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Benin
Patrice Talon neuters the opposition

The Beninese president has needed just two years to remove his main opponents from the political stage.

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2018

Mali, Niger
Why Issoufou and IBK are backing the creation of Air Sahel

Niamey and Bamako have been lobbying their G5 Sahel counterparts to create a joint airline. The low-down.

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2018

Ivory Coast
IMF criticises governance of public companies

The financial institution is concerned at the chronic levels of debt of these bodies.

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2018

Ivory Coast
Ouattara and Soro at loggerheads

Henri Konan Bedie (HKB) is not the only one on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2018

Mali
IBK imposes an austerity drive in Koulouba

After an eventful presidential election in July and August, it [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2018

Mauritania
A UN inquiry targets the MINUSCA contingent

On 24 September, the United Nations ordered an internal inquiry [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2018

China, West Africa
Trans-Sahelian: no feasibility study, no money from Beijing

The project to build a rail link of over 6,000 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2018

Nigeria
Ozwald Boateng, tailor to traders, to suit up British Airways

His suits are already worn by business passengers on the Lagos to London, now British Airways has chosen the British [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Equatorial Guinea
Trading houses want Shell out of the picture

While Shell may have a contract to lift LNG until 2020 there are several candidates lining up to take its place in Malabo.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Niger, Nigeria
Savannah Petroleum boss' Azerbaijani networks

The British junior developing its deposit in the Agadem zone has well-heeled shareholders close to Baku.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Ghana
Licensing rounds: after border victory, Apaalse goes for double win

The country's new Licensing Bid Rounds and Negotiation (LBRN) Committee, in place since March 2018, is ready for action after [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Ghana
Balkan Energy dam trial: Accra throws in the towel

Ten years into the trial, the Ghanaian government has decided to call it quits on its dispute with the Texan junior.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Nigeria
Will Waltersmith succeed in launch of Delta's first modular refinery?

The project single-handedly borne by the Nigerian state serves the government's promise to counter vandalism.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Senegal | Government strategy
Minister Mansour Kane urgently seeks consultants for key negotiations

To be quick on the draw for future talks over [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Liberia | Government strategy
Monrovia targets clean sweep of oil & gas tanker registrations

Only second in size to Panama's ship registry, Liberia now [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Senegal
Petrosen puts african Petroleum and Elenilto's old assets up for sale

Interested bidders have until the end of October to send [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Ivory Coast
String of setbacks and uncompromising minister dampens total's plans to invest

Total and its partner Yam's Petroleum (25%) are thinking of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2018

Equatorial Guinea, France
Exclusive. How Malabo settled its dispute with Orange

Equatorial Guinea and Orange have settled their dispute after the state agreed to pay the French telecommunications group an additional [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.10.2018

Ivory Coast
Henriette Konan Bedie is caught up in the political crisis

Against a backdrop of a crisis in his relations with the regime of Alassane Ouattara (WAN 785), former Ivorian president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.10.2018

Mali
Norton Rose and Drake & Bart head bent on solution for AngloGold

The two laws firms, one hired by AngloGold, the other by the Malian state, are reportedly working on a deal for the Sadiola and Yatela gold mines.

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Guinea
Alexander Zotov courts Chinese market for his bauxite

Russian businessman Alexander Zotov, the managing director of Eurasian Resources (which is not related to Kazakh mining firm Eurasian Resources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Burkina Faso
Task force deployed to reassure miners over insecurity

In light of the recent security breaches in Burkinabe mines, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Nigeria
Pridolian surfs on national mining sector boom

Already highly active in Russia and former Soviet Union countries, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Guinea
Alufer ready to cast off second bauxite shipment from Bel Air mine

By mid-October, British firm Alufer Mining should be ready to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

Burkina Faso, Ghana
Cross-border mining railway line to make tracks by early 2019?

During a mid-September meeting, Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kabore [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2018

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