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Defence Diplomacy 21/09/2022

Inside the EU's new security lab

Diplomacy 20/09/2022

UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou. © Ludovic Marin/EPA

Energy 19/09/2022

Oil minister Abba pursues hard stance against CNPC

The chief of the oil refining division at Niger's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Zakari Oumarou Kabirou, held talks with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) earlier this month. Oil minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou encouraged the move. [...]

Business 14/09/2022

Bazoum's opponent Tazoum complicates Veolia contract renegotiation

Omar Hamidou Tchiana in September 2013 when he was Niger's Mining Minister. © Joe Penney/Reuters

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Defence Diplomacy 09/09/2022

Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers on mission in Mozambique, July 2021. © Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP

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The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

As the Sahel security crisis worsens, with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) increasingly active, the states in the region find themselves in an ever more vulnerable position. [...]

Operation Barkhane soldiers in Burkina Faso.

Energy 09/09/2022

Showdown between oil minister Abba and China's CNPC continues unabated

Used to more conciliatory relations under former president Mahammadu Issoufou's rule, oil major China National Petroleum Corp is not being given any special treatment by Niger's current hydrocarbons minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, aka Abba, who is hard-set on setting aside jobs in the industry for locals. [...]

Defence 09/09/2022

London to boost security cooperation in Lake Chad region

The UK is outlining a new military cooperation programme for Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, dubbed the Lake Chad Support Framework. It aims to increase British influence on security projects largely dominated by the EU and the AU, and to try to stem growing Russian influence in the region. [...]

Energy 07/09/2022

European Investment Bank prepares Nairobi and Niamey power projects

The European Investment Bank is seeking a lead financial adviser for the development of four energy projects in Niger and Kenya. [...]

Defence 05/09/2022

EU to finalise EUTM mission in Niamey

President Mohamed Bazoum has shown his willingness to fight terrorism in Sahel and it is paying off: Niger has been designated for an EU training mission. [...]

Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and European Council president Charles Michel in May 2021.

In Focus Business 29/08/2022

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Businessmen in Senegal and Ivory Coast are dreaming of building luxury resorts on sites abandoned by the French operator Club Med. But Covid has hit the tourism sector hard. [...]

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt.

Diplomacy 29/08/2022

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

The appointment of UN-mandated expert panels is being increasingly hotly debated in New York. On one side are the P3 members of the US, France and UK, and on the other the P2 of Russia and China. [...]

Diplomacy 19/08/2022

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau. [...]

Diplomacy 26/07/2022

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his ex-minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to brief the new defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and the new foreign minister Catherine Colonna on African issues. [...]

Diplomacy 20/07/2022

Macron pencils in Niamey trip for September

The French president is set to pay an official visit to Niger, which looks like becoming the new strategic hub for France's military presence in the Sahel. [...]

Mohamed Bazoum and Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in February 2022 in Paris.

Diplomacy 20/07/2022

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs set to name two Sahel ambassadors

Two Sahel embassies should soon see their new appointees arrive: Nouakchott and Niamey. [...]

Defence 18/07/2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use. [...]

Defence 14/07/2022

Special forces general Bruno Baratz set to take over helm of Barkhane

The three-star general Bruno Baratz, the head of France's special forces and former leader of the Eléments français au Sénégal (EFS), looks set to take charge of French operations in the Sahel in the coming days. [...]

Commodity traders 12/07/2022

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

The heads of Ghana Cocobod and Ivory Coast's Conseil Café Cacao were in Accra last week to refine their joint strategy in the face of the industry's trading giants and industrialists, who are considering diversifying their supplies elsewhere. [...]

Diplomacy 07/07/2022

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post. [...]

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022.

Energy 06/07/2022

Bazoum refuses to increase fuel prices, despite smuggling concerns

Fearing social unrest, the Nigerien president has chosen to keep fuel prices artificially low, despite pleas from SONIDEP's boss, who is worried about an increase in smuggling to border countries. [...]

Politics 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. [...]

In Focus Diplomacy 04/07/2022

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

Legal problems prevent the erstwhile foreign minister of Burkina Faso setting foot in his own country, but that hasn't stopped him discreetly advising junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Thanks to his people skills, he is also doing diplomatic work in Qatar, Ivory Coast and Paris. [...]

Former Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (photo from April 2012).

Diplomacy 01/07/2022

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. [...]

Defence 29/06/2022

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. [...]

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Inside the EU's new security lab

UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Oil minister Abba pursues hard stance against CNPC

Bazoum's opponent Tazoum complicates Veolia contract renegotiation

Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Showdown between oil minister Abba and China's CNPC continues unabated

London to boost security cooperation in Lake Chad region

European Investment Bank prepares Nairobi and Niamey power projects

EU to finalise EUTM mission in Niamey

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Macron pencils in Niamey trip for September

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs set to name two Sahel ambassadors

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

Special forces general Bruno Baratz set to take over helm of Barkhane

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Bazoum refuses to increase fuel prices, despite smuggling concerns

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

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Special forces general Bruno Baratz set to take over helm of Barkhane

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

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