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Mauritania

Nouakchott covets same Piriou ships as Dakar to patrol Grand Tortue

Alors qu'un premier navire patrouilleur OPV 58S doit être livré au Sénégal début 2023, les équipes commerciales du chantier naval breton Piriou et de sa filiale Kership s'activent à faire d'une pierre deux coups.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 05.07.2022

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

Ces dernières semaines, la question sensible de l'appartenance du Burkina Faso au cadre de coopération sécuritaire et de développement du G5 Sahel a été abordée durant au moins trois conseil des ministres.

Subscribers only Politics Running story - The Sahel security crisis 05.07.2022

In Focus
From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

Former Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (photo from April 2012). © Issouf Sanogo/AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.07.2022

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2022

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

The European Union plans to use the European Peace Facility to provide operational support to four West African navies, which are to take on a regional leadership role to counter the persistent threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Defence 29.06.2022

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tsahal's former Chief of Staff and former Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon. © Tomer Neuberg/Xinhua/Jini

Subscribers only Defence, Business 28.06.2022

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights.

Subscribers only Business 27.06.2022

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2022

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Although the Beninese president Patrice Talon is due to take the helm of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, his insistence that his economy minister chair the organisation's council of ministers has led to one of several disputes - and resulted in a special heads of state committee being set up to try to resolve the situation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.06.2022

Beninese President Patrice Talon is to become head of the UEMOA.

Capricorn and Shell to follow BP in deserting Mauritanian basin?

In the wake of the British major, the main oil operators in the Mauritanian basin are considering abandoning their exploration projects there.

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.2022

TotalEnergies hitches its wagon to Chariot's vast hydrogen project

The British junior's Projet Nour is set to generate 10 GW of wind and solar power in the Nouadhibou region to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, a scheme dear to the heart of Mauritania's energy minister.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 07.06.2022

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

The military contingents of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon deployed within the Multinational Joint Task Force are to receive a dozen intelligence-gathering drones from the French firm Delair. The project is being overseen by Coginta, an NGO active in supporting security initiatives in West Africa.

Subscribers only Defence 02.06.2022

A DT-26 intelligence drone sold by Delair in 2019 to the Niger National Guard.

BP considering BirAllah gas project withdrawal

As it continues to shed assets across the continent, the British major is unlikely to spud a new well on its conventional gas development BirAllah. Behind its half-hearted attempts at denial are signs it is planning to abandon the project it shares with Kosmos Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.2022

Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is shortly due to officialise a project for a joint venture between Senegal, Guinea Conakry and Sierra Leone that will enable these countries to process their mineral resources on the African continent.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 27.05.2022

How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Mali has once again become Africa's leading cotton producer and the Malian military junta is pulling out all the stops to sell this precious resource on the global markets, taking advantage of the high prices.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 26.05.2022

The 2019 cotton harvest in Mali, near Diaramana.

Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

The British major was scheduled to award one of its largest logistics contracts for Grand Tortue in April but has now delayed it. Those in the running include the biggest names in logistics in Mauritania.

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2022

After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

The Atlanta-based soft drinks giant has already severed its ties with Castel in Ivory Coast and a number of other African countries, and is now about to do the same in Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Business 12.05.2022

EU ministers to discuss Africa

EU foreign affairs ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on 16 May. While the situation in Ukraine is set to dominate the talks, the agenda is also likely to include Africa, and specifically the Sahel region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.05.2022

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

The first discreet nightly rotations took place from 1 to 7 May at Kandi airport, in northern Benin, which is currently used as a platform for French jumbo jets coming from Mali and heading for Niger, the final destination of the French equipment.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.05.2022

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

The withdrawal of French Barkhane troops from Mali and the dismantling of its military hospital in Gao means that MINUSMA will have to reorganise medical logistics for its peacekeepers.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.05.2022

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership

The Atlanta-based soft drinks company has been dissolving several of its African partnerships and is currently preparing to part ways with its bottler in Ivory Coast.

Free access Business 05.05.2022

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

On 21 April, the European Union adopted an assistance measure to provide the African Union with €600m in aid over three years. A €170m package has already been set aside for 2022. The package should be put towards the fight against Boko Haram and the AU mission in Somalia but leaves out the G5 Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2022

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital

Over the last decade, Dakar has established itself as the centre of 'strategic thinking' in West Africa. The city boasts a think tank ecosystem where ministers, former generals, researchers and donors mingle.

Free access Diplomacy 20.04.2022

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

In parallel with the withdrawal from Mali, the French army will strengthen the role the Eléments Français au Sénégal's 400 soldiers, whose current boss, General Michel Delpit, will leave his post in the middle of this year.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.04.2022

Dakar is home to 350 French soldiers from the EFS.

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Walid Arem has taken over the famed Ledger Plaza hotel in Bangui, which is owned by the Libyan state through its Laico fund and is at the centre of a bitter power struggle. Arem was already running two other Laico hotels in Bamako, as well as a seaside resort in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Business 15.04.2022

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Nouakchott covets same Piriou ships as Dakar to patrol Grand Tortue

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BP considering BirAllah gas project withdrawal

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After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

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Nouakchott covets same Piriou ships as Dakar to patrol Grand Tortue

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

In Focus From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Capricorn and Shell to follow BP in deserting Mauritanian basin?

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BP considering BirAllah gas project withdrawal

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Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

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Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership

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