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Burkina Faso

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

The race for the presidency of the Ivorian chapter of the World Lebanese Cultural Union is stirring up the Lebanese-Ivorian community and has broader repercussions for the Ivorian state.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.12.2021

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

The Emirati wealth manager run by French executives is actively developing its network in Africa. Its latest operation was to help the acquisition of a Gulfstream V that had often jetted Alpha Condé around the globe.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 26.11.2021

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Idrissa Nassa, founder of the west African bank, Coris Bank International. © Idrissa Nassa/Twitter

Subscribers only Finance, Business 25.11.2021

Ouagadougou assesses mining assets and contracts

The government of Burkina Faso has begun an audit of the country's mining assets to determine whether some mining contracts need renegotiated and if others are preventing exploitation of resources.

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2021

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

The Australian mining and petroleum community in West Africa is keeping a close eye on the growing Russian influence in the region.

Subscribers only Mining Running story - Moscow's way into Africa 11.11.2021

NSIA peddles prized assets

The Ivorian family bancassurance outfit, which has branches across Africa, is shedding some key assets. The hasty sales come as the group needs to reimburse in full a €32m loan.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 09.11.2021

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

After breaking off its alliance with Moroccan royal holding Al Mada earlier this year, Caterpillar machinery distributor in Africa JA Delmas is in talks with ex-banker Jean-Luc Konan's Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina) over opening up its capital.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.11.2021

Banker Jean-Luc Konan, founder of the Ivorian financial holding Compagnie Financière Africaine (Cofina).

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

The developers of the Dorsale Nord electricity grid project, which involves connecting up Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso via an 875 km network, are fearful of potential delays.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 28.10.2021

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

After having been in the running to be an African Union mediator in Chad last year, ex-Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou is again on a list of such names, this time for the role of ECOWAS special envoy to Guinea following the fall of Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.10.2021

Ex-Nigerian president Mahamadou Issoufou.

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Nearly 2.5 tons of cocaine were seized in Cotonou at the beginning of the month, but since last week judges at the Beninese CRIET have been focused on a different case, that of 10 defendants who were arrested in May, shortly after the seizure of 150kg of cocaine at the port.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 26.10.2021

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

To bolster the region's armies, Washington is increasing the number of its security programmes, from Burkina Faso to Chad. Relyant Global is among the top beneficiaries of this project, having been tasked to deliver OTT Technologies armoured vehicles and to build military facilities.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.10.2021

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

During his official tour of Angola, Nigeria and Togo from 17 to 20 October, the Turkish president will be aiming to strengthen political and economic ties with the countries of the Gulf of Guinea. Central to this strategy will be promoting the interests of Turkey's defence industry ahead of the Turkey-Africa summit scheduled for December in Istanbul.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 15.10.2021

A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

Faced with an increasing number of militia groups, Ivory Coast has just ordered tethered surveillance balloons for its border with Burkina Faso from French company A-NSE. The Bundeswehr also just ordered balloons from A-NSE to protect its new military base in Tillia, Niger.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.10.2021

An observation aerostat type T-C350L from A-NSE.

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Lacking an official status since the downfall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso in 2014, the desert fox Mustafa Chafi has returned to the limelight in Niger where he is leveraging his ties with regional leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.10.2021

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

The European Border and Coastguard agency is about to put more resources on the Spanish islands and could deploy aerial surveillance assets there.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.10.2021

Battle between Turkey's TAI and Baykar plays out in Niamey

Fierce competition has broken out between the two giants of the Turkish defence sector over Niger, a market Ankara has had a lock on for the past decade.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 04.10.2021

Ex-minister to become Kaboré's new ambassador in Paris

Foreign affairs minister Alpha Barry sent French authorities a request for his former colleagues's accreditation at the beginning of September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.09.2021

France to transfer military surpluses to Gulf of Guinea as some Sahel states urge higher-level cooperation

Between now and 2025, the surplus stock of the French army will increasingly be channelled towards the coastal states in the Gulf of Guinea, which are contending with the spread of armed groups from the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 24.09.2021

Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

The Chinese construction giant, already well-entrenched in Ivory Coast, is gaining a foothold in Burkina Faso with help from Arnaud Jean-Claude Soumah, the godson of the late Ivorian founding president Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 23.09.2021

Sonabel looks for solar kit and mini power plant providers to bring electricity to 150,000 homes

Despite an internal security situation which continues to be critical, Burkina Faso is pursuing its ambitious Yeleen project, which aims to increase the share of solar power in the country's energy supply mix.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 20.09.2021

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

The Bretton Woods institution has committed to financing an ambitious project to beef up the West African Power Pool (WAPP). Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, and Mali are the main beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.09.2021

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

The private clinic located in the French capital and favoured by African VIPs, is facing a claim for "negligence" and "fraud" relating to its treatment of the late business tycoon Victor Fotso, from Cameroon, who died in the hospital on 19 March 2020.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.09.2021

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Burkina Faso

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Ouagadougou assesses mining assets and contracts

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

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A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

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Burkina Faso

Leadership race at Ivorian chapter of global Lebanese union

UAE's Royal Capital quietly expands in Africa

Burkinabe banker Idrissa Nassa takes interest in Orabank

Ouagadougou assesses mining assets and contracts

Australian miners wary of Russian forays into West Africa

NSIA peddles prized assets

Ivorian fund Cofina poised to buy into Caterpillar's Africa dealer JA Delmas

Dorsale Nord donors urged to stump up funds

Guinea coup: former Niger president Issoufou favourite to become ECOWAS mediator

Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Relyant, the rising star of US military aid to Sahel

Erdogan tours Gulf of Guinea with his military procurement team

A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

Battle between Turkey's TAI and Baykar plays out in Niamey

Ex-minister to become Kaboré's new ambassador in Paris

France to transfer military surpluses to Gulf of Guinea as some Sahel states urge higher-level cooperation

Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

Sonabel looks for solar kit and mini power plant providers to bring electricity to 150,000 homes

How the World Bank plans to distribute $465m pledge to regional power pool

Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Accrombessi blows his influence

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

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