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The Chamber of Commerce gets down to business in Paris

On 9 June, the embassy of Burkina Faso hosted an event for business leaders and journalists to promote the 7th edition of the country's Africallia forum. [...] (167 words)

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WEST AFRICA Diplomacy 10/06/2022

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Although the Beninese president Patrice Talon is due to take the helm of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, his insistence that his economy minister chair the organisation's council of ministers has led to one of several disputes - and resulted in a special heads of state committee being set up to try to resolve the situation. [...]

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BURKINA FASO Defence Diplomacy 06/05/2022

Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

The European Union is ready to commit tens of millions of euros to restructuring Burkina Faso's military and police apparatus, to the delight of the ruling junta. [...]

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Mining returns to the limelight

In the last government of ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the extractive sector was managed from within a large dual-purpose ministry. In the new transitional administration, it has now become a full-fledged government department of its own. [...]

The new Minister of Mines and Quarries Jean Alphonse Somé.

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Until now, all firms selling petroleum products in West and Central Africa were partly supplied by Russia. But since the US slapped sanctions on Russian fuels, these companies are urgently having to review their supply schedules. [...]

BURKINA FASO Mining 28/02/2022

Post-coup courts could see Essakane fine coal mining case and others pending resurrected

A few days after Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's overthrow, Burkina Faso's public prosecutor Harouna Yoda said the court should soon resurrect the Essakane fine coal affair involving Canadian gold producer Iamgold. By doing so, he was also making a call to the president for funding for the country's courts so that they can function properly. [...]

Taparko-Bouroum gold mine site in northern Burkina Faso.

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The Malian junta and the Russian paramilitary company Wagner are close to an agreement that would provide for the deployment of 500 men in about ten localities. France, bitterly opposed to the arrival of Russian mercenaries, is due to hold a defence council on Mali at the Elysée on 22 December. [...]

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