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Issoufou endures further Kandadji setbacks

The construction of the Kandadji dam, a project dear to Mahamadou Issoufou, has suffered fallout from the president’s recent split with his right-hand man Amadou Boubacar Cisse.

Subscribers only Business 30.09.2015

Foreign ministry censors Hama in Paris

The French foreign ministry had a word with the Institut [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2015

Sonidep more than ever in CNPC’s cross-hairs

CNPC seems intent on clipping the wings of the state-owned firm that markets oil goods produced by the Zinder refinery.

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Export pipeline in 2017 a mirage

Meeting on Sept. 21 between Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

CNPC wants to squeeze last drop from Niamey

Beijing is doing everything possible to revise the conditions of its partnership with the government of Niger to make the Zinder refinery profitable.

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

BIA Niger sell-off disappoints

The recent sale of 40% of BIA-Niger to Moroccan Banque [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

Sonidep refuses credit for Zinder’s refined products

A halt to production at the Zinder refinery on Aug. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2015

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China could help Bollore to bankroll railway

The construction of the Cotonou-Niamey railway that France's Bolloré group is undertaking (the firm has just penned an accord for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.09.2015

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Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

Although it has been loudly trumpeted in media in the region as the infrastructure project of the century, the West African rail loop being promoted by Vincent Bollore is as uncertain as it is litigious.

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2015

Paris increases air means in Sahel

Although jihadist groups and traffickers of all kinds now give [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2015

CNPC rolls out artillery to make Issoufou back down on refinery

Financial losses at the Zinder refinery, stemming from the fact CNPC doesn’t control prices, are causing friction with Niamey. The facility has been temporarily closed.

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.2015

Anfre pays for supposed proximity to Oumarou

Antoine Anfre, who became France's ambassador to Niger in January [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2015

SACBA-TP hangs on to contract in Niamey

The government of Niger has not managed to extract itself [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.07.2015

Where exploration amounts to a semi monopoly

As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated in June (AEI 747), the British junior Savannah Petroleum had no trouble in getting the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.2015

Sonatrach starts out anew on its Kafra block

As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated would be the case (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.2015

Strand Hanson seeks funding for Savannah Petroleum

The British junior Savannah Petroleum has once again left the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.07.2015

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

In highly discreet fashion, the firm Africa Rail Innovation was [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 21.07.2015

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

ECOWAS has just put the finishing touch to a statement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.07.2015

Hassoumi Massaoudou, Issoufou’s zealous securocrat

At a time when external threats remain strong, using a classic tactic, Niger’s interior minister is exploiting the situation to rein in internal opposition to Mahamadou Issoufou.

Free access Politics 15.07.2015

Hama Amadou goes on campaign trail in Paris

His exile in France since August 2014 has not stopped Hama Amadou from campaigning for Niger’s 2016 presidential elections. The [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2015

CNPC rejects SORAZ pay hikes

At a board meeting in Niamey on July 7-9, China’s [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.07.2015

CNPC plays by own rules in oil

The government of Niger intends to settle some scores at the upcoming board meeting of majority Chinese-owned oil refinery Soraz.

Subscribers only Business 01.07.2015

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

In a memo dated June 10 that Africa Mining Intelligence has seen, the firm Africarail has reminded the Bolloré group [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 23.06.2015

Issoufou’s anti-terror drive out of hand, say critics

Niger’s fight against terrorism in the Sahel is clogging up the country’s legal system and undermining civil liberties, say detractors.

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2015

Gilles Baillet pays for rivalry with Cisse

Niger’s 69-year-old finance and economy minister Gilles Baillet was sacked on June 4 by President Mahamadou Issoufou. Baillet had been [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2015

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Niger

Issoufou endures further Kandadji setbacks

Foreign ministry censors Hama in Paris

Sonidep more than ever in CNPC’s cross-hairs

Export pipeline in 2017 a mirage

CNPC wants to squeeze last drop from Niamey

BIA Niger sell-off disappoints

Sonidep refuses credit for Zinder’s refined products

Document
China could help Bollore to bankroll railway

Spotlight
Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

Paris increases air means in Sahel

CNPC rolls out artillery to make Issoufou back down on refinery

Anfre pays for supposed proximity to Oumarou

SACBA-TP hangs on to contract in Niamey

Where exploration amounts to a semi monopoly

Sonatrach starts out anew on its Kafra block

Strand Hanson seeks funding for Savannah Petroleum

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

Hassoumi Massaoudou, Issoufou’s zealous securocrat

Hama Amadou goes on campaign trail in Paris

CNPC rejects SORAZ pay hikes

CNPC plays by own rules in oil

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

Issoufou’s anti-terror drive out of hand, say critics

Gilles Baillet pays for rivalry with Cisse

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Niger

Issoufou endures further Kandadji setbacks

Foreign ministry censors Hama in Paris

Sonidep more than ever in CNPC’s cross-hairs

Export pipeline in 2017 a mirage

CNPC wants to squeeze last drop from Niamey

BIA Niger sell-off disappoints

Sonidep refuses credit for Zinder’s refined products

Document China could help Bollore to bankroll railway

Spotlight Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

Paris increases air means in Sahel

CNPC rolls out artillery to make Issoufou back down on refinery

Anfre pays for supposed proximity to Oumarou

SACBA-TP hangs on to contract in Niamey

Where exploration amounts to a semi monopoly

Sonatrach starts out anew on its Kafra block

Strand Hanson seeks funding for Savannah Petroleum

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

Hassoumi Massaoudou, Issoufou’s zealous securocrat

Hama Amadou goes on campaign trail in Paris

CNPC rejects SORAZ pay hikes

CNPC plays by own rules in oil

Document Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

Issoufou’s anti-terror drive out of hand, say critics

Gilles Baillet pays for rivalry with Cisse

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China could help Bollore to bankroll railway

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Bollore's rail deal stranded on platform

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme