Congestion around Guinea's mines and fears of political unrest have prompted certain companies to explore neighbouring Sierra Leone, whose resources are as yet largely undeveloped.
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Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce a small troop decrease in February, while behind the scenes there are several withdrawal options at play, some that would have France's Barkhane force halved by the end of 2021.
The surprise prospective buyer of FAR's 15% stake in Sangomar, Remus Horizon, is led by oil sector veterans whose networks stretch as far as China, the UAE, the UK and the Netherlands but to date have no projects in their portfolio.
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Energy The subject of a Spanish arrest warrant, the ex-minister Candido Nsue Okomo has been rescued by his sister, who is also the wife of the Equatorial Guinean president.
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Politics As the Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg prepares to step down from the trading company, his predecessor Marc Rich's heirs have kept Switzerland as the base for his family office and foundation. Home to Glencore's founder, the small country also hosts Glasenberg and the trading group.
Guillaume Soro has been out of France since November but would now like to return to Paris - which has been his main home since he left Ivory Coast in February 2019 - even though he the subject of an Ivorian arrest warrant.
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British power producer Globeleq will see a sharp decline in revenu from the 74 MW heavy fuel power plant Kipevu II.
Right after offering its demining solutions to the Sahel region armies, the European defence firm MBDA is ready to roll out its equipment in the Horn of Africa.
Bathusi Letlhare, the local cattle magnate and chairman of the country's largest rhinoceros reserve founded and financed by the former president Ian Khama's family, has embarked on a family venture into mining.
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Mining Although it abruptly ended its off-take contract with Augusta in mid-2020, the Gabonese refinery has continued to reimburse the $250m prefinancing loan the trading house had secured for the country with Mauritius Commercial Bank in 2017.
To train Filipe Nyusi's soldiers in counter-insurgency operations, foreign service providers to the Mozambican army are travelling to Cabo Delgado with the help of Solenta, the transport company employed by Total, which operates the Afungi gas operations.
The Misrata Free Zone, a true state within a state, is both the port of entry to the Libyan market and the bastion of entrepreneurship in the war-torn country. Since September, this potent business hub prized by those fighting for control of the country has been led by Mohsen Sgoutri, whose powerful network allows him to stand up to the Tripoli government and develop his own business diplomacy, especially towards Turkey.
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Business Engaged in a battle for the control of Libyan Foreign Bank with Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj, the governor of the Libyan central bank Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir has been excluded from discussions about the future of the country's economy.
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