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Coal scheme swings into action at Salkadamna

In the works since 2008, a project to mine coal at Salkademna is making progress. Spearheaded by Societe Nationale du [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Issoufou's Libyan loyalist woes

Libyan generals loyal to Colonel Gaddafi have taken refuge in the north of Niger and could join forces there with Al Qaeda in the Ismalic Maghreb. Blaise Compaore has been called to the rescue.

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2011

Focus on continental shelf

Like virtually all coastal nations in West Africa, Cape Verde [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2011

CNPC under pressure from Niamey

The Nigerien authorities wish to renegotiate the cost of building [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.08.2011

Simba still on shopping spree

Present only in Liberia up to now, Canada’s Simba Energy has planted its flag in both Kenya and Guinea and is working on other acquisitions.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

NNPC

After his visit to Chad on Aug. 8, Niger president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

CNPC draws fire

Will Chad be able to pass on its experience in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

AMI Resources in Semafo’s footsteps in Niger

AMI Resources Inc., quoted on the TSX, has been awarded [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.07.2011

Areva sends staff back to Arlit

Ten months after seven staff were kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Areva is sending a first batch of expatriates back to work in the country.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2011

Issoufou wants safe route for Niger’s uranium

While visiting Benin on July 18, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2011

Pierre Foumakoye Gado

Pierre Foumakoye Gado, Niger’s mines and oil minister, visited the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2011

Pierre Foumakoye Gado

Pierre Foumakoye Gado, Niger's mines and oil minister, was in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2011

AME beefs up gold portfolio

After setting foot in Mali, a London-based explorer founded last year, AME, has ventured into Guinea by winning three promising [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2011

Areva ties up its Nigerien uranium

In an unpublicised encounter, Areva chairwoman Anne Lauvergeon met President [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.06.2011

Spotlight
Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

The Sahara region still appears to draw oil companies. Despite Total’s letdown in Mauritania and the Taoudenni basin, and with only months before the Agadem block is due to start producing in Niger, new players like Tullow Oil are displaying [.

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2011

Kandadji a free pass for Moscow

Thanks to donors in the Gulf, a Russian company will, for the first time, build a dam in West Africa without putting up a penny itself.

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2011

Amadou, a man with many contacts

Despite his fall from grace during Mamadou Tandja’s presidency, the national assembly president Hama Amadou still has a solid network of powerful contacts, built over a long political career.

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2011

Djibo Salamatou Gourouza

Mines minister during the political transition in Niger, Djibo Salamatou Gourouza officially took up his new post as special adviser [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2011

Sopamin seeks new Niger director

The new Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou is understood to be [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.05.2011

CNPC woos the president

The vice-president of the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) Huang [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2011

Foumakoye Gado

The secretary-general of the Parti Nigerien pour la Democratie et le Socialisme (PNDS), Foumakoye Gado, was named mines minister in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.04.2011

Issoufou appoints new cabinet

Niger's new President has designated an array of old brothers-in-arms as members of his new cabinet.

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2011

Zinder won’t start up until 2012

Construction of the refinery in Niger will take another year to complete, giving CNPC and the government additional time to agree on how it will be funded.

Subscribers only Energy 19.04.2011

Trendfield guest of honour in Niger

Ying Yu Tang, the president of the Beijing-based mining group [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.04.2011

Mohamed Abdoulahi

Niger’s mines and oil minister between 2004-2010 during the rule of former president Mamadou Tandja, Mohamed Abdoulahi, has just been [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.04.2011

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Niger

Coal scheme swings into action at Salkadamna

Issoufou's Libyan loyalist woes

Focus on continental shelf

CNPC under pressure from Niamey

Simba still on shopping spree

NNPC

CNPC draws fire

AMI Resources in Semafo’s footsteps in Niger

Areva sends staff back to Arlit

Issoufou wants safe route for Niger’s uranium

Pierre Foumakoye Gado

Pierre Foumakoye Gado

AME beefs up gold portfolio

Areva ties up its Nigerien uranium

Spotlight
Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Kandadji a free pass for Moscow

Amadou, a man with many contacts

Djibo Salamatou Gourouza

Sopamin seeks new Niger director

CNPC woos the president

Foumakoye Gado

Issoufou appoints new cabinet

Zinder won’t start up until 2012

Trendfield guest of honour in Niger

Mohamed Abdoulahi

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Niger

Coal scheme swings into action at Salkadamna

Issoufou's Libyan loyalist woes

Focus on continental shelf

CNPC under pressure from Niamey

Simba still on shopping spree

NNPC

CNPC draws fire

AMI Resources in Semafo’s footsteps in Niger

Areva sends staff back to Arlit

Issoufou wants safe route for Niger’s uranium

Pierre Foumakoye Gado

Pierre Foumakoye Gado

AME beefs up gold portfolio

Areva ties up its Nigerien uranium

Spotlight Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Kandadji a free pass for Moscow

Amadou, a man with many contacts

Djibo Salamatou Gourouza

Sopamin seeks new Niger director

CNPC woos the president

Foumakoye Gado

Issoufou appoints new cabinet

Zinder won’t start up until 2012

Trendfield guest of honour in Niger

Mohamed Abdoulahi

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Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara