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Corridors of power 10/07/2019

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 [...]

Business circles 10/07/2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

The American airport security firm Securiport active in Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast has secured a $95 million arbitration win against Benin after it was driven out of the country to make way for a company with ties to Patrice Talon. [...]

Business circles 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. [...]

Corridors of power 18/06/2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

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

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Exploration-Production 18/06/2019

Freetown seeks CSR-responsible gold diggers

Sierra Leone's new ministry of mines, now headed by Foday [...]

Spotlight Business circles 29/05/2019

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

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 [. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Document 29/05/2019

Map of the main terrorist attacks in Sahel these past few years.

Enduring turmoil in Sahel

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

Diplomatic Affairs 29/05/2019

G5 Sahel chief Hanena Ould Sidi prepares his departure

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

15/05/2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

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

Business circles 15/05/2019

BNP to downsize regionally

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

Electricity 14/05/2019

Nyota scouts for contracts through connected oil man Philip Rand

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

Corridors of power 07/05/2019

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 [...]

Focus Business circles 06/05/2019

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

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. [...]

16/04/2019

Cemmats maps out artisanal mines with its foreign allies

The Freetown-based engineering consultancy Cemmats Group has embarked on a [...]

16/04/2019

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

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

Corridors of power 10/04/2019

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. [...]

Business circles Document 13/03/2019

How Summa drove Beijing out of Lungi airport

The Turkish firm is in exclusive talks with Freetown over the project for the new international terminal. An exclusive investigation. [...]

Business circles 26/02/2019

World Bank breaks out checkbook to build ECOWAS-scale grid

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

Corridors of power 13/02/2019

Exclusive: the Masonic peace conference

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

Diplomatic Affairs 30/01/2019

Sophie Talbot, a new plaintiff in the Vincent Bollore affair

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

Corridors of power 30/01/2019

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 [...]

Corridors of power 16/01/2019

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 [...]

Corridors of power 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 [...]

Business circles 08/01/2019

Leigh Day loses battle over Tonkolili iron ore violence

On December 19, the high court of London rejected a [...]

Corridors of power 02/01/2019

Doha asserts itself

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

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High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Freetown seeks CSR-responsible gold diggers

Airports spark intense international rivalries

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

Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Cemmats maps out artisanal mines with its foreign allies

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

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

How Summa drove Beijing out of Lungi airport

World Bank breaks out checkbook to build ECOWAS-scale grid

Exclusive: the Masonic peace conference

Sophie Talbot, a new plaintiff in the Vincent Bollore affair

Rome's renewed interest in military base

Funds from Beijing for G5 Sahel

Doha takes (military) lead over Riyadh

Leigh Day loses battle over Tonkolili iron ore violence

Doha asserts itself

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