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Guinea
Doumbouya looks to Fouta Djalon for carbon credits

The region is known as the 'water tower of West Africa'.

Subscribers only Finance 29.11.2024

Ivory Coast
Ouattara set to release final 2024 defence funds

The disbursement comes after multiple delays.

Subscribers only Defence 29.11.2024

Niger
EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

A diplomatic crisis between Niger and the European Union has derailed Germany's bid to resume its development aid. For several weeks, Berlin has been quietly trying to re-engage with the junta.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2024

West Africa
Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

Jean-Marie Bockel submitted a report to the French president on 25 November.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.11.2024

ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray in Abuja, on 24 February 2024.© Kola Sulaimon/AFP

Spotlight | West Africa
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

The heads of state of the West African regional organisation will meet next month in Abuja. The main issue at their summit will be the ratification of the withdrawal from ECOWAS of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which are all now run by military juntas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.11.2024

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, emir of Kano, in northern Nigeria, during the Durbar festival, on 2 September 2017.© Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters

Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

The two front-runners for the post of governor in the northern Nigerian state are starting to muster their forces and form new alliances. They have no qualms about using their children's marriages to this end.

Subscribers only Politics 27.11.2024

Niger
Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

From 11 to 15 November, lawyers for British trader Curzon Uranium and Sopamin faced off at the Geneva arbitration tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2024

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

The British junior's shareholders want the firm to act soon on finding a more dynamic stock market, making new acquisitions and rapidly developing Kenyan reserves.

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.2024

Rahul Dhir, Tullow Oil CEO, at Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, South Africa, 4 October 2022.

Senegal
Luxembourg fintech behind new WAEMU payment system

A handful of Luxembourgian finance experts contributed to the development of a new payment tool for the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The system will be officially launched in Dakar this week.

Free access Finance 26.11.2024

At a vegetable market in Burkina Faso, 4 March 2024.

Guinea-Bissau
Embaló set for December meet with Macron in Paris

The President of Guinea-Bissau will pay an official visit to Paris in December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.11.2024

Morocco, Nigeria
Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

The Economic Community of West African States plans to sign a cooperation deal for the construction of the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline next month, but their optimism belies the challenges facing the project in the oil-producing Niger Delta region.

Free access Energy 25.11.2024

Ecowas leaders in Abuja, on 7 July 2024.

Niger
Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

Twenty-six African VIPs have come together to call for the liberation of Niger's ex-President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been detained in the presidential palace since he was overthrown in July 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2024

Nigeria
Cocoa industry relieved at delay in EU anti-deforestation regulation

The Nigerian cocoa market, which is made up of small-scale producers and is largely deregulated, fears the impact of the European legislation on its exports. The industry is trying to rally support for its cause.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 22.11.2024

Togo
Moscow all set to open embassy in Lomé

Russia has just got the go-ahead from the Gnassingbé government to open an embassy on its soil next year, marking a further phase in the rapprochement between the two countries.

Subscribers only Defence 22.11.2024

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov with his Togolese counterpart Robert Dussey in Saint Petersburg on 16 February 2021.

Togo
Friction grows between Gnassingbé and army over jihadist incursions

Lack of proper communication between the Togolese president and the general staff over recent attacks by Islamist militant groups in the north of the country are causing tensions at the top of the state.

Subscribers only Defence 21.11.2024

Togo's president Faure Gnassingbe in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 13 November 2024.

Ivory Coast
Sidi Mohamed Kagnassi well placed to buy Ivoire Coton

He is set to acquire one of the flagships of Industrial Promotion Services West Africa.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 21.11.2024

Ghana
ENI comes up trumps in battle against Springfield

The Italian major has won a three-year legal battle to not have its Sankofa field unitised with that of the Ghanaian junior, which now has to pay for the former's US legal fees before the case can be closed.

Subscribers only Energy 20.11.2024

Senegal
Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

The Abu Dhabi-based, state-controlled defence company is looking to sell its training or light attack aircraft to the Senegalese Air Force.

Subscribers only Defence 20.11.2024

Africa
France's new military command for Africa begins to take shape

The new military coordination body, which is modelled on the United States Africa Command, is working to reorganise France's presence on the continent. In addition to preserving military outposts in West and Central Africa, the project entails closer cooperation with a handful of other African states, some of which are English-speaking.

Subscribers only Defence 19.11.2024

A French soldier from Operation Barkhane in northern Chad, on 2 June 2022.

Spotlight | West Africa
Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

African governments have been slow in releasing the funds promised for the future African hydrocarbon bank. The project, led by Nigeria's Omar Farouk Ibrahim, is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2025, but only a portion of the financing it needs has been raised.

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2024

Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, in Cairo, on 14 February 2022.

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West Africa

Guinea
Doumbouya looks to Fouta Djalon for carbon credits

Ivory Coast
Ouattara set to release final 2024 defence funds

Niger
EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

West Africa
Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

Spotlight | West Africa
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Niger
Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

Senegal
Luxembourg fintech behind new WAEMU payment system

Guinea-Bissau
Embaló set for December meet with Macron in Paris

Morocco, Nigeria
Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

Niger
Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

Nigeria
Cocoa industry relieved at delay in EU anti-deforestation regulation

Togo
Moscow all set to open embassy in Lomé

Togo
Friction grows between Gnassingbé and army over jihadist incursions

Ivory Coast
Sidi Mohamed Kagnassi well placed to buy Ivoire Coton

Ghana
ENI comes up trumps in battle against Springfield

Senegal
Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

Africa
France's new military command for Africa begins to take shape

Spotlight | West Africa
Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Benin
Popular Chinese ambassador heads back to Beijing

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Moumouni Bictogo keen to take over mining employers' association chair from Jean-Claude Diplo

Nigeria
Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

Senegal
Electricity giant EDF on verge of selling subsidiary to Seritech

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West Africa

Guinea Doumbouya looks to Fouta Djalon for carbon credits

Ivory Coast Ouattara set to release final 2024 defence funds

Niger EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

West Africa Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

Spotlight | West Africa ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Nigeria Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Niger Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

Spotlight | Nigeria Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

Senegal Luxembourg fintech behind new WAEMU payment system

Guinea-Bissau Embaló set for December meet with Macron in Paris

Morocco, Nigeria Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

Niger Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

Nigeria Cocoa industry relieved at delay in EU anti-deforestation regulation

Togo Moscow all set to open embassy in Lomé

Togo Friction grows between Gnassingbé and army over jihadist incursions

Ivory Coast Sidi Mohamed Kagnassi well placed to buy Ivoire Coton

Ghana ENI comes up trumps in battle against Springfield

Senegal Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

Africa France's new military command for Africa begins to take shape

Spotlight | West Africa Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Benin Popular Chinese ambassador heads back to Beijing

Ivory Coast Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Ivory Coast Moumouni Bictogo keen to take over mining employers' association chair from Jean-Claude Diplo

Nigeria Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

Senegal Electricity giant EDF on verge of selling subsidiary to Seritech

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Guinea
Doumbouya looks to Fouta Djalon for carbon credits

Ivory Coast
Ouattara set to release final 2024 defence funds

Niger
EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

West Africa
Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

Spotlight | West Africa
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Niger
Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tullow Oil management under pressure to find new sources of growth

Senegal
Luxembourg fintech behind new WAEMU payment system

Guinea-Bissau
Embaló set for December meet with Macron in Paris

Morocco, Nigeria
Rabat's drive keeps African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project rolling forward

Niger
Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

Nigeria
Cocoa industry relieved at delay in EU anti-deforestation regulation

Togo
Moscow all set to open embassy in Lomé

Togo
Friction grows between Gnassingbé and army over jihadist incursions

Ivory Coast
Sidi Mohamed Kagnassi well placed to buy Ivoire Coton

Ghana
ENI comes up trumps in battle against Springfield

Senegal
Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

Africa
France's new military command for Africa begins to take shape

Spotlight | West Africa
Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Benin
Popular Chinese ambassador heads back to Beijing

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Moumouni Bictogo keen to take over mining employers' association chair from Jean-Claude Diplo

Nigeria
Nigerian junior Green Energy close to completing new Rivers oil terminal

Senegal
Electricity giant EDF on verge of selling subsidiary to Seritech