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Jean-Yves Le Drian intervenes in port of Douala saga

Until now, the Elysée had refrained from getting involved in the saga of the renewal of the Bolloré Logistics concession [...]

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AP Moller-Maersk
Bollore Logistics
Emmanuel Macron
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Jean-Yves le Drian
Paris Peace Forum
Paul Biya
Port autonome de Douala
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Africa
How MSC's Aponte family outbid CMA CGM's Saadé owners for Bolloré's African assets

The announcement, on 20 December, that Bolloré had entered exclusive negotiations with the Italian-Swiss group MSC for the sale of its African port and logistics business came as a slap in the face for CMA CGM.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.12.2021

Bolloré Ports' container terminal in Pointe-Noire (Congo).

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Under pressure from the Mauritanian authorities for months, Arise Mauritanie has discreetly begun to renegotiate the concession it recently landed from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's administration.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.09.2020

View of the Port Autonome de Nouakchott.

Spotlight | Cameroon
Anglophone crisis plays into hands of government hardliners

The sudden flaring up in less than a fortnight of the latent security crisis in the north-west and south-west (‘No/So') anglophone regions, together with tensions generated by the 9 February elections, has upset the delicate balance achieved by President Paul [.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2020

Cameroon
A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

Sogea Satom and Soletanche Bachy, which built Douala's second bridge over the river Wouri, mounted arbitration proceedings against Cameroon, claiming it downplayed the project's technical challenges.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2020

Cameroon
Port autonome de Douala to do without concession holder

As anticipated by the West Africa Newsletter (WAN 812), the [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.12.2019

Cameroon
Clock ticks down at port of Douala

The renewal of the concession having been blocked by the government, the Doula container terminal will be without an operator as of 1 January 2020.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 20.11.2019

Cameroon
Franco-Swiss brawl in Douala docks

The battle for the container terminal concession at the Port Autonome de Douala has taken a decidedly political turn. As [...]

Free access Politics 06.11.2019

Africa
Paul Biya, Teodoro Obiang Nguema and George Weah in Paris on 11 November

The Cameroonian president Paul Biya and his Equatorial Guinean counterpart [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.10.2019

Cameroon
Baba Danpullo gains foothold at Port autonome de Douala

Cameroon Continental Merchants (CCML), one of the firms owned by [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.10.2019

Cameroon
Who will partner TIL at port of Douala?

Having won the contract for the container terminal concession at [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Cameroon
Two contenders in running for Douala container terminal

On 17 September, the Port autonome de Douala will announce who is taking over the Douala container terminal concession. After failing to get shortlisted, Bollore is battling to stay in the running.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.09.2019

Spotlight | Cameroon
Multinationals slug it out over container terminal at docks of Douala

The standoff that began last year between the giants of maritime logistics which are in the running for the Douala container terminal concession has entered a critical phase. Currently held by Bollore and Moller-Maersk, the contract is up for renewal [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 28.08.2019

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Cameroon A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

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Cameroon Franco-Swiss brawl in Douala docks

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Cameroon
Jean-Yves Le Drian intervenes in port of Douala saga

Africa
How MSC's Aponte family outbid CMA CGM's Saadé owners for Bolloré's African assets

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Spotlight | Cameroon
Anglophone crisis plays into hands of government hardliners

Cameroon
A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

Cameroon
Port autonome de Douala to do without concession holder

Cameroon
Clock ticks down at port of Douala

Cameroon
Franco-Swiss brawl in Douala docks

Africa
Paul Biya, Teodoro Obiang Nguema and George Weah in Paris on 11 November

Cameroon
Baba Danpullo gains foothold at Port autonome de Douala

Cameroon
Who will partner TIL at port of Douala?

Cameroon
Two contenders in running for Douala container terminal

Spotlight | Cameroon
Multinationals slug it out over container terminal at docks of Douala