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Russia's ZBS shown the door

Economic planning minister Amadou Boubacar Cisse has persuaded president Mahamadou Issoufou to cancel the contract of Russia’s ZBS to build the Kandadji dam.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2013

Russians lose Kandadji

The authorities in Niger moved on July 18 to cancel a contract awarded to Russia’s Zarubezhvodstroy (ZBS) concern to build [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2013

Foumakoye Gado

Foumakoye Gado, Niger's oil minister, and his adviser, Addo Mahamane, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2013

Firms ready to invest $12 million

Mining companies don’t seem to be scared off by problems that prevail in Niger because of the security crisis in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

Ousted Tandja back advising Issoufou

Not many would have imagined that three years after his ignominious ouster, Niger's president would be back on the political scene…

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2013

Spotlight
Issoufou hangs on by thread

Sand-storms are swirling around Niamey. Undermined by the insecurity that seems to have encircled Niger for the foreseeable future, President Mahamadou Issoufou has had to increase military spending to the detriment of other pressing needs. With power outages and strikes [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.07.2013

Sahel Petrogaz goes into business in Niger

Hama Saloum, the managing director of Cigale Finance, finalised the [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.07.2013

Former Agadem acreage on sale

The lone concession pumping oil in Nigeria has been carved up in a manner that senior government officials are keeping secret for the moment.

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.2013

CNPC

New petroleum legislation in Niger is under discussion at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.2013

Yaounde/Malabo
Mahamadou Issoufou

Mahamadou Issoufou, the president of Niger, dropped in on Yaounde [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.07.2013

Abidjan wants to link up to WAGP

Despite the supply problems of the West African Gas pipeline from Nigeria countries in the region are keen on linking up to the facility.

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

Cisse’s handout to the mining regions

At the initiative of the influential minister of state Amadou Boubacar Cisse, Niamey recently decided discreetly to modify mining legislation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

Alexey Mordashov

The non-executive director of Nordgold is keeping a close eye on the fall in the share price of mining juniors [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

Issoufou keeps cautious eye on army

President Mahamadou Issoufou is doing his utmost to keep in check an army that has already overthrown four of the country's leaders since independence.

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2013

Issoufou tired of pro-MNLA

In private Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou is increasingly irritated over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2013

Watch on Russians at Kandadji

The government is taking strong measures because of setbacks encountered by a Russian firm building the Kandadji dam.

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Chris Hopkinson

Although merger talks between International Petroleum headed by Frank Timis and Peter Landau’s Range Resources haven’t yet been completed, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Anthony Sage

The chairman of International Petroleum (IP), Anthony Sage, is to step down on June 30. Very close to IP’s founder [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

CIC wins contract to protect mines in Niger

Continued instability in the Sahel has drawn private security companies [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.05.2013

CNPC finds itself in the dock

Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou and his oil minister, Foumakoye Gado, are to have the final word on an audit concerning [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2013

CNPC

Keeping CNPC’s Niger staff happy could well become a security [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2013

Kandadji still waiting for dam

The construction of the Kandadji dam by Russia’s Zarubezhvodstroy, which was launched with much fanfare by Mahmadou Issoufou in May 2011, is still waiting to happen. International lenders and the government are fuming.

Subscribers only Politics 03.04.2013

Socar invests in gas

The international arm of Socar, the national oil company in Azerbaijan, has lent cash to Britain’s Gasoil to finance its gas projects.

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2013

Zhu Jiping

In a sign that relations between mainland China and Taiwan are normalizing, the president of CNPC, Zhu Jiping, signed an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2013

Free advice from U.S.

The United States is freely offering its advice to recent [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.04.2013

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Niger

Russia's ZBS shown the door

Russians lose Kandadji

Foumakoye Gado

Firms ready to invest $12 million

Ousted Tandja back advising Issoufou

Spotlight
Issoufou hangs on by thread

Sahel Petrogaz goes into business in Niger

Former Agadem acreage on sale

CNPC

Yaounde/Malabo
Mahamadou Issoufou

Abidjan wants to link up to WAGP

Cisse’s handout to the mining regions

Alexey Mordashov

Issoufou keeps cautious eye on army

Issoufou tired of pro-MNLA

Watch on Russians at Kandadji

Chris Hopkinson

Anthony Sage

CIC wins contract to protect mines in Niger

CNPC finds itself in the dock

CNPC

Kandadji still waiting for dam

Socar invests in gas

Zhu Jiping

Free advice from U.S.

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Ibrahim Traoré

Virtus Minerals

Paul Kagame

Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Niger

Russia's ZBS shown the door

Russians lose Kandadji

Foumakoye Gado

Firms ready to invest $12 million

Ousted Tandja back advising Issoufou

Spotlight Issoufou hangs on by thread

Sahel Petrogaz goes into business in Niger

Former Agadem acreage on sale

CNPC

Yaounde/Malabo Mahamadou Issoufou

Abidjan wants to link up to WAGP

Cisse’s handout to the mining regions

Alexey Mordashov

Issoufou keeps cautious eye on army

Issoufou tired of pro-MNLA

Watch on Russians at Kandadji

Chris Hopkinson

Anthony Sage

CIC wins contract to protect mines in Niger

CNPC finds itself in the dock

CNPC

Kandadji still waiting for dam

Socar invests in gas

Zhu Jiping

Free advice from U.S.

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Issoufou hangs on by thread

Yaounde/Malabo
Mahamadou Issoufou