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Senegal

First Reserve on buying spree

A stakeholder in Glencore and CHC Helicopters, the huge oil investment fund First Reserve Corp now has a company specializing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2011

Nigeria holds WAGP hostage

Abuja is refusing to increase the amount of gas carried by the West African Gas Pipeline, putting the squeeze on Ghana.

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2011

Wade-Bourgi, daggers drawn

The idyll between the Wade family and Robert Bourgi is definitively over, with both sides now determinedly out to get one another as Senegal's elections loom.

Subscribers only Politics 21.09.2011

Ousmane Cisse

The former chief of UNDP’s major infrastructure projects in West Africa, Ousmane Cisse, who succeeded Mousa Sylla as director of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Harmattan Gold soon to list

The Australian explorer Harmattan Gold headed by John Cameron is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Ben Laden still at Dakar airport

Karim Wade, Senegal's transport minister, will sign the third and [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2011

Focus on continental shelf

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

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2011

Looking for a standout opposition candidate

The quest for a single opposition candidate, which is the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 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

First well on AGC Deep a bust

Britain’s Ophir, which operates block AGC Deep in the joint [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2011

IFC lends €11 million to Senegal’s Patisen

The International Finance Corp (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.07.2011

Spotlight
Abdoulaye Wade in growing sandstorm

President Abdoulaye Wade, once a symbol of pluralism in Senegal, has chosen to turn his back on history just as the Arab Spring spreads south across the Sahara. Since his victory over Abdou Diouf in 2000, Wade has been convinced [.

Subscribers only Politics 06.07.2011

Lonase’s fate sealed in December

the legal battle between Loterie nationale du Senegal (Lonase) and [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.07.2011

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

Indians still confident about Faleme?

India's National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC), which has just begun [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2011

Lonase: All bets are off lotto company

Several creditors are pursing the state-owned company that organises betting and lottery games in Senegal, which has declared itself insolvent.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2011

Noble & Ophir in AGC deal

After several abortive attempts to break into West Africa, Noble has finally reached an agreement with Ophir concerning the joint zone between Senegal and Guinea Bissau. Addax is also interested.

Free access Energy 21.06.2011

Law commission fights amendment

MPs are putting up resistance to changes in the law that could make it easier to money-launder with impunity.

Subscribers only Politics 08.06.2011

Frenchman freed

After three months languishing in prison in Dakar, Frenchman Sebastien Couasnet was freed on June 6.

Subscribers only Politics 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

Wade excludes former heir apparent

While the PDS put on a united front to exclude Idrissa Seck, several members of President Wade’s party are already backing Seck for president in 2012.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2011

Attali lends a hand to Senegalese mines minister

The economist and former special counselor to late French president [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2011

Wade’s too convenient coup

Too blatant to have been true, the recent pseudo coup attempt against Abdoulaye Wade served to highlight the climate of instability in Senegal. West Africa Newsletter analyses the situation.

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2011

Western Gold Resources in Senegal play

An affiliate of Australia’s Golden West Resources, Western Gold Resources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 29.03.2011

APR rides to Wade & son’s rescue

With presidential elections scheduled for next year, an acute power crisis in Dakar could be resolved by the U.S. firm APR Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

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Senegal

First Reserve on buying spree

Nigeria holds WAGP hostage

Wade-Bourgi, daggers drawn

Ousmane Cisse

Harmattan Gold soon to list

Ben Laden still at Dakar airport

Focus on continental shelf

Looking for a standout opposition candidate

Simba still on shopping spree

First well on AGC Deep a bust

IFC lends €11 million to Senegal’s Patisen

Spotlight
Abdoulaye Wade in growing sandstorm

Lonase’s fate sealed in December

AME beefs up gold portfolio

Indians still confident about Faleme?

Lonase: All bets are off lotto company

Noble & Ophir in AGC deal

Law commission fights amendment

Frenchman freed

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Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Wade excludes former heir apparent

Attali lends a hand to Senegalese mines minister

Wade’s too convenient coup

Western Gold Resources in Senegal play

APR rides to Wade & son’s rescue

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Senegal

First Reserve on buying spree

Nigeria holds WAGP hostage

Wade-Bourgi, daggers drawn

Ousmane Cisse

Harmattan Gold soon to list

Ben Laden still at Dakar airport

Focus on continental shelf

Looking for a standout opposition candidate

Simba still on shopping spree

First well on AGC Deep a bust

IFC lends €11 million to Senegal’s Patisen

Spotlight Abdoulaye Wade in growing sandstorm

Lonase’s fate sealed in December

AME beefs up gold portfolio

Indians still confident about Faleme?

Lonase: All bets are off lotto company

Noble & Ophir in AGC deal

Law commission fights amendment

Frenchman freed

Spotlight Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara

Wade excludes former heir apparent

Attali lends a hand to Senegalese mines minister

Wade’s too convenient coup

Western Gold Resources in Senegal play

APR rides to Wade & son’s rescue

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Spotlight
Abdoulaye Wade in growing sandstorm

Spotlight
Oil companies aren’t about to desert Sahara