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Guinea
IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

The International Union for Conservation of Nature will help Guinea's ministry of the environment define a policy to develop the country's key minerals bauxite and gold in a way that respects its biodiversity.

Subscribers only Mining 02.11.2021

Inner circles | Mozambique
The band of diplomats relaying Nyusi's messages on Cabo Delgado across Africa and beyond

Since arriving in power in 2015, President Filipe Nyusi has little by little restructured his diplomatic corps, which serves as a vital tool for conveying to the international community justification for the army's lack of results in the conflict-hit region of Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.10.2021

Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi during the extraordinary SADC summit in Pretoria, South Africa, 5 October 2021.

Tunisia
Francophone summit delay hurts both Saied and OIF

Right until the very end, both the Tunisian president Kais Saied and the organisation of French-speaking states, the OIF, ignored the warning signs regarding the country's lack of preparedness for hosting the body's 50th anniversary summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.10.2021

International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) secretary-general Louise Mushikiwabo with Tunisian president Kais Saied on 9 October.

In Focus | Africa
Macron envisions Paris as a global development finance hub

Eager to boost his country's influence, the French president wants to attract international institutions and private foundations active in development aid to Paris. Among the major organisations being courted are the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 20.09.2021

Spotlight | Guinea
Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

The ousting of President Alpha Condé by Col Mamady Doumbouya has not, as yet, affected the country's mining operations. In company headquarters, mining executives are waiting for the junta's next moves and making plans to manage the transition.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 07.09.2021

Burundi
Adonis Pouroulis stopped in his tracks by local expert in rare-earths race with Beijing

Steve de Cliff Juru's findings led Burundi's president Evariste Ndayishimiye to call for a moratorium on mining and suspend permits held by Rainbow Rare Earths, chaired by Cyprus magnate Adonis Pouroulis.

Free access Mining 19.08.2021

Guinea
Will Robert Friedland's crucial Nimba iron impact study be completed next year?

UNESCO is concerned about the consequences for biodiversity from iron ore mining in Guinea's Nimba mountains. The company that owns the site plans to submit the first version of its study in 2022. This study is supposed to explain how to develop the site without causing any damage to the area.

Subscribers only Mining 21.07.2021

East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

Richard Griffiths from US law firm Arent Fox accompanied his client, the Qatari vice prime minister Al Kuwari, to Burundi's independence day celebrations on 1 July. Griffiths and his law firm are already very well established in Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.07.2021

Niger
Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

The president is putting the final touches to a major diplomatic reshuffle that will affect Paris, Washington, and Unesco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2021

Gabon
Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

On 18 April, Fidele Andjoua, the brother of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo and Ndjobi grand master, died and was buried shortly after in Franceville. His son, a presidential advisor, has replaced him at the head of this traditional ritual widely practised in Haut-Ogooué, the Bongo family stronghold.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2021

Morocco
OCP's polytechnic recruits among France's political elite

French politician Rama Yade is now a lecturer at the Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, founded by Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP).

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2021

French former junior human rights minister Rama Yade.

Africa, France
Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

The CEDS, a private school in Paris run by the consultant Florence Gabay, is fishing for contracts from African foreign ministries to train their diplomats. She is also boosting her networks in African presidents' offices and reaching out as far as China.

Subscribers only Business 08.03.2021

Guinea
Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

Rio Tinto and Chinalco, co-owners of blocks 3 and 4 of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, are recruiting a team they hope will soothe relations with locals and shield the firms from accusations of damaging biodiversity.

Subscribers only Mining 04.01.2021

France, Nigeria
Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

The billionaire Lebanese-Nigerian businessman once favoured by Sani Abacha and Goodluck Johnathan is the main backer of France's Africa 2020 cultural festival which opened in Paris last week with "Le Vol du Boli", an opera by British musician Damon Albarn.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2020

Libya
Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

The UAE paid for and Mezri Haddad helped organise a dinner-debate held by a prominent foreign policy magazine that featured French former junior trade minister Pierre Lellouche as guest of honour.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.09.2020

Mali
Two civilians pipped to lead transition

As ECOWAS puts pressure on the putschists to appoint a civilian to lead the transition period, two names keep popping up. Expect a compromise in the coming days.

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2020

Baba Akhib Haidara, mediator of the Malian republic.

France, Gabon
Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

The Gabonese president has embarked on a series of sweeping changes within Gabon's embassies in the EU, with new ambassadors posted to Paris and Belin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.09.2020

Guinea
World Bank takes interest in Robert Friedland's Nimba iron ore project

MIGA, the World Bank agency for foreign investment, is considering contributing to the financing of the Nimba iron ore project, which could prove crucial for the Guinean economy but also for the preservation of biodiversity.

Subscribers only Mining 31.08.2020

Executive Co-Chairman Ivanhoe Mines, Robert Friedland.

Equatorial Guinea, Turkey
Summa, Erdogan's best ambassador in Malabo

The opening of a new Turkish embassy in Equatorial Guinea has crowned an already vigorous partnership between Ankara and the Obiang family, cemented by numerous contracts for Turkish companies, including the Summa conglomerate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.08.2020

Meeting between the President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema and Selim Bora, president of the Turkish conglomerate Summa, in April 2019.

Guinea
SMFG boss Mamady Youla pessimistic about Nimba iron ore project

The former Guinean prime minister, who is today in charge of the Nimba project, considers that prospects for the development of the iron ore deposit there have been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic after having been already called into question by UNESCO on environmental grounds.

Subscribers only Mining 27.07.2020

Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée's chief executive Mamady Youla.

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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

Unesco

Guinea
IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

Inner circles | Mozambique
The band of diplomats relaying Nyusi's messages on Cabo Delgado across Africa and beyond

Tunisia
Francophone summit delay hurts both Saied and OIF

In Focus | Africa
Macron envisions Paris as a global development finance hub

Spotlight | Guinea
Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

Burundi
Adonis Pouroulis stopped in his tracks by local expert in rare-earths race with Beijing

Guinea
Will Robert Friedland's crucial Nimba iron impact study be completed next year?

East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

Niger
Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Gabon
Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Morocco
OCP's polytechnic recruits among France's political elite

Africa, France
Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

Guinea
Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

France, Nigeria
Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

Libya
Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

Mali
Two civilians pipped to lead transition

France, Gabon
Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

Guinea
World Bank takes interest in Robert Friedland's Nimba iron ore project

Equatorial Guinea, Turkey
Summa, Erdogan's best ambassador in Malabo

Guinea
SMFG boss Mamady Youla pessimistic about Nimba iron ore project

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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

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Unesco

Guinea IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

Inner circles | Mozambique The band of diplomats relaying Nyusi's messages on Cabo Delgado across Africa and beyond

Tunisia Francophone summit delay hurts both Saied and OIF

In Focus | Africa Macron envisions Paris as a global development finance hub

Spotlight | Guinea Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

Burundi Adonis Pouroulis stopped in his tracks by local expert in rare-earths race with Beijing

Guinea Will Robert Friedland's crucial Nimba iron impact study be completed next year?

East Africa, Southern Africa Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

Niger Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Gabon Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Morocco OCP's polytechnic recruits among France's political elite

Africa, France Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

Guinea Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

France, Nigeria Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

Libya Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

Mali Two civilians pipped to lead transition

France, Gabon Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

Guinea World Bank takes interest in Robert Friedland's Nimba iron ore project

Equatorial Guinea, Turkey Summa, Erdogan's best ambassador in Malabo

Guinea SMFG boss Mamady Youla pessimistic about Nimba iron ore project

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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

Guinea
IUCN queries impact of bauxite and gold on the environment

Inner circles | Mozambique
The band of diplomats relaying Nyusi's messages on Cabo Delgado across Africa and beyond

Tunisia
Francophone summit delay hurts both Saied and OIF

In Focus | Africa
Macron envisions Paris as a global development finance hub

Spotlight | Guinea
Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

Burundi
Adonis Pouroulis stopped in his tracks by local expert in rare-earths race with Beijing

Guinea
Will Robert Friedland's crucial Nimba iron impact study be completed next year?

East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

Niger
Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Gabon
Traditional Ndjobi order gains new master after death of "Papa Andjoua"

Morocco
OCP's polytechnic recruits among France's political elite

Africa, France
Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

Guinea
Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

France, Nigeria
Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

Libya
Abu Dhabi bankrolls pro-Haftar lobbying in Paris

Mali
Two civilians pipped to lead transition

France, Gabon
Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

Guinea
World Bank takes interest in Robert Friedland's Nimba iron ore project

Equatorial Guinea, Turkey
Summa, Erdogan's best ambassador in Malabo

Guinea
SMFG boss Mamady Youla pessimistic about Nimba iron ore project