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Africa, United States
Grant Harris, the man of the summit

One man has been centre stage of preparations for the United States-Africa summit in Washington on August 5-6 - White [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Benin
Patrice Talon affair claims new victim

Heads continue to roll in the ongoing Patrice Talon affair. The latest to be shown the door is prosecutor Justin Gbènamèto.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Niger
Military miffed at Mahamadou

There is no love lost between Mahamadou Issoufou and Niger’s military top brass, who are irked at being left out of crucial decision-making on defence.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Burkina Faso
Thomas Sankara in memoriam

The high court in Ouagadougou will rule on March 5 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Ivory Coast
Ouattara invites favoured neighbours

President Alassane Ouattara issued special invitations to Nigeria, Burkina Faso, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Ivory Coast
Ouattara shadow mediates for CEMAC

Abidjan and Malabo have become even tighter friends since Alassane [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Nigeria
Three winners in Chevron sell-off

Still stalled by an injunction by Brittania U, the sale of Chevron's stakes has been completed with three companies rather than just one.

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Nigeria
Seplat soon to be listed in the City

A year behind the original scheme, Nigeria's Seplat group is expected to seek a listing on AIM in London in the first half of 2014.

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Niger
CNPC in drilling frenzy on Agadem

Having won a nod from the authorities in Niger in November to develop new fields on the Agadem block, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is pulling out all the stops.

Free access Energy 28.01.2014

Mauritania
Banda’s future looks dim

The appointment of a new oil minister in Nouakchott appears to have thrown a spanner into negotiations with Tullow Oil, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Mauritania
Wartsila in an awkward place

One of the donors for the 120 MW power plant at Nouakchott is thinking of pulling out its second phase because of allegations of corruption.

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Guinea
Kerfalla Yansane

Guinean president Alpha Conde last week appointed Kerfalla Yansane as mines and geology minister with authority over oil exploration. Until [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Ivory Coast
PetroCI

During a cabinet meeting on Jan. 22, Ivory Coast president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Ivory Coast
CIE

New projects are piling up to provide the Ivory Coast [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Ghana
Gridco raises $170 million

Founded in 2006, Ghana Grid Co (Gridco), the national power [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Nigeria
Conoco winds up sale

As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated in its last issue (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Nigeria
SSF

Headed by retired general Pierre-Jacques Costedoat, who was successively in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Equatorial Guinea
Chinese bounced out of Rio Muni

Blocks EG-03 and EG-4 that cover all of the small [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Mali
IMF to help Bamako audit mining companies

In order to optimise its mining revenue, Bamako asked for help from the IMF fiduciary thematic fund in managing its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Mauritania
New start for Tamagot iron project

After a protracted legal battle between the Indonesian-controlled Bumi Resources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Burkina Faso
Golden Rim finance Balogo

The Australian mining company Golden Rim Resources has just completed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Burkina Faso
Essakane scales back operation

A first warning shot has sounded in Burkina Faso's gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou

Salif Lamoussa Kabore, the Burkinabe minister for mines and energy, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Togo
Lomé

Brigitte Bocoum, the head of the World Bank’s mining department, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

Ivory Coast
Abidjan

Ansu Baija, the managing director of the Indian family mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

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