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WEST AFRICA 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. [...]

MALI Mining 27/06/2022

Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Mali is seeing a rise in the number of nickel exploration applications as demand for this metal essential to energy transition continues to grow across West Africa. [...]

SENEGAL Politics 27/06/2022

Ousmane Sonko's close aides raised funds on European tour

Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko. © Cooper Inveen/Reuters

BURKINA FASO Defence Business 27/06/2022

GEOS and Securicom to provide security for the European delegation

In May, two successful private security companies walked away with an important contract for European diplomats in Burkina Faso, worth €11m over six years. [...]

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FRANCE SAHEL Diplomacy 24/06/2022

Macron mulls France's future in Sahel

French president Emmanuel Macron visits the troops of France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region in Gao, northern Mali, 19 May 2017. © Christophe Petit Tesson/ POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

SENEGAL Energy 23/06/2022

Southey Offshore eyes up Senegal

The presence of the South African oil services firm in West Africa is currently limited to Ghana. The company's management wants to reverse this trend by targeting French-speaking Africa. [...]

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WEST AFRICA GUINEA 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. [...]

MALI Defence Diplomacy 23/06/2022

MINUSMA's thousand new Chadian peacekeepers to be deployed in the North

While Chad has yet to send an additional 1,000 Blue Helmets to the United Nations mission in Mali, MINUSMA, the latter has just announced the main deployment locations for the country's soldiers. [...]

AFRICA FRANCE Diplomacy 22/06/2022

New number two for Elysée's African unit

A cultural cooperation adviser is being considered to replace Marie Audouard, shortly due to leave her post as no. 2 of the Elysée's Africa unit. [...]

NIGER Energy 22/06/2022

Abba revamps his oil ministry dream team

Oil companies will now have to deal with a new team at the ministry after its energy branch was hived off. [...]

GUINEA MALI Energy Diplomacy 22/06/2022

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

The construction of the electricity interconnection between Guinea and Mali has been significantly slowed due to the African Development Bank's (ADB) decision in April to suspend its disbursements to Bamako. [...]

GUINEA Mining 21/06/2022

Equus wins its case against Blox over Mansounia gold project

The New York district court has ruled in favour of Australian Equus Mining in a case pitting it against Blox after Blox. The US-based company had filed cases in Guinea in Equus' name without its consent to get back the Mansounia gold exploration licence. [...]

IVORY COAST Politics 21/06/2022

Abidjan hunting three masterminds suspected of cocaine trafficking op

Ivory Coast police are searching an Italian national and two Lebanese citizens believed to be behind the recent cocaine trafficking operation. Ten days after the arrest of around ten people suspected of being linked to the affair, the case has been taken up by officials at the highest level. [...]

GUINEA Energy Commodity traders 21/06/2022

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EU prepares to unlock €25m for Niger's armed forces

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