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West Africa

Senegal
Suner seeking partners for gold venture

An investment adviser and boss of Monaco-based Consul Universal, Alexandre Suner is currently putting together a project in Senegal to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2011

Togo
New Tender for Phosphate Mines

Australia’s Sultan Corp has found itself back to square one concerning exploiting Togo’s carbonated phosphates reserves (AMI 263).Under pressure from [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2011

Togo
Lome to open Dagbati mine

Michel Kezie, managing director of Societe Nationale des Phosphates de Togo (SNPT) has joined with mines minister Daminipi Nopoukou in [...]

Free access Mining 20.12.2011

West Africa
Astrium in mining play

. An affiliate of EADS, Astrium is picking up contracts [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2011

Guinea
Bambuk’s promising drilling campaign

. Bambuk Minerals, an explorer wholly owned by Toro Gold, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2011

Guinea
Gold output plummets

Guinea's government isn't profiting from higher prices on the world's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2011

Niger
UNDP backs mining sector

The United Nations Development Program is going to hire an [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2011

Spotlight | Mali
Paris pressures Bamako to deal with AQIM

Mali’s politically independent President Amadou Toumani Toure, known for his softly-softly approach, has not earned any plaudits for his weak response in dealing with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). However if Toure, who came to power in 2002, [.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Ivory Coast
Ouattara keeps Gbagbo trial low-key

President Alassane Ouattara is determined to minimise the impact of Laurent Gbagbo’s pending trial at the International Criminal Court in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Ivory Coast
Ouattara holds purse strings

Former IMF economist Alassane Ouattara has placed close allies in charge of Ivory Coast’s coffers - all the better to keep his eye on public spending.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Burkina Faso
Blaise’s new inner circle

Several months after the crisis that nearly toppled him, President Compaore has decided to place some of his old allies, including Salif Diallo, in key positions.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Niger
Imouraren delay a blow for Issoufou

The prospect of further delays in the launch of Areva's Imouraren uranium mining operation is set to have economic and political repercussions in Niger.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Ivory Coast
Ouattara hiring

President Alassane Ouattara has boosted his team of advisors with [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Togo
GDF-Suez negotiates with Lome

Jean-Paul Benoit, GDF-Suez’ lawyer, paid a visit to Lome at [...]

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Burkina Faso
Kanazoe siblings take reins of business

Mady Kanazoe and Aiceta Kanazoe, the two favourite children of [...]

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Ivory Coast, Togo
PFO Africa, beyond Ivory Coast

The architecture and construction company Pierre Fakhoury Operator now has [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2011

Ivory Coast
Trafigura heads back to Abidjan

Venance Guessennd, the managing director of Starenergie 2073 and a [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2011

Africa
Afrik-TV looking for investors

Stuggling in West Africa, the Paris-based TV news agency Afrik-TV, [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2011