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Ethiopia
Financing still not in place for Airbus attack helicopter contract

The Ethiopian Air Force has validated European aircraft manufacturer Airbus's technical offer for the sale of 18 military helicopters and two cargo aircraft to Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.10.2020

France, Madagascar
Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Despite a meeting between Ambassador Christophe Bouchard and President Andry Rajoelina, relations between Paris and Antananarivo remain frosty.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.09.2020

Algeria
Stéphane Richou, a new military attaché to mend fences with generals

Just two years after his appointment, French defence attaché Renaud Devouge has been replaced by Colonel Stéphane Richou, who will have to improve relations with the military.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.09.2020

Colonel Stéphane Richou in 2018, when he was appointed to the rank of officer of the National Order of Merit.

Mali, Niger
Luftwaffe upgrades Niamey hub in support of MINUSMA

Berlin is cautiously stepping up its commitment to the Sahel alongside its French and European allies with plans to dispatch A400M cargo planes and modernise its logistics hub in Niamey to support MINUSMA's forces in Mali.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 27.08.2020

Madagascar
Rajoelina's advisor misses out on top job at Air Mad

Now that Madagascar's national social insurance fund has taken over Air Austral's stake in Air Madagascar, the national airline is preparing to appoint a new chief executive to bolster its freight activities and establish a partnership with Ethiopian Airlines.

Subscribers only Business 27.08.2020

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha buys himself a $2m official plane

The powerful minister from Misrata has used state funds to buy himself a work plane. This puts him in the same league - almost - as Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj and his rival, Khalifa Haftar.

Subscribers only Business 14.07.2020

Algeria
Leonardo's four-year wait on helicopter assembly line over at last

Construction on the military and civilian helicopter assembly unit near Ain Arnat airport, the combined work of Italian group Leonardo and the Algerian army, is finally underway.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 30.06.2020

Spotlight | Libya, Mozambique, South Africa
Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Helicopters currently stationed in Libya could soon been deployed to Mozambique's oil-rich province where a jihadist insurrection continues to smoulder. The aircraft were reportedly supplied by Durrant's firm Lancaster 6.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.06.2020

Ethiopia
Berlin seeks to revive talks between Airbus and Ethiopian Air Force

Though Paris put on hold negotiations over the sale of 18 helicopters and two Airbus C-295 cargo planes to the Ethiopian Air Force at the start of the year, German diplomats may succeed in putting the project back on the table.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.06.2020

Ethiopia
Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines cargo boss Fitsum Abadi dispatches Jack Ma's deliveries

As the rest of Africa suspended flights in and out of China, Ethiopian Airlines stepped in to relay Chinese humanitarian equipment across the continent. This gave prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali an opportunity to assert his position as a pan-African leader and is also a testament to the operation coordinator, the company's rising star Fitsum Abadi.

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2020

Fitsum Abadi, managing director of Ethiopian Airlines Cargo & Logistics Services.

Algeria
Telecom: Vizada hangs up its satphone business for good

Vizada, a satphone pioneer in Algeria, has closed its local subsidiary. It did so despite the departure in January of the telecommunications minister who controversially withdrew its licence in 2016.

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2020

Nigeria
Covid-19: Air force maritime patrol plane grounded at RAS plant in Germany

Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has completed maintenance work on one of the Nigerian Air Force's two ATR 42-500 MP surveillance aircraft. The aircraft has been prevented from leaving Germany by the Covid-19 epidemic, just as the NAF needs to intensify maritime surveillance operations and the fight againt Boko Haram.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 18.05.2020

The NAF ATR 42-500 MP reconnaissance aircraft immobilized in Germany at RAS.

Kenya
The British army renews its air support service contractors

The British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) is preparing to expand its operations via a major tender call for air transport and medical evacuation services. In this way, Britain plans to strengthen its military presence in the strategic East Africa region.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 03.04.2020

Libya
Haftar tries to keep control of the skies

The fighting between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and forces allied with the government in Tripoli is more intense than [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2020

Spotlight | Libya
With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Following the failure of the humanitarian truce called for on March 18 by the United Nations to prevent the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in Libya, nothing seems likely to stop the fighting in Tripoli between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2020

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Airbus

Ethiopia
Financing still not in place for Airbus attack helicopter contract

France, Madagascar
Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Algeria
Stéphane Richou, a new military attaché to mend fences with generals

Mali, Niger
Luftwaffe upgrades Niamey hub in support of MINUSMA

Madagascar
Rajoelina's advisor misses out on top job at Air Mad

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha buys himself a $2m official plane

Algeria
Leonardo's four-year wait on helicopter assembly line over at last

Spotlight | Libya, Mozambique, South Africa
Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Ethiopia
Berlin seeks to revive talks between Airbus and Ethiopian Air Force

Ethiopia
Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines cargo boss Fitsum Abadi dispatches Jack Ma's deliveries

Algeria
Telecom: Vizada hangs up its satphone business for good

Nigeria
Covid-19: Air force maritime patrol plane grounded at RAS plant in Germany

Kenya
The British army renews its air support service contractors

Libya
Haftar tries to keep control of the skies

Spotlight | Libya
With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Libya
Ugur Kalkan's SM Executive Aviation opens Istanbul-Misrata line

Mali
Bamako stations its aircraft in Gao

Libya
Paris wants to bring Fathi Bachagha and Khalifa Haftar closer

Libya
Airbus hopes to sell civilian helicopters to Tripoli

Uganda
German companies make beeline for Kampala

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Ethiopia Financing still not in place for Airbus attack helicopter contract

France, Madagascar Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Algeria Stéphane Richou, a new military attaché to mend fences with generals

Mali, Niger Luftwaffe upgrades Niamey hub in support of MINUSMA

Madagascar Rajoelina's advisor misses out on top job at Air Mad

Libya Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha buys himself a $2m official plane

Algeria Leonardo's four-year wait on helicopter assembly line over at last

Spotlight | Libya, Mozambique, South Africa Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Ethiopia Berlin seeks to revive talks between Airbus and Ethiopian Air Force

Ethiopia Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines cargo boss Fitsum Abadi dispatches Jack Ma's deliveries

Algeria Telecom: Vizada hangs up its satphone business for good

Nigeria Covid-19: Air force maritime patrol plane grounded at RAS plant in Germany

Kenya The British army renews its air support service contractors

Libya Haftar tries to keep control of the skies

Spotlight | Libya With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Libya Ugur Kalkan's SM Executive Aviation opens Istanbul-Misrata line

Mali Bamako stations its aircraft in Gao

Libya Paris wants to bring Fathi Bachagha and Khalifa Haftar closer

Libya Airbus hopes to sell civilian helicopters to Tripoli

Uganda German companies make beeline for Kampala

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Ethiopia
Financing still not in place for Airbus attack helicopter contract

France, Madagascar
Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Algeria
Stéphane Richou, a new military attaché to mend fences with generals

Mali, Niger
Luftwaffe upgrades Niamey hub in support of MINUSMA

Madagascar
Rajoelina's advisor misses out on top job at Air Mad

Libya
Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha buys himself a $2m official plane

Algeria
Leonardo's four-year wait on helicopter assembly line over at last

Spotlight | Libya, Mozambique, South Africa
Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Ethiopia
Berlin seeks to revive talks between Airbus and Ethiopian Air Force

Ethiopia
Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines cargo boss Fitsum Abadi dispatches Jack Ma's deliveries

Algeria
Telecom: Vizada hangs up its satphone business for good

Nigeria
Covid-19: Air force maritime patrol plane grounded at RAS plant in Germany

Kenya
The British army renews its air support service contractors

Libya
Haftar tries to keep control of the skies

Spotlight | Libya
With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Libya
Ugur Kalkan's SM Executive Aviation opens Istanbul-Misrata line

Mali
Bamako stations its aircraft in Gao

Libya
Paris wants to bring Fathi Bachagha and Khalifa Haftar closer

Libya
Airbus hopes to sell civilian helicopters to Tripoli

Uganda
German companies make beeline for Kampala