for the country's prime deposits of gold, silver, copper and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

The Universities of Exeter in the United Kingdom and Queensland [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

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Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Mauritania

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

With Serval, Taleb Ould Abdi Vall renews oil ambitions

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

BNP to downsize regionally

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

Cheikh Ould Baya, speaker of the house and mining big gun

SNIM employees back demands with all-out strike

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Cheibany Ould Weddady follows Kinross' tracks to find gold

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

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Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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Eurasian Resources Group

Nasser Bourita

Mercuria

Mamadi Doumbouya

Mauritania

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

With Serval, Taleb Ould Abdi Vall renews oil ambitions

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

BNP to downsize regionally

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

Cheikh Ould Baya, speaker of the house and mining big gun

SNIM employees back demands with all-out strike

In Focus Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Cheibany Ould Weddady follows Kinross' tracks to find gold

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

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Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document
Enduring turmoil in Sahel

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business