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Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
No money for mercenaries

Some 42 Burkina Faso elite soldiers recruited by Guillaume Soro [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.12.2012

Benin
Lehady Soglo eyes mayor's office

Nicephore Soglo, the country’s ex-president, will not stand for re-election [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.12.2012

Spotlight | Nigeria
How Technip avoided a trial

Following a decade of investigations only two former executives of France's Technip accused of paying bribes related to the construction of the Nigeria LNG's liquefaction plant on Bonny Island are waiting for a verdict to be handed down in France [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Mauritania
Chariot’s local connections

The oil group founded by Adonis Pouroulis made the most of the connections of Pouroulis’ father, a mining explorer who has been active in Mauritania since 2007.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Niger
Helios in talks for blocks

Several officials from the company headed by Larry Bottomley have begun talks to operate the Djado 2 and 3 concession.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Nigeria
Oando acquires ConocoPhillips

To raise the money needed to buy out the assets of ConocoPhillips in Nigeria, Oando is considering selling off some of its operations in the downstream and borrowing from traders.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot chasing licences

The chairman of Foxtrot, Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, was in Abidjan last week to use some friendly persuasion with the government to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Ghana
Sinopec keeps line under wraps

In something approaching near secrecy, a company hired by Sinopec to build a gas pipeline in shallow water is advancing slowly towards the coast.

Free access Energy 18.12.2012

Ivory Coast
North refuses to pay the bill

The Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricite (CIE) that generates and sells power in the country can’t get regions in the centre, north [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

United States, West Africa
Richard Dearlove

The American oil group Kosmos Energy that is active on the Jubilee field in Ghana as well as in Morocco, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Liberia
Sirleaf seeks Kuwait’s help

Liberia’s ambassador to Kuwait, Konah Blackett, is presently in charge [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Ivory Coast
Toungara's tight family ties

Oil and mines minister Adama Toungara can count on unswerving [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Nigeria
PPMC to soon sow up funding

Standard Chartered Bank has had to fight an uphill battle [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Ivory Coast
Alex Stewart International

Already active in Gabon, the firm Alex Stewart International is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Niger
Frank Timis

Frank Timis, the Australian businessman, finally managed in early December [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Ghana
Kwabena Donkor

Kwabena Donkor, the present managing director of Ghana's Petroleum Commission, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2012

Liberia
Finishing line in sight for Aureus Mining

Aureus Mining has stepped up the timetable for its New Liberty gold mine in Liberia and is now planning to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

Togo
SNPT: Lome seeks Chemicals Group’s expertise

Togolese president Faure Gnassingbe has decided to call on the expertise of Israel’s Chemicals Group to bolster the capacity of [...]

Free access Mining 11.12.2012

Ivory Coast
Fatima Thes

Named by Ivory Coast mines, energy and oil minister Adama Toungara in October as the government’s representative for the Kimberley [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

Guinea
Peter Sullivan

The chairman of Australia’s Alliance Mining Commodities (AMC), Peter Sullivan. has completed a feasibility study aimed at extracting bauxite at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, 23-25/05

SEMICA, a show for mining, energy and quarry specialists organized by BITEL Communication, will be held in the capital of [...]

Free access Mining 11.12.2012

Burkina Faso
Bissa gold starts work on Sabce

Bissa Gold, an affiliate of High River Gold, has begun [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

Burkina Faso
Riverstone Resources in a hurry on Karma

Riverstone Resources is hoping to complete the feasibility study on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

Guinea
GIO seeks AIM listing in 2013

A newcomer to iron ore exploration in Guinea, the junior [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

Ivory Coast
What Ivory Coast’s new bill has to say on additional profits

Africa Mining Intelligence has obtained a copy of a draft [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2012

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