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West Africa

Equatorial Guinea, Japan
Obiang Drops in for Tea

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema was received in Tokyo by the new Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

China, Equatorial Guinea
Huge Loan from Beijing

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema didn’t return empty handed from the China-Africa summit that he attended two weeks ago. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Mali
Sonatrach Looks Southwards

Algeria’s Sonatrach is advancing in its drive to expand abroad by acquiring stakes in five blocks in Mali.

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Ghana
The Rise of Local Companies

Some small Ghanaian companies have won stakes in the country’s offshore alongside Tullow Oil, Anadarko and Kosmos.

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Nigeria
Fast Takeoff for INC

Inexistent just a year ago, the Nigerian group INC Natural Resources has acquired a significant oil portfolio in less than six months.

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Nigeria
Bidding Round Delayed

Initially planned for early this month, a licensing round in Nigeria’s offshore has been put back to the end of November.

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Senegal
World Bank Back in Town

Following Samuel Sarr’s departure as boss of the power utility Senelec, the World Bank has made contact anew with the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2006

Burkina Faso
Joint Push to Build Youga Gold Mine

Etruscan Resources Inc received a new update of the feasibility study on its future gold mine at Youga in Burkina [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.11.2006

Guinea
Global Alumina

Global Alumina, an American concern headed by Karim Karjian and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.11.2006

Liberia
Sirleaf Takes Control of Mittal Port

In New York in late October, Liberian president Ellen Johnson [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.11.2006

Mali
Resolute Finances Syama

Resolute Mining has sold 15.6 million shares in Paladin Resources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.11.2006

Mauritania
Seeking Oil Connection

Mauritanian president Ely Ould Mohamed Vall paid an official visit to Madrid on Oct. 30-31 to negotiate what could be [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Equatorial Guinea, Spain
Second Spanish Visit

In the hope of giving a further push to an improvement in Madrid’s relations with Equatorial Guinea, prime minister Jose [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Nigeria
Addax Strikes a Great Deal

Addax Petroleum has just teamed up with a well-connected Nigerian firm that acquired a promising block in Nigeria’s offshore without competitive bidding.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

West Africa
New Hitch for Pipeline Project

Financial squabbles and supply headaches are continuing to cause delays in commissioning the West Africa Gas Pipeline.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Equatorial Guinea
A New Vulture Fund?

Equatorial Guinea has followed in Congo-B’s footsteps in finding itself confronting an equity fund that bought its debt from a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Mali | EDM
Hit by Fraud

Operated by the Mali government and IPSA, the branch of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Nigeria
Details of Licensing Round

The chief of Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources, Tony Chukwueke, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Nigeria
Afren Drills on Okoro

Less than six months after acquiring a stake in OML [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Equatorial Guinea | Pennington's
Equatorial Guinea Case Fizzles Out

Arguing that it was not competent to hand down a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Guinea | GEO EXPERTS
Hyperdynamics Advisers

The geophysics consultancy Geo Experts has been handed a mandate [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2006

Guinea, Ivory Coast
Abidjan Woos Guinea’s Iron Ore

Ivory Coast has launched a charm offensive to persuade Guinea to ship its iron ore across its territory. On the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2006

Burkina Faso
Niel Marotta

A former mining analyst and manager of the "Select Gold Fund," a fund run by the Boston-based Fidelity Investments group, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2006

Sierra Leone
Jamie Alpen

The Sierra Leone Diamond Co (SLDC) has poached an executive working for a direct competitor. Owned by Frank Timis, SLDC [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2006

Ghana
Local Banks Finance Golden Star

Golden Star (Bogoso/Prestea), the Ghanaian affiliate of the U.S. firm [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2006

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