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NIGERIA Energy 05/10/2022

Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

ExxonMobil has given itself until the end of November to conclude the sale of its 40% stake in shallow offshore blocks OML 67, 68, 70 and 104 to junior Seplat. #Nigeria [...]

AFRICA Diplomacy 05/10/2022

EU pushes ahead on roadmap with the AU

The European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) joint committee is to convene in Brussels on 30 November. [...]

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SENEGAL Politics 04/10/2022

Macky Sall mulls reorganisation of terror response structure

Senegal's President Macky Sall speaks during a press conference on the second day of an European Union (EU) African Union (AU) summit at the European Council Building in Brussels, Belgium, 18 February 2022. © John Thys/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

GABON GAMBIA GHANA Energy 04/10/2022

Stena Drilling on a roll in Gulf of Guinea

A view of the Stena forth drill rig for Springfield Group, pictured at the sea near Takoradi, Ghana, November 15, 2019. © Kweku Obeng/Reuters

MALI Defence Politics 04/10/2022

UN launches strategic review of Mali peacekeeping mission in volatile context

The United Nations is due to begin a strategic review of its MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali in the first half of October. [...]

IVORY COAST Energy 03/10/2022

Petroci jumps in after Perenco throws in towel on three offshore blocks

The Franco-British junior Perenco has given up on its plans to take over three offshore blocks in Ivory Coast. State-owned Petroci is hoping to take advantage of the new situation. [...]

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WEST AFRICA GUINEA Politics 03/10/2022

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries. [...]

TOGO UNITED KINGDOM Politics Diplomacy 03/10/2022

Gnassingbé due in London to formalise Togo's Commonwealth membership

President Faure Gnassingbé will travel to London to attend the traditional flag-raising ceremony on 19 October to induct Togo into the UK's Commonwealth. [...]

SpotlightNIGER Politics 30/09/2022

Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou

President Mohamed Bazoum and his predecessor Mahamadou Issoufou have been friends and comrades-in-arms for more than three decades. They remain on good terms, but behind the scenes the ex-president continues to have a major say in the running of the country despite Bazoum's efforts to replace Issoufou loyalists with his own in top state jobs. [...]

Former Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou and his successor Mohamed Bazoum.

Inner circles AFRICA FRANCE Defence Diplomacy 30/09/2022

Steep Africa learning curve for new armed forces minister Lecornu

Unfamiliar with the continent and without a specialist Africa adviser to hand, France's new armed forces minister Sébastien Lecornu is nevertheless faced with pressing African matters in his in-tray, not least the situation in the Sahel. [...]

French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu (left) with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on 16 July 2022 in Abidjan.

SENEGAL Defence 30/09/2022

Macky Sall looks to think tank CHEDS for guidance on internal security

In the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, the centre for defence and security studies is hoping to establish itself as a key player in defining the president's domestic security policy. [...]

GHANA Energy 29/09/2022

Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

The developers of Ghana's gas import terminal keep postponing the start of the project. The war in Ukraine has been added to a long list of excuses about why it is so far behind schedule. [...]

Ghanaian workers walk at the construction site of Tema Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal Project in Tema, Ghana, on 5 January 2021.

IVORY COAST Finance 29/09/2022

Corruption probe engulfs more banks

An investigation into money laundering involving the Société Générale Côte d'Ivoire, has spread to three other banks in Ivory Coast which are all thought to have been the victim of similar fraudulent schemes. [...]

GUINEA Diplomacy 28/09/2022

Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

Morissanda Kouyaté recently travelled to New York and Washington for the United Nations General Assembly. The foreign minister made the most of his trip to boost Conakry's ties with a number of Gulf countries and improve its fraught relationship with the Biden administration. [...]

CHINA IVORY COAST Infrastructures 28/09/2022

China's CHEC to build Akwaba motorway interchange in Abidjan

China Harbour Engineering Company, which has been present in Ivory Coast since 2015, has just pocketed a new contract estimated at 26bn CFA francs (€39m) in Abidjan. [...]

SENEGAL Defence 28/09/2022

Arms broker Petit Boubé in Dakar to negotiate deal with gendarmes

Niger businessman Aboubacar Hima, also known as Petit Boubé, visited Dakar discreetly from August to September to meet with the head of the Senegalese gendarmerie Moussa Fall [...]

GUINEA Mining 27/09/2022

Robert Friedland's discreet meetings with Guinea coup leader Doumbouya

The mining magnate Robert Friedland was received three times in July and September by the Guinean junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya. The billionaire and the colonel discussed at great length projects and strategy for developing the country's mining sector. [...]

Robert Friedland addresses the delegates at the African Mining Indaba 2022 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, May 11, 2022.

IVORY COAST Infrastructures 27/09/2022

Ivory Coast gives up on second Abidjan metro line

Ivory Coast has given up on building a second metro line for its economic capital Abidjan and has instead plumped for a bus rapid transit (BRT) system. [...]

AFRICA Politics Diplomacy 26/09/2022

AU Peace and Security Commissioner Bankole Adeoye sends angry letter of reproach to his staff

Nigerian ambassador Bankole Adeoye has had enough of the delays and lack of preparation for meetings of the African Union Peace and Security Council. He made this abundantly clear in a letter sent to his staff on 5 September. [...]

Nigerian Ambassador to the African Union Bankole Adeoye.

BURKINA FASO FRANCE Defence Diplomacy 26/09/2022

France to provide Burkina Faso with military and financial support

While France has just completed its withdrawal from Mali, Paris is preparing to provide nearly €15m in budgetary aid to Ouagadougou. It is also considering a military support programme to strengthen Burkina Faso's armed forces as they face increased threats from Islamist militant groups. [...]

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UN launches strategic review of Mali peacekeeping mission in volatile context

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Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

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Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

Ructions over appointment of new AU legal counsel

President and former PM take their battle to the pulpits

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

Gnassingbé due in London to formalise Togo's Commonwealth membership

Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou

Steep Africa learning curve for new armed forces minister Lecornu

Macky Sall looks to think tank CHEDS for guidance on internal security

Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

Corruption probe engulfs more banks

Guinea foreign minister pursues other goals while in US

China's CHEC to build Akwaba motorway interchange in Abidjan

Arms broker Petit Boubé in Dakar to negotiate deal with gendarmes

Robert Friedland's discreet meetings with Guinea coup leader Doumbouya

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