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West Africa

Equatorial Guinea
Obiang in Beijing

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema was the only leader of a an oil producing country in the Gulf of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.10.2005

Nigeria
Bolstering the Downstream

Owed money by the private distribution company Africa Petroleum, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.10.2005

Nigeria
Discovery in Rio Muni

The American firm Devon has just made a discovery on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.10.2005

Guinea
Crew Buys Guinor for $328 Million

As AMI anticipated in its 117th issue, consolidation is underway in West Africa's gold industry. On Oct. 17, Crew Gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.10.2005

Guinea
Ba Mamadou

The president of the opposition Union des Forces Democratiques de Guinea party which represents the Peul ethnic community, the biggest [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.10.2005

Ghana
Iamgold Corp and Gold Fields

Iamgold Corp and Gold Fields, which respectively hold 18.9% and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.10.2005

Ivory Coast
Dirty Diamonds on Legal Market?

The current president of the Kimberley Process, Vyacheslav Shtyrov, sent [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.10.2005

Ghana
Golden Star Still Chases Goal

Despite a temporary halt in open-cast mining at its Prestea [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.10.2005

Mali
Nevsun Seeks to Raise Funds

Nevsun Resources Ltd. has signed an agreement with a syndicate [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.10.2005

Nigeria
Abuja Buys Chinese Fighters

Nigeria’s cabinet late last month approved the procurement of 12 Chinese F7 fighter aircraft from the China National Aero Technology [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Mali
Tehran versus Washington

The Iranian and American governments are each investing in Mali‘s power sector. The U.S. Trade & Development Administration has offered [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Nigeria
Fund for Local Firms

We understand the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is talking with a consortium of investors to set up a fund [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Ivory Coast
Kassim Fadiga

Son of a former navy minister during Felix Houphouet Boigny’s presidency, Kassim Fadiga, was appointed head of Ivory Coast’s state-controlled [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Mauritania
K. Ould Mohamedou

Former first secretary at the Mauritanian embassy in Washington, Kemal Ould Mohamedou has just been hired by the Australian oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Guinea
Famourou Kourouma

The American group Hyperdynamics which had its huge concession in Guinea cancelled this summer has just hired a Guinean with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Mauritania | smh
Nouakchott’s Oil Firm

With the Chinguetti field slated to begin producing before the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Ivory Coast
New Acreage for Vanco

Already owner of the CI-112 concession in Ivory Coast’s deep [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Ivory Coast | kemp partners
Abidjan’s New Mouthpiece

Already working with other lobbying concerns, Ivory Coast has taken [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2005

Mali
Raymond Legault

The president of the Quebec Order of Geologists, Raymond Legault, has joined the board of Robex Resources Inc. Legault had [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

West Africa
Youssef El Hajjam

We mistakenly reported in the last issue of Africa Mining Intelligence (No. 116) that Yassine Lahlou had been named mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

Mauritania
Nouakchott Espouses Transparency

Colonel Ely Mohamed Ould Vall’s "Military Council for Justice and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

Guinea
Canada to Re-Open Embassy?

Guinea prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo met with his former [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

Nigeria
Oil Sands Transparency

The minister for solid minerals, Oby Ezekweisele, has set up [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

Mali, United Kingdom
Irish Firm on AIM

Ireland’s Glencar Mining Plc., which recently brought Gold Fields into [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

Sierra Leone
Petra Diamonds and Mano Merge

Partners in a joint venture in Sierra Leone since June, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2005

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