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IVORY COAST MALI

From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

A low-key figure in West African presidential palaces for two decades, Ben Moctar Maouloud has become a key intermediary in Abidjan. The Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts is now involved in all major military contracts. Africa Intelligence has traced the career of one of the most secretive figures in the Sahel. [...] (2487 words)
Published on 31/10/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 10 minutes Fatoumata Diallo, Joan Tilouine
Ben Moctar Maouloud, the Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts, is now involved in all major military contracts and has become a key intermediary in Abidjan.
Ben Moctar Maouloud, the Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts, is now involved in all major military contracts and has become a key intermediary in Abidjan. © Claire Seichepine/Studio Pachamama
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A mining contract worth more than $1bn may be at the heart of rising tensions between Bamako and Abidjan. © Claire Seichepine/Studio Pachamama
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IVORY COAST MALI Mining Diplomacy 21/11/2022

Billion-dollar deal paranoia unnerves shaky Abidjan-Bamako relations 

One of the factors behind the sharp decline in Ivorian-Malian relations is a mining contract worth over $1bn signed in October 2021 between a German group and a Malian firm. Africa Intelligence has followed the politically charged financial trail that leads from Berlin to Rabat, and Dubai to Bamako, under which lurks the shadow of Russian interests and those of the Ivorian opposition leader Guillaume Soro.

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