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Senegal

Holiday time for the presidents

As every year, lobbyists and businessmen have been running up their mobile phone bills trying to find out where African [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

BP already preparing next deal on Yakaar and Tortue

The British major is working to convince president Macky Sall to launch other gas fields as soon as possible.

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

AfDB follows suit from WB to inject cash into oil industry

Senegal is flush with financing from several sources to help [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

Air Senegal takes on Ethiopian Airlines and Air Burkina

The Senegalese national airline is launching two new routes in the sub-region in an attempt to counter Ethiopian Airlines, even though it may be a loss-making venture.

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

Lazard to launch Air Senegal share offer

Air Senegal has tasked Lazard with helping it to launch [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Deprived of financial guarantees from the airlines, several west Africa [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

Macky Sall names one of his watchmen for Petro-Tim probe

The prosecutor in charge of shedding light on a case involving the president's brother is a close friend former justice minister, Aminata Toure.

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

World Bank puts BP, Kosmos Energy, Woodside and Cairn under its watch

BP, Kosmos Energy, Woodside Energy and Cairn Energy will soon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

Chesser Resources makes progress on Diamba gold

Driven by a team of West African gold experts, Chesser Resources has embarked on a new drilling programme in Senegal.

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2019

Spotlight
A settling of scores within the Sall clan

The forced resignation of Aliou Sall (WAN 803), Macky Sall's younger brother who for a long time has been the business partner of the mining entrepreneur Frank Timis, has left the field open for allies of the first lady, Marieme [.

Subscribers only Politics 10.07.2019

Senegalese President Macky Sall's entourage has split into rival factions.

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Having discussed the situation in the Sahel with Alassane Ouattara on 9 July, Emmanuel Macron is due to chair a [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 10.07.2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

For the last six months, envoys from the American airport security firm Securiport have been making a beeline for the [...]

Subscribers only 10.07.2019

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Put up for sale in early June, BNP's branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea have attracted several offers from west African financial institutions.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.07.2019

Abdou Karim Fofana, Macky Sall's ace up the sleeve

A favourite of the Senegalese president Macky Sall, 34-year-old Abdou Karim Fofana may be the candidate of the presidential party, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.07.2019

Aliou Ba in Paris to reform Senegalese private security sector

The security advisor at the Senegalese Ministry of the Interior [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.07.2019

Cairn wavers between a charge on exploration and a strategic retreat

According to our sources, the British junior Cairn Energy would like to shed a portion of its stake in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

Senelec veteran Abdoulaye Dia to reboot energy fund

Shortly after being named chief of staff to the minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

Sall affair: how the government weathered the storm

Before accepting the resignation of his brother Aliou on 24 June, President Macky Sall held discreet talks with BP to ascertain the veracity of the BBC report of 2 June. He is also intending to overhaul his crisis communications unit.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Amadou Ba prepares 2019 Dakar security forum

The Senegalese minister of foreign affairs, Amadou Ba, is set [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.06.2019

GES-Petrogaz urgently seeking petroleum auditor

The unit responsible for implementing and managing projects within Senegal's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2019

Dakar's dreams of gold with Dynacor

The Senegalese sovereign fund has teamed up with Dynacor to create a gold processing unit for artisanal miners.

Subscribers only Mining 18.06.2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

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

Subscribers only 18.06.2019

In Focus
Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

The Lecourt family, which has been established on the Rock of Monaco for the last two generations, began in the soap business before going on to build up a profitable agricultural trading business and then a cleaning business of a non-corporal sort, registering companies in Monaco for third parties.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.06.2019

Sall affair: why the investigation into gas field licences will get nowhere

On 10 June, the Dakar attorney general was given the thankless task of investigating the financial arrangements surrounding the Tortue gas field, the subject of a recent BBC exposé.

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2019

Amarante's operations curtailed

Amarante International, which runs the security and passenger checks at [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

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Senegal

Holiday time for the presidents

BP already preparing next deal on Yakaar and Tortue

AfDB follows suit from WB to inject cash into oil industry

Air Senegal takes on Ethiopian Airlines and Air Burkina

Lazard to launch Air Senegal share offer

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Macky Sall names one of his watchmen for Petro-Tim probe

World Bank puts BP, Kosmos Energy, Woodside and Cairn under its watch

Chesser Resources makes progress on Diamba gold

Spotlight
A settling of scores within the Sall clan

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Abdou Karim Fofana, Macky Sall's ace up the sleeve

Aliou Ba in Paris to reform Senegalese private security sector

Cairn wavers between a charge on exploration and a strategic retreat

Senelec veteran Abdoulaye Dia to reboot energy fund

Sall affair: how the government weathered the storm

Amadou Ba prepares 2019 Dakar security forum

GES-Petrogaz urgently seeking petroleum auditor

Dakar's dreams of gold with Dynacor

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

In Focus
Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

Sall affair: why the investigation into gas field licences will get nowhere

Amarante's operations curtailed

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Senegal

Holiday time for the presidents

BP already preparing next deal on Yakaar and Tortue

AfDB follows suit from WB to inject cash into oil industry

Air Senegal takes on Ethiopian Airlines and Air Burkina

Lazard to launch Air Senegal share offer

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Macky Sall names one of his watchmen for Petro-Tim probe

World Bank puts BP, Kosmos Energy, Woodside and Cairn under its watch

Chesser Resources makes progress on Diamba gold

Spotlight A settling of scores within the Sall clan

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Abdou Karim Fofana, Macky Sall's ace up the sleeve

Aliou Ba in Paris to reform Senegalese private security sector

Cairn wavers between a charge on exploration and a strategic retreat

Senelec veteran Abdoulaye Dia to reboot energy fund

Sall affair: how the government weathered the storm

Amadou Ba prepares 2019 Dakar security forum

GES-Petrogaz urgently seeking petroleum auditor

Dakar's dreams of gold with Dynacor

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

In Focus Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

Sall affair: why the investigation into gas field licences will get nowhere

Amarante's operations curtailed

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
A settling of scores within the Sall clan

In Focus
Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs