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General Doumbia opens Abidjan's doors to Turkey's defence industry after deal with Otokar

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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. [...]

General Lassina Doumbia, chief of staff of the Ivorian armed forces. © Ivory Coast government

The chief of staff of the Ivorian armed forces has just taken delivery of 20 Cobra armoured vehicles from the Turkish manufacturer Otokar, with a view to deployment within MINUSCA in the Central African Republic. This is a first for the Turkish military-industrial sector in Ivory Coast. [...]

Published on 01.02.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Maxime Paszkowiak

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Alassane Ouattara
Armed Forces of Ivory Coast
Birame Diop
Department of Peace Operations
Havva Yonca Gündüz Özçeri
Joint Transit Service
Lassina Doumbia
Minusca
Otokar
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Morocco
Turkish armoured vehicles for Moroccan peacekeepers

The contingents of Morocco’s Forces Armées Royales deployed in United Nations peacekeeping missions will soon be equipped with new armoured vehicles made by Turkey.

Subscribers only Defence 16.01.2024

Ivory Coast
French arms specialist Sofema begins new sales drive

The French reconditioned defence equipment specialist plans to send a team to Abidjan in early October to try to regain market share in Ivory Coast. The armoured vehicles market, where it faces competition from China's Norinco and Turkey's Otokar, is its main target

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Ivory Coast
Otokar's armoured vehicles en route to troubled northern border

The Turkish defence flagship, Otokar, signed two contracts in December to equip the Ivorian army and the gendarmerie with armoured vehicles. Both have put in orders for its Cobra II model to help with their fight against armed groups on Ivory Coast's northern border.

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Spotlight | Senegal
Macky Sall mulls reorganisation of terror response structure

The Senegalese head of state must soon decide on whether to reorganise the country's response mechanism in the event of a terrorist attack. The army, which holds much sway with the presidency, wants to play a bigger role in this area, which has so far been dominated by interior security forces.

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Senegal's President Macky Sall speaks during a press conference on the second day of an European Union (EU) African Union (AU) summit at the European Council Building in Brussels, Belgium, 18 February 2022.

Ivory Coast, Mali
Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

UDD representative in Mopti, Mali, Mohamed Sanous Nientao is also a key player in Abidjan in healthcare, construction and military supplies.

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Chad, Togo and Ivory Coast vie for blue helmet contracts

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A Chadian MINUSMA soldier parades during a visit by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous to Tessalit, Mali, in March 2013.

Ivory Coast
Turkey's Barer pulls out all the stops to respond to extra military spending

The Turkish defence equipment manufacturer Barer has been very proactive in the hope of winning the next contracts that will accompany the expansion of the Ivorian forces. Abidjan is preparing to recruit nearly 10,000 men over three years.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.03.2022

Africa, Saudi Arabia
Africa stays away from first Saudi arms fair

The first edition of the World Defense Show, which was held in Riyadh from 6 to 9 March, did not arouse the enthusiasm of African military and other security officials.

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Central African Republic
MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

In a move eagerly awaited by President Touadéra, Tunisia, Senegal, Togo and Bhutan will send rapid reaction forces to the UN's peacekeeping mission in CAR in the first quarter of 2022. The sheer number of extra troops, to which Ghana has also pledged to add its own before the summer, is proving a logisitical challenge for MINUSCA.

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Nigeria, Turkey
Turkish defence firms pitch wares to top brass

TAI, Roketsan, BMC, Otokar, Tais Shipyards, Aselsan were among the 10 or so Turkish arms makers that travelled to Nigeria last week to promote their products and know-how to defence minister Bashir Salihi Magashi and senior military commanders.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.01.2022

Central African Republic, Ivory Coast
Abidjan in running to provide peacekeepers for MINUSCA

To replace the Gabonese battalion withdrawn from the UN peacekeeping mission in CAR, the Ivorian high command is looking into sending 450 to 650 soldiers by the summer of 2022. But Abidjan will have to train and equip its troops quickly if it is to persuade the UN of their suitability.

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Ivory Coast
General Doumbia opens Abidjan's doors to Turkey's defence industry after deal with Otokar

Morocco
Turkish armoured vehicles for Moroccan peacekeepers

Ivory Coast
French arms specialist Sofema begins new sales drive

Ivory Coast
Otokar's armoured vehicles en route to troubled northern border

Spotlight | Senegal
Macky Sall mulls reorganisation of terror response structure

Ivory Coast, Mali
Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

In Focus | Africa, United Nations
Chad, Togo and Ivory Coast vie for blue helmet contracts

Ivory Coast
Turkey's Barer pulls out all the stops to respond to extra military spending

Africa, Saudi Arabia
Africa stays away from first Saudi arms fair

Central African Republic
MINUSCA to get peacekeeping reinforcements from March

Nigeria, Turkey
Turkish defence firms pitch wares to top brass

Central African Republic, Ivory Coast
Abidjan in running to provide peacekeepers for MINUSCA