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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks.

Ever since Umaro Sissoco Embalo stepped into power in Guinea-Bissau early last year, the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been working to build an unexpected and unprecedented connection between the two countries. [...] (169 words)

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GUINEA BISSAU
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Summa
Suzi Carla Barbosa
Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani
Umaro Sissoco Embalo

Embaló picks Qatar as first Gulf conquest

The Guinea-Bissau president is hoping to reel in petrodollars from the Gulf monarchies to get his Covid-battered economy back on track. The country's first ever ambassador to Qatar began work in early January.

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Embaló wants to declare war on parliament

Now that he no longer has a two-thirds majority in the National People's Assembly, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló cannot carry out his planned constitutional reform. He has threatened to dissolve the assembly, raising fears that this could provoke a political crisis just one year after his own highly contested election as president.

The president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

WEST AFRICA Infrastructure Politics 01/12/2020

Embaló snubs Turkish business

A Turkish protégé since his 2019 election, Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has not returned the favour, preferring to use an Emirati operator rather than a Turkish conglomerate for the future Bissau airport build.

Le président bissau-guinéen Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

ANGOLA GUINEA BISSAU Diplomacy 16/10/2020

With Buhari's patronage, Embalo dictates the pace with Lourenço

Angolan president João Lourenço, who backs the rival to Guinea Bissau president Embalo, finally decided to move his ambassador, who for months had faced pressure to leave.

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

TURKEY WEST AFRICA Diplomacy 13/10/2020

Erdogan aims to form a pro-Turkish bloc along the West African coast

The Turkish government is working all out to win favour with Guinea Buissau and Senegal. It aims to create a pro-Turkish African bloc stretching from Saint Louis in the north to the Nimba mountains in the south.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Guinea-Bissauan president Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA TURKEY Diplomacy 24/08/2020

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.

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

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Allab, Tosyali, Bora and Demiral blaze trail for Erdogan's Algerian business crusade

A small group of Turkish and Algerian billionaires are serving as the advance guard for President Erdogan in Algeria. They stand ready to replace French entepreneurs, who are increasingly losing support in the North African country, and compete with the omnipresent Chinese.

GUINEA BISSAU PORTUGAL WEST AFRICA Diplomacy 17/07/2020

Embalo makes energetic start on his 12 diplomatic labours

Guinea-Bissau's new president is making overtures to Turkey and the Emirates but is also looking to mend his relations with Portugal... and even play the role of mediator in Libya.

The President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

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GUINEA Infrastructure 24/02/2020

Summa, WIETC and Sogea-Satom vie for Conakry Airport contract

Turkey's Summa, the Chinese company WIETC and France's Sogea-Satom are all bidding for the tender to expand Conakry Gbessia Airport.

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WEST AFRICA Politics 05/02/2020

Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

Deprived of his principal ally in Africa by the ousting of the Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been looking to the west of the continent to compensate for this loss of influence.

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Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Paris to meet Nicolas Sarkozy

In the early afternoon of 22 January in a lounge at the Paris hotel Claridge, the former French president Nicolas

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Embaló picks Qatar as first Gulf conquest

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Erdogan aims to form a pro-Turkish bloc along the West African coast

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Embaló wants to declare war on parliament

Embaló snubs Turkish business

With Buhari's patronage, Embalo dictates the pace with Lourenço

Erdogan aims to form a pro-Turkish bloc along the West African coast

Summa, Erdogan's best ambassador in Malabo

Allab, Tosyali, Bora and Demiral blaze trail for Erdogan's Algerian business crusade

Embalo makes energetic start on his 12 diplomatic labours

Summa, WIETC and Sogea-Satom vie for Conakry Airport contract

Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Paris to meet Nicolas Sarkozy

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