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Sao Tome and Principe

Efacec (Isabel dos Santos) can only sit back and watch the damage

It seems there is no let-up in the near future for Sao Tome & Principe, which has been struggling to [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 25.06.2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Mining ministers within Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...]

Subscribers only 18.06.2019

Extension of Diori-Hamani airport in Niamey, built and run by Turkish group Summa. © Reserved

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Airports spark intense international rivalries

At a time when many African capitals are constructing new airports to ease congestion around urban centres, such projects are giving rise to intense rivalry between new and established powers on the continent, all against a backdrop of growing sub-regional [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

Map of the main terrorist attacks in Sahel these past few years. © West Africa Newsletter/Indigo Publications

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Enduring turmoil in Sahel

Stamping out the terrorist threat is proving to be difficult. Here's why.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.05.2019

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

The Mauritanian general Hanena Ould Sidi, who has been the [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 29.05.2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Following the deaths on 10 May of two French soldiers [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2019

BNP to downsize regionally

BNP Paribas is planning to sell up in several west [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.05.2019

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Founder of Simba Essel Energy, Hassan Hassan is calling on [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 14.05.2019

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

Insecurity in and around mining sites in West Africa is taking a toll on the development of key projects. Given [...]

Subscribers only Defence 07.05.2019

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

As business magnates Michel Tomi and Samuel Dossou see their business aviation companies go into nosedive, the aircraft operated by Burkina Faso's Mahamadou Bonkoungou are attracting bookings from presidencies throughout West Africa and will soon start flying from Central Africa as well.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2019

Liza Transport International's Falcon 7X in Ebomaf Force One video featuring Chocki.

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

The Universities of Exeter in the United Kingdom and Queensland [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Mediation behind the scenes in Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse rift

No fewer than three west African presidents have been involved in resolving the political crisis that broke out in Mali last August.

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2019

Ahead of block 4 ruling, Total swings into action

While the London court called on by Kosmos Energy to challenge the French major's rights to block 4 has not yet made its decision, Total is already busy in the area.

Subscribers only Energy 26.03.2019

Olegario Tiny finishes selection of top ANP-STP line-up

The new Agencia Nacional do Petroleo de Sao Tome e Principe (ANP-STP) boss, former minister of justice Olegario Tiny, has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2019

World Bank breaks out checkbook to build ECOWAS-scale grid

The World Bank is making progress on connecting the member [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2019

Exclusive: the Masonic peace conference

From 14 to 17 February, dignitaries from Africa's major lodges [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

Rome's renewed interest in military base

On a visit to Niger on 15 January, the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte revived the project to set up [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.01.2019

Sophie Talbot, a new plaintiff in the Vincent Bollore affair

Have acted as the administrator of Necotrans until the liquidation [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.01.2019

Block 4: Total takes the lead over Kosmos

A new court decision in the French major's favour has helped confirm Total's hold on block 4.

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2019

Funds from Beijing for G5 Sahel

The Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi took advantage of his first visit to Burkina Faso on 4 January to announce [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2019

Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh

Until now rather reluctant to get involved in the military sphere in Africa, Qatar nevertheless donated twenty-four armoured vehicles to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2019

Great reshuffle within Oil authority to Kosmos energy's dismay

The former chief executive of the Agencia Nacional do Petroleo [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.01.2019

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Total snaps up block 4 right under Kosmos' nose

The epic legal battle between oil firms Kosmos Energy and ERHC over Sao Tome and Principe's highly-promising offshore block 4 has met with another set of twists and turns. Africa Energy Intelligence has drawn up an exclusive account of the [.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2019

Osvaldo Abreu, a minister with a pack of oil buddies

After a first spell as minister of public works, infrastructure, natural resources and the environment from 2013 to 2014, Osvaldo [...]

Free access Energy 02.01.2019

Doha asserts itself

With Saudi Arabia becoming mired in the war Yemen, on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.01.2019

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Sao Tome and Principe

Efacec (Isabel dos Santos) can only sit back and watch the damage

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document
Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

BNP to downsize regionally

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

Mediation behind the scenes in Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse rift

Ahead of block 4 ruling, Total swings into action

Olegario Tiny finishes selection of top ANP-STP line-up

World Bank breaks out checkbook to build ECOWAS-scale grid

Exclusive: the Masonic peace conference

Rome's renewed interest in military base

Sophie Talbot, a new plaintiff in the Vincent Bollore affair

Block 4: Total takes the lead over Kosmos

Funds from Beijing for G5 Sahel

Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh

Great reshuffle within Oil authority to Kosmos energy's dismay

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Total snaps up block 4 right under Kosmos' nose

Osvaldo Abreu, a minister with a pack of oil buddies

Doha asserts itself

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Sao Tome and Principe

Efacec (Isabel dos Santos) can only sit back and watch the damage

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Spotlight Airports spark intense international rivalries

Document Enduring turmoil in Sahel

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

BNP to downsize regionally

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

Canberra puts mining security on the agenda

In Focus Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Task force in the pipeline to reduce environmental impact of ASM mining

Mediation behind the scenes in Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse rift

Ahead of block 4 ruling, Total swings into action

Olegario Tiny finishes selection of top ANP-STP line-up

World Bank breaks out checkbook to build ECOWAS-scale grid

Exclusive: the Masonic peace conference

Rome's renewed interest in military base

Sophie Talbot, a new plaintiff in the Vincent Bollore affair

Block 4: Total takes the lead over Kosmos

Funds from Beijing for G5 Sahel

Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh

Great reshuffle within Oil authority to Kosmos energy's dismay

Spotlight Total snaps up block 4 right under Kosmos' nose

Osvaldo Abreu, a minister with a pack of oil buddies

Doha asserts itself

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Airports spark intense international rivalries

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Enduring turmoil in Sahel

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

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Total snaps up block 4 right under Kosmos' nose