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Benin

Politicians with French connections

Although the next generation do not seem to be as strongly in the thrall of Paris, bi-nationals like PM Lionel Zinsou are common in Beninese politics.

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2015

Boni Yayi tries to charm Samuel Dossou

Benin’s leader is trying to secure a stake for businessman Samuel Dossou in the company that holds the concession to the Niamey-Cotonou rail line.

Subscribers only Business 29.07.2015

OCBN receptive to Bollore project

Employees of the OCBN, which operates the Parakou-Cotonou rail line, [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.07.2015

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

In highly discreet fashion, the firm Africa Rail Innovation was [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 21.07.2015

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Petrolin against Bollore's rail loop

Petrolin Trading submitted documents to a bailiff company, Benichou Legrain [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.07.2015

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

ECOWAS has just put the finishing touch to a statement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.07.2015

Lionel Zinsou keeps one foot in France

Given the unpredictable nature of Beninese politics, the country's new Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou has cannily negotiated not to abandon [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2015

Hollande takes home Boni Yayi's pineapples

French President François Hollande did not go home empty-handed after [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2015

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Hollande fails to give blessings to Bollore's railway loop

Defying expectations, French president François Hollande did not attend the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2015

Lionel Zinsou proceeds with caution

His appointment as Benin's prime minister on June 19 has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.07.2015

Gasol's gas import project starts gaining traction

According to our sources, Benin’s government gave a thumb’s up a few weeks ago to the British group Gasol to [...]

Free access Energy 30.06.2015

How France had the final say in the appointment of Zinsou as prime minister

The appointment of Lionel Zinsou as head of the Beninese government, which came into effect on June 19, was decided [...]

Subscribers only 23.06.2015

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

In a memo dated June 10 that Africa Mining Intelligence has seen, the firm Africarail has reminded the Bolloré group [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 23.06.2015

Talon's political ambitions raised with Hollande

In a meeting with French President François Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 9, Benin's President Thomas [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2015

Paris snubs Houngbedji

Nearly a month after his appointment as Benin’s parliamentary speaker, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.06.2015

African Petroleum hunting for funds in Germany

In urgent need of cash to explore on its 10 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.06.2015

Cap Energy lured to the Gulf of Guinea

The junior Cap Energy, which is based in London and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.2015

Bienvenu Laurent Jimaja, local councillor in Switzerland

Bienvenu Laurent Jimaja, 55, a Swiss citizen of Beninese origin, was elected to the municipal government of Grand Saconnex, a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Eustache Kotingan eyes Kouassi Nicoue’s place

Eustache Kotinga, the grand master of Benin’s Atlantic provincial lodges and a member of the board of Industries Cotonnieres Associees [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Mike Anderson, a former spy at Kosmos

Kosmos Energy’s big discovery of gas on block C8 off Mauritania in April (AEI 745) looks likely to alter the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 19.05.2015

Oryx now run by an old Nigerian veteran

Former managing director of Addax Petroleum in Nigeria, Vance Querio, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2015

Boni Yayi’s home town gets special treatment

Following the lead of other African leaders, President Thomas Boni Yayi has turned his native village of Tchaourou into the hub of an array of development programmes. West Africa Newsletter investigates.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2015

Bollore’s Niamey-Parakou rail project wins the day

Vincent Bollore’s recent launch of the new company BENI Rail Exploitation sweeps away the last remaining doubts about the financing of the Niamey-Parakou rail line.

Subscribers only Business 15.04.2015

Embassy security in Paris

The Beninese embassy in Paris has asked the French government [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2015

Boni Yayi reeling over Goodluck Jonathan’s defeat

Thomas Boni Yayi has been inconsolable since the electoral defeat [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2015

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Benin

Politicians with French connections

Boni Yayi tries to charm Samuel Dossou

OCBN receptive to Bollore project

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

Document
Petrolin against Bollore's rail loop

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

Lionel Zinsou keeps one foot in France

Hollande takes home Boni Yayi's pineapples

Document
Hollande fails to give blessings to Bollore's railway loop

Lionel Zinsou proceeds with caution

Gasol's gas import project starts gaining traction

How France had the final say in the appointment of Zinsou as prime minister

Document
Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

Talon's political ambitions raised with Hollande

Paris snubs Houngbedji

African Petroleum hunting for funds in Germany

Cap Energy lured to the Gulf of Guinea

Bienvenu Laurent Jimaja, local councillor in Switzerland

Eustache Kotingan eyes Kouassi Nicoue’s place

Mike Anderson, a former spy at Kosmos

Oryx now run by an old Nigerian veteran

Boni Yayi’s home town gets special treatment

Bollore’s Niamey-Parakou rail project wins the day

Embassy security in Paris

Boni Yayi reeling over Goodluck Jonathan’s defeat

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Benin

Politicians with French connections

Boni Yayi tries to charm Samuel Dossou

OCBN receptive to Bollore project

Ballard sets up his own Africarail company

Document Petrolin against Bollore's rail loop

Federation of Chambers of Mines on the cards

Lionel Zinsou keeps one foot in France

Hollande takes home Boni Yayi's pineapples

Document Hollande fails to give blessings to Bollore's railway loop

Lionel Zinsou proceeds with caution

Gasol's gas import project starts gaining traction

How France had the final say in the appointment of Zinsou as prime minister

Document Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme

Talon's political ambitions raised with Hollande

Paris snubs Houngbedji

African Petroleum hunting for funds in Germany

Cap Energy lured to the Gulf of Guinea

Bienvenu Laurent Jimaja, local councillor in Switzerland

Eustache Kotingan eyes Kouassi Nicoue’s place

Mike Anderson, a former spy at Kosmos

Oryx now run by an old Nigerian veteran

Boni Yayi’s home town gets special treatment

Bollore’s Niamey-Parakou rail project wins the day

Embassy security in Paris

Boni Yayi reeling over Goodluck Jonathan’s defeat

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Petrolin against Bollore's rail loop

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Hollande fails to give blessings to Bollore's railway loop

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Africarail tells Bollore that it has rights to rail scheme