Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée first planned to build an alumina refinery in 2004. The idea was dropped, but it is now back on the table, thanks to the firm's plans to boost production and its need to keep a growing range of competitors at bay.
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Mining 
As it considers whether to go to arbitration with Congo and Cameroon over the unilateral decision to rescind its iron ore mining permit for Nabeba-Mbalam, Australia's Sundance Resources is claiming that the two states breached a series of agreements and did not inform them in time of their intentions.
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Mining Gabonese authorities have asked oil companies to repatriate the money necessary for decommissioning their facilities. Some firms, namely Vaalco, have followed orders. Others have not.
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Energy 
Eland Oil & Gas's top executives jumped ship when Nigeria's Seplat took it over, and the British junior now faces numerous setbacks on OML 40. An Addax veteran is on a damage limitation mission.
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Energy Pathé-Gaumont and Prosuma have ended up choosing Setao, a subsidiary of the French giant Bouygues, to take over the project to build the Abidjan multiplex that will boast six cinema studios and is due to open in late 2021.
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Business Finactu, the financial advisory popular in French-speaking Africa, has brought in three African finance experts to hone its strategy. Two of these new "independent members" - former BOAD president Christian Adovelande and Bank of Africa founder Paul Derreumaux - know the consultancy well.
By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms.
Amidst the uncertainties of the rand, many of South Africa's wealthiest are fearful for their assets, and the consultancy giant Maitland has been vaunting the offshore trusts that it can register for them in various financial hubs.
As Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian opposite number Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo position their armies on either side of their common border, American, British and European diplomats are trying to persuade the Kenyan head of state to engage in talks.
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Diplomacy Washington va contribuer à renforcer les infrastructures médicales et la formation du personnel de santé de l'Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), notamment sur l'installation d'hôpitaux de campagne.
Rio Tinto, which is one of the leading investors in Madagascar, will henceforward be getting its electricity from CrossBoundary Energy.
Members of the royal family are jockeying for the job of prime minister afte the incumbent died in November.
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Business 
Karim Benabdelkader, the founder of Zynecoin, is focusing his investments on a property company that is now owned by a brand-new holding company.
