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Abu Dhabi and Ankara jockey for position

The Emirates are on the verge of establishing a base in northern Niger - a manoeuvre designed to counter Ankara's regional plans. [...] (429 words)
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The USAF air base in Agadez, a key building site for Gecoba, the group of Khalidou Moussa Ba. © Google Earth
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UNITED STATES MAURITANIA NIGER Business 09/09/2019

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. [...]

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