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Politics Diplomacy 22/07/2021

Washington turns to Toyota and Bulgarian firm Arsenal to equip Sahel armies

In anticipation of the gradual withdrawal of France's Operation Barkhane, American security advisors are focusing on modernising the capacities of the Sahel's armies as jihadist and rebel groups continue to destabilise the region. [...]

Politics 20/07/2021

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara © Reuters/Luc Gnago

Business Defence 20/07/2021

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

After working together for more than twenty-five years, Victor Delerue and his son Axel will no longer represent Raidco Marine in West Africa. The dramatic end to their lengthy relationship was due to a spat with Raidco boss Jean-Michel Monnier. [...]

Business 20/07/2021

In Niamey, Ahmed Lotfi drops Tarek bin Laden and introduces new Moroccan partners

YMMY construction group boss Ahmed Lotfi has had to reassure the Nigerien authorities so as to be able to proceed with his construction projects in Niamey. Tarek bin Laden is no longer involved in his plans, while Moroccan companies Koutoubia and Agamine have been brought in to give them a new industrial dimension. [...]

Diplomacy 12/07/2021

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Beninese President Patrice Talon. © Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

Diplomacy 07/07/2021

Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Deby and French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the state funeral of late Chadian president Idriss Deby in N'Djamena, Chad, 23 April 2021. © Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Operation Barkhane soldiers in Burkina Faso. © Philippe de Poulpiquet /PhotoPQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP

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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. [...]

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Politics 06/07/2021

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop Free

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries. [...]

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum. © Ian Langsdon/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Politics 05/07/2021

Bazoum keeps Issoufou's securocrats on board

The new president has retained his predecessor's top three intelligence chiefs. [...]

Algerian Chief of Staff Said Chengriha and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. © Ministère algérien de la défense nationale

Diplomacy Defence 01/07/2021

Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Chief of staff Said Chengriha has travelled to Moscow to clinch an astronomical arms deal, worth up to $7bn. In discussions with the Russian defence minister, he also outlined a possible Algerian intervention in the Sahel, starting with Mali. [...]

Diplomacy 01/07/2021

Riyadh poised to stump up €100m for G5 Sahel after three-year delay

In early June, the Saudi deputy defence minister Khalid bin Salman informed his counterparts at the G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad) that Saudi Arabia will be disbursing €100m in aid to the Sahelian force by 2022. [...]

The port of Cotonou. © @portdecotonouofficiel/Facebook

Business 29/06/2021

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation as being weak on drugs. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 28/06/2021

Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

A few months after FACT rebels' abortive assault on N'Djamena, the military staffs of Chad and Niger, which the episode pitted against each other, have begun discreet talks about conducting joint air reconnaissance and perhaps even air strikes. [...]

Business Defence 25/06/2021

Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

With Paris having recently announced the progressive withdrawal of French troops deployed with Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, the European Union is for its part continuing to support the security forces of the region. [...]

Business Defence 25/06/2021

Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

The contract to purchase two Short Tucano MK1 planes from RSW has sparked such acute tensions between the Nigerien army high command and defence ministry on the one hand, and the budget ministry on the other. [...]

French president Emmanuel Macron. © Nicolas Landemard/Le Pictorium/MAXPPP

Diplomacy 24/06/2021

Paris prepares for end of Operation Barkhane via UN, EU and G5 Sahel

Following President Macron's announcement on 10 June of France's plans to end Operation Barkhane, the French presidency is trying to mobilise its partners regarding the situation in the Sahel. French diplomats have begun a major operation to persuade the European Union, the UN and the African Union to get more involved in the region, with a Sahel Coalition summit coming up in July and France due to take the chair of the UN Security Council on 1 July. [...]

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. © @PresidenceNiger/Twitter

Diplomacy 23/06/2021

Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

The president is putting the final touches to a major diplomatic reshuffle that will affect Paris, Washington, and Unesco. [...]

Business Defence 23/06/2021

Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

Berlin is stepping up its engagement in the Sahel with a raft of infrastructure projects, most recently two related to aviation logistics in Niger. [...]

Diplomacy 22/06/2021

Morocco looks to get more involved in Mali via Transition Support Group and the African Union

Morocco has been invited for the first time time to take part in the meetings of the Mali Transition Support Group and is trying to get more involved in Malian affairs at the African Union. [...]

Business Investments funds 17/06/2021

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

The French investment bank has teamed up with the Jeddah-based organisation in order to diversify and expand on the continent. [...]

Business Finance 16/06/2021

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

The Togolese partners have made their first investment via their private equity fund Adiwale Partners, backed by the British development agency CDC Group. [...]

Business Defence 11/06/2021

RSW's Short Tucanos spark trench warfare between budget and defence ministries

Having already come in for criticism in an audit conducted last year, the Nigerien defence ministry has again attracted the ire of colleagues at the budget ministry, who are concerned at the purchase, currently being finalised, of two Short Tucano aircraft from the American broker RSW. [...]

Former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou. © Christophe Morin/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Oil & gas 11/06/2021

Unlikely alliance in line for CNPC's former Agadem blocks

A Nigerian firm and a Burkinabé trader based in Switzerland have joined forces with Niger's state oil firm to scoop up the areas relinquished by CNPC at Agadem (R5, R6, R7). The potential move was enabled by one of the last major energy decisions of ex-president Issoufou's government. [...]

Oil & gas 10/06/2021

CNPC and Bazoum to negotiate government stake in Agadem pipeline project

Major talks are set to begin soon between China's state-owned CNPC and the new government in Niamey. [...]

Diplomacy 10/06/2021

Lisbon's inner circle of Sahel strategists

With Portugal considering greater engagement with the Sahel, responsibility for this vast region is in the hands of a select few based in Lisbon and Dakar. [...]

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Washington turns to Toyota and Bulgarian firm Arsenal to equip Sahel armies

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In Niamey, Ahmed Lotfi drops Tarek bin Laden and introduces new Moroccan partners

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop Free

Bazoum keeps Issoufou's securocrats on board

Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Riyadh poised to stump up €100m for G5 Sahel after three-year delay

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

Paris prepares for end of Operation Barkhane via UN, EU and G5 Sahel

Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

Morocco looks to get more involved in Mali via Transition Support Group and the African Union

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

RSW's Short Tucanos spark trench warfare between budget and defence ministries

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Washington turns to Toyota and Bulgarian firm Arsenal to equip Sahel armies

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

In Niamey, Ahmed Lotfi drops Tarek bin Laden and introduces new Moroccan partners

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

The Sahel threatened by a jihadist tornado

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop Free

Bazoum keeps Issoufou's securocrats on board

Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Riyadh poised to stump up €100m for G5 Sahel after three-year delay

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

Brussels finances Spanish Uro armoured vehicles for Sahel's gendarmes

Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

Paris prepares for end of Operation Barkhane via UN, EU and G5 Sahel

Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

Morocco looks to get more involved in Mali via Transition Support Group and the African Union

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

RSW's Short Tucanos spark trench warfare between budget and defence ministries

Unlikely alliance in line for CNPC's former Agadem blocks

CNPC and Bazoum to negotiate government stake in Agadem pipeline project

Lisbon's inner circle of Sahel strategists

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