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Boko Haram

Niger
National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Using French financing, Delair, a small company based in Toulouse in southern France, is developing its exports to the armed forces of the Sahel.

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2020

Chad
Idriss Déby poses as war leader against Boko Haram

The meticulously staged photograph posted on the Twitter account of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2020

Mozambique
Total and ExxonMobil sound warning bell over security time bomb

The American supermajor is coming up with reasons to delay its final investment decision while Total plays for time.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Nigeria
Covid-19 scuppers Indimi's imminent Okwok deal for Oriental

For a long time, Oriental Energy Resources (OER), founder and chairman Muhammadu Indimi kept a tight lid on his negotiations [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2020

Cameroon
Yaoundé plans to end isolation of northern power grids

Currently cut off from the rest of the country and threatened by jihadist insurgents, northern regions of Cameroon could soon be connected to southern electricity networks.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.03.2020

Chad
The army brings out its Osprea armoured troop carriers against Boko Haram

Following an attack by Boko Haram on March 23, the Chadian Armed Forces have brought in new armoured troop carriers.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 27.03.2020

The Chadian Armed Forces (FAT) have just deployed several Mamba Mk7s.

Nigeria
Sanjeev Gupta's Nigerian staging ground

Indian businessman Sanjeev Gupta, who has been investigated by British authorities over his financial methods, has also been busy in Nigeria. Since 2015, he bought the British branch of Nigeria's Diamond Bank.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 11.03.2020

Cameroon
Yaoundé to take delivery of two Bollinger patrol boats from the US

According to our sources, Washington is planning to offer Cameroon two 110 feet (34 metre) Island-class patrol boats built by [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.02.2020

Washington will offer Cameroon two former Bollinger patrol boats from the US Coast Guard.

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali contends with disturbing echoes of Boko Haram

On 15 January, the press officer at the prime minister's office, Billene Aster Seyoum, issued a statement announcing that the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2020

Djibouti
Cameroon's Safe Boats patrol vessels end up in Djibouti

The Djiboutian navy is to receive four American-built military patrol boats originally intended for the Cameroonian army.

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2020

Africa, China
Beijing seeks to unleash its military drones in west Africa

China, a leading player in the drone market, has embarked on negotiations with several capitals in the region to supply them with combat drones.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.01.2020

Mozambique, Niger, Senegal
How Control Risks became the go-to partner for CNPC-BP-Exxon

British security firm Control Risks has secured a foothold in every corner of the continent, targeting majors and their subcontractors, but one firm is still holding out: French major Total.

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Niger
France's Delair gets its surveillance drones off the ground in the Sahel

The Nigerien National Guard (GNN), commanded by General Mahamadou Sidi, took delivery of three DT-26 surveillance drones built by French [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.11.2019

Nigeria
Why do NNPC's Mele Kyari and minister Sylva only have eyes for Moscow?

NNPC group managing director Mele Kyari and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva joined President Muhammadu Buhari [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.11.2019

Nigeria
The race is on for the Kainji US air base construction contract

The 12 A-29 Super Tucano ground attack aircraft to be delivered by the United States to Nigeria will be complemented by an extension of the Kainji air base in the small town of New Bussa in Niger State.

Subscribers only Politics 01.11.2019

Niger
Gado orders CNPC to head back to Diffa despite high terrorism risk

Frequent incursions by the Boko Haram movement in the Diffa [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.09.2019

In Focus | Mauritania, Niger, United States
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Construction group Gecoba, a preferred US Army partner company owned by Mauritanian national Khalidou Moussa Ba, has won contracts worth several million dollars in Central and West Africa since 2013. It is heavily involved, notably, in the construction of a huge strategic air base in Agadez in Niger.

Subscribers only Business 09.09.2019

The USAF air base in Agadez, a key building site for Gecoba, the group of Khalidou Moussa Ba.

Spotlight | Great lakes
Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

The attack on a military camp in Kamango in the Bovata region of eastern Congo-K on 18 April, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, reflects an intensification of the duel between the Ugandan and Rwandan intelligence services.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 10.05.2019

Spotlight | Document | Cameroon
Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

85-year-old Paul Biya has embarked on a highly uncertain seventh term in office, despite his comfortable victory in October. Operations by Boko Haram in the far north combined with the civil war tearing apart the two anglophone regions have torpedoed [.

Subscribers only Politics 12.12.2018

Cameroon
Post-election security for Biya

Could it be that the Cameroonian regime is fearful of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.09.2018

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Boko Haram

Niger
National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Chad
Idriss Déby poses as war leader against Boko Haram

Mozambique
Total and ExxonMobil sound warning bell over security time bomb

Nigeria
Covid-19 scuppers Indimi's imminent Okwok deal for Oriental

Cameroon
Yaoundé plans to end isolation of northern power grids

Chad
The army brings out its Osprea armoured troop carriers against Boko Haram

Nigeria
Sanjeev Gupta's Nigerian staging ground

Cameroon
Yaoundé to take delivery of two Bollinger patrol boats from the US

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali contends with disturbing echoes of Boko Haram

Djibouti
Cameroon's Safe Boats patrol vessels end up in Djibouti

Africa, China
Beijing seeks to unleash its military drones in west Africa

Mozambique, Niger, Senegal
How Control Risks became the go-to partner for CNPC-BP-Exxon

Niger
France's Delair gets its surveillance drones off the ground in the Sahel

Nigeria
Why do NNPC's Mele Kyari and minister Sylva only have eyes for Moscow?

Nigeria
The race is on for the Kainji US air base construction contract

Niger
Gado orders CNPC to head back to Diffa despite high terrorism risk

In Focus | Mauritania, Niger, United States
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Spotlight | Great lakes
Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

Spotlight | Document | Cameroon
Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

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Post-election security for Biya

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Boko Haram

Niger National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Chad Idriss Déby poses as war leader against Boko Haram

Mozambique Total and ExxonMobil sound warning bell over security time bomb

Nigeria Covid-19 scuppers Indimi's imminent Okwok deal for Oriental

Cameroon Yaoundé plans to end isolation of northern power grids

Chad The army brings out its Osprea armoured troop carriers against Boko Haram

Nigeria Sanjeev Gupta's Nigerian staging ground

Cameroon Yaoundé to take delivery of two Bollinger patrol boats from the US

Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali contends with disturbing echoes of Boko Haram

Djibouti Cameroon's Safe Boats patrol vessels end up in Djibouti

Africa, China Beijing seeks to unleash its military drones in west Africa

Mozambique, Niger, Senegal How Control Risks became the go-to partner for CNPC-BP-Exxon

Niger France's Delair gets its surveillance drones off the ground in the Sahel

Nigeria Why do NNPC's Mele Kyari and minister Sylva only have eyes for Moscow?

Nigeria The race is on for the Kainji US air base construction contract

Niger Gado orders CNPC to head back to Diffa despite high terrorism risk

In Focus | Mauritania, Niger, United States Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Spotlight | Great lakes Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

Spotlight | Document | Cameroon Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

Cameroon Post-election security for Biya

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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

Niger
National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Chad
Idriss Déby poses as war leader against Boko Haram

Mozambique
Total and ExxonMobil sound warning bell over security time bomb

Nigeria
Covid-19 scuppers Indimi's imminent Okwok deal for Oriental

Cameroon
Yaoundé plans to end isolation of northern power grids

Chad
The army brings out its Osprea armoured troop carriers against Boko Haram

Nigeria
Sanjeev Gupta's Nigerian staging ground

Cameroon
Yaoundé to take delivery of two Bollinger patrol boats from the US

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali contends with disturbing echoes of Boko Haram

Djibouti
Cameroon's Safe Boats patrol vessels end up in Djibouti

Africa, China
Beijing seeks to unleash its military drones in west Africa

Mozambique, Niger, Senegal
How Control Risks became the go-to partner for CNPC-BP-Exxon

Niger
France's Delair gets its surveillance drones off the ground in the Sahel

Nigeria
Why do NNPC's Mele Kyari and minister Sylva only have eyes for Moscow?

Nigeria
The race is on for the Kainji US air base construction contract

Niger
Gado orders CNPC to head back to Diffa despite high terrorism risk

In Focus | Mauritania, Niger, United States
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa

Spotlight | Great lakes
Islamists become pawns in Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame standoff

Spotlight | Document | Cameroon
Berlin and Paris try in vain to flush Biya out of his bunker

Cameroon
Post-election security for Biya