In Focus | Mauritania, Niger, United States
Khalidou Moussa Ba builds for the Pentagon all over West Africa
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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.
The new US Air Force (USAF) base in Agadez in Niger is the biggest construction project ever undertaken by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). It was partially inaugurated on August 22 and is due to go fully operational before the end of the year. Little known Mauritanian businessman Khalidou Moussa Ba has been heavily involved in the project. His construction company Gecoba (General Construction Ba), which is based in Nouakchott, has played a key role in construction of the base, which is as
