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Ivory Coast
Ouattara keeps it in the family

Ivory Coast's rival presidents Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara have one thing in common: family. Ouattara, winner of the presidential [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.03.2011

Ivory Coast
Urban warfare undermines Gbagbo

Laurent Gbagbo's Special Forces are coming under serious pressure from several heavily-armed groups who now control neighbourhoods of Abidjan within striking distance of the presidential palace.

Subscribers only Politics 23.03.2011

Benin
Yayi's knock-out win sparks protests

Yayi's overwhelming first round victory in Benin's presidential elections has sparked an unprecedented wave of protest in Benin.

Subscribers only Politics 23.03.2011

Guinea
Talbot declares war on Bollore

After losing the port of Conakry to the Bollore group, the head of Necotrans has declared war on its principal rival. West Africa Newsletter analyses the situation.

Subscribers only Politics 23.03.2011

Ivory Coast
Gbagbo arms his troops

Laurent Gbagbo’s regime has been busy equipping forces loyal to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.03.2011

Ivory Coast
Sifca replaces Jean-Louis Billon in Ivory Coast

Ivorian agri-business giant Sifca, founded by Pierre Billon, is in [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2011

Togo
Cademos and Africa Capital advise Togo

After several months’ hesitation, the Togolese government has decided to [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2011

Ivory Coast
Comium gets close to Gbagbo

Nizar Dalloul, the chairman of the Lebanese telecommunications group Comium, [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2011

West Africa
July boost for WAGP

Initially scheduled to come on stream in 2008, the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) will see its compression ratio sharply [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Senegal
APR rides to Wade & son’s rescue

With presidential elections scheduled for next year, an acute power crisis in Dakar could be resolved by the U.S. firm APR Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Mauritania
SMH

The Societe Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH) has been the object [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Nigeria
Ex militants attend school

The 74 militants from the Niger Delta who were sent [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

European Union, Nigeria
Joly taking on Total again?

According to our sources, Eva Joly, a Euro MP from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Nigeria
Companies still awaiting a rise in payments for the gas they supply

Announced eight months ago by oil resources minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Nigeria
Tesler's bankers

Having pleaded guilty on March 11 before the US district [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Nigeria
Shell wants even more

Royal/Dutch/Shell called would-be suitors to the Hilton Tower Bridge hotel [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Nigeria
Standard Chartered Bank

Banker of Conoil, the Nigerian company owned by Mike Adenuga, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

France, Nigeria
Rilwanu Lukman

Rilwanu Lukman, ex Nigerian oil resources minister replaced in 2010, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Nigeria
Goodluck Jonathan

Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian president who will seek a new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago
Kamla Persad Bissessar

Kamla Persad Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, announced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Ivory Coast
Petroci & MRS fight over stake

Lacking chronically in cash, outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo's regime is seeking to sell the stakes of Petroci in joint ventures [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Niger
Andrew Johnstone

Artemis Resources, an Australian junior that is exploring acquire two uranium projects in Niger, TAGAZA 2 and TAGAZA 4, has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

Ghana
Sam Coetzer

A former executive of Kinross Gold Corp and Xstrata AG, Sam Coetzer, has been put in charge of Golden Star [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

France, Guinea
Paris, 23/03/11

Medef International, the international cooperation arm of the French employers federation, is organizing a seminar on Guinea at its headquarters [...]

Free access Mining 15.03.2011

Guinea
Conakry, 10-12/05/11

AME Trade, which successfully organized the first mining conference in Mauritania at the end of last year, will lay on [...]

Free access Mining 15.03.2011

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