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Defence Diplomacy 21/09/2022

Inside the EU's new security lab

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Business 29/08/2022

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt. © Dan Shannon/Only World/Only France via AFP

Diplomacy 29/08/2022

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. © Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Diplomacy 19/08/2022

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau. [...]

Diplomacy 26/07/2022

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his ex-minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to brief the new defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and the new foreign minister Catherine Colonna on African issues. [...]

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Defence 18/07/2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use. [...]

Commodity traders 12/07/2022

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

The heads of Ghana Cocobod and Ivory Coast's Conseil Café Cacao were in Accra last week to refine their joint strategy in the face of the industry's trading giants and industrialists, who are considering diversifying their supplies elsewhere. [...]

Diplomacy 07/07/2022

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post. [...]

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022.

Politics 05/07/2022

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

Ces dernières semaines, la question sensible de l'appartenance du Burkina Faso au cadre de coopération sécuritaire et de développement du G5 Sahel a été abordée durant au moins trois conseil des ministres. [...]

In Focus Diplomacy 04/07/2022

From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

Legal problems prevent the erstwhile foreign minister of Burkina Faso setting foot in his own country, but that hasn't stopped him discreetly advising junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Thanks to his people skills, he is also doing diplomatic work in Qatar, Ivory Coast and Paris. [...]

Former Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (photo from April 2012).

Diplomacy 01/07/2022

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders. [...]

Defence 29/06/2022

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

The European Union plans to use the European Peace Facility to provide operational support to four West African navies, which are to take on a regional leadership role to counter the persistent threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. [...]

Defence Business 28/06/2022

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Earlier this month, the former head of Israel's armed forces, who is now chairman of the board of directors of the Synaptech Capital fund that invests in defence equipment, visited Abidjan and Conakry. [...]

Tsahal's former Chief of Staff and former Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon.

Business 27/06/2022

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights. [...]

Diplomacy 23/06/2022

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions. [...]

Diplomacy 10/06/2022

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Although the Beninese president Patrice Talon is due to take the helm of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, his insistence that his economy minister chair the organisation's council of ministers has led to one of several disputes - and resulted in a special heads of state committee being set up to try to resolve the situation. [...]

Beninese President Patrice Talon is to become head of the UEMOA.

Energy 09/06/2022

Would-be producing states hope to emulate Namibia's oil and gas success

Three small non-producing oil states in the Gulf of Guinea are desperately - but so far vainly - trying to develop their offshore blocks. Even amid dwindling investment in exploration, they dream of an oil and gas future like Namibia's. [...]

Defence Business 02/06/2022

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

The military contingents of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon deployed within the Multinational Joint Task Force are to receive a dozen intelligence-gathering drones from the French firm Delair. The project is being overseen by Coginta, an NGO active in supporting security initiatives in West Africa. [...]

A DT-26 intelligence drone sold by Delair in 2019 to the Niger National Guard.

Mining Business 27/05/2022

Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is shortly due to officialise a project for a joint venture between Senegal, Guinea Conakry and Sierra Leone that will enable these countries to process their mineral resources on the African continent. [...]

Commodity traders Business 26/05/2022

How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Mali has once again become Africa's leading cotton producer and the Malian military junta is pulling out all the stops to sell this precious resource on the global markets, taking advantage of the high prices. [...]

The 2019 cotton harvest in Mali, near Diaramana.

Mining 24/05/2022

Freetown doubles its efforts to promote diamond potential

Sierra Leone is willing to start analysis of its mineral resources to clarify a study carried out a few months ago and, more importantly, get back in touch with investors. [...]

In Focus Mining 23/05/2022

Sanctions-hit Alrosa's woes impact on continent's diamond producers

The West's sanctions on the Russian mining colossus Alrosa, the world's largest diamond producer, are taking a huge toll on Angola, its main partner. That has left the field open for the world's second largest diamond producer, Botswana, to charge ahead. [...]

Angolan President Joao Lourenco (C) watches as Endiama CEO Jose Manuel Augusto Ganga Junior (L) shakes hands with Alrosa CEO Sergei Ivanov (R), in the Kremlin in Moscow, 4 April 2019.

Business 12/05/2022

After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

The Atlanta-based soft drinks giant has already severed its ties with Castel in Ivory Coast and a number of other African countries, and is now about to do the same in Burkina Faso. [...]

Diplomacy 10/05/2022

EU ministers to discuss Africa

EU foreign affairs ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on 16 May. While the situation in Ukraine is set to dominate the talks, the agenda is also likely to include Africa, and specifically the Sahel region. [...]

Defence Diplomacy 10/05/2022

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

The first discreet nightly rotations took place from 1 to 7 May at Kandi airport, in northern Benin, which is currently used as a platform for French jumbo jets coming from Mali and heading for Niger, the final destination of the French equipment. [...]

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Inside the EU's new security lab

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Would-be producing states hope to emulate Namibia's oil and gas success

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Freetown doubles its efforts to promote diamond potential

Sanctions-hit Alrosa's woes impact on continent's diamond producers

After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

EU ministers to discuss Africa

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

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Inside the EU's new security lab

High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings Free

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying Free

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Would-be producing states hope to emulate Namibia's oil and gas success

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Freetown doubles its efforts to promote diamond potential

Sanctions-hit Alrosa's woes impact on continent's diamond producers

After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

EU ministers to discuss Africa

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

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