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Burkina Faso

Operation Revival for the phosphates branch

Seeing that Mali and Morocco were both investing heavily in phosphates, one of the rare mining resources spared by the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Kabore to bring the military back to government

Faced with worsening security, the president is expected to return senior army officers to the executive branch in early 2017. Place your bets.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

France trains African troops

Following commando operations by French Special Forces in the Sahel-Saharan Strip and recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Auguste Barry to hang up his uniform

Col. Auguste-Denise Barry, who currently serves as security advisor to President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, is planning to resign from [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Compaore’s machine in the dock

All eyes will be on Haute Cour de Justice (HCJ) chairman Mathieu Bebrigda Ouedraogo when he opens the court’s hearings [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

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Dissa’s uphill fight to win back the mining community’s heart

In a meeting to be held in a posh Paris hotel on Dec. 7-8 with Burkina Faso’s donors, mines minister Alpha Oumar Dissa won’t be able to sidestep questions that worry investors about the future of his country’s mining sector. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.12.2016

Roxgold soon connected to power grid

By the end of this year the Yaramoko gold mine [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.12.2016

Tambao: Timis calls for arbitration at Paris Chamber of Commerce

Founder of the Pan African Minerals group, Frank Timis has launched arbitration proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce in [...]

Subscribers only 05.12.2016

Cornered, Bollore slams judge and plaintiff in SOPAM case

After an arbitration tribunal ruled in favour of Mohamed Sogli against Bollore, the French group has challenged the decision and attacked the plaintiff's reputation.

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2016

Kabore seeks new lease of life in Paris

Weakened by social unrest and insecurity, the head of state is banking on an upcoming donors’ conference to finally get his term in office up and running.

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2016

Frank Timis hires Betto Seraglini

Frank Timis, the head of several mining and oil companies [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.11.2016

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

The BCEAO has asked foreign banks operating within the West [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2016

Faso Construction out of Treasury contract

Faso Construction, founded by Burkinabe businessman Mohammed Abdullai, had to [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2016

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

A brand new oil brokerage company, Blue Oil Energy, which is based in London and on the highly posh Quai [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

A visit by Azerbaijan energy minister Natig Aliyev to Benin [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

Mines and Money 2016: Alpha Oumar Dissa fancies donors more than investors

Seizing the occasion of an influx of mining investors attending the Mines & Money and Investing in African Mining conferences [...]

Subscribers only 28.11.2016

New legislation on marketing gold to be tabled

Burkina Faso’s mines minister Alpha Oumar Dissa plans to finalize [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Avocet sinks deeper into Inata financial quagmire

Although a court in Ouagadougou lifted the impoundment of one [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Coris Bank finances SCI Helam shopping centre

Burkina Faso’s Coris Bank international has approved the financing of [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2016

Salif Kabore, Francois Compaore’s punching bag

Unable to reach Francois Compaore, who has been in exile [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2016

Tullow cuts sharply into next year’s exploration budget for Africa

Even if Tullow Oil’s creditors have offered it a new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Tamboura drives new nail in Compaore coffin

Published at the end of October, a Parliamentary inquiry in Burkina Faso into the government’s dealings in the oil sector [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Customs and tax officials learn the ropes about mining

While mining companies in next-door Mali are reeling from pressure [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Too many small-scale miners flout the rules

While the number of permits for artisanal gold mining is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

Mimran throws support behind Teranga on Banfora

The Canadian junior Teranga Gold Corp decided in early November [...]

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2016

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Burkina Faso

Operation Revival for the phosphates branch

Kabore to bring the military back to government

France trains African troops

Auguste Barry to hang up his uniform

Compaore’s machine in the dock

Spotlight
Dissa’s uphill fight to win back the mining community’s heart

Roxgold soon connected to power grid

Tambao: Timis calls for arbitration at Paris Chamber of Commerce

Cornered, Bollore slams judge and plaintiff in SOPAM case

Kabore seeks new lease of life in Paris

Frank Timis hires Betto Seraglini

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

Faso Construction out of Treasury contract

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

Mines and Money 2016: Alpha Oumar Dissa fancies donors more than investors

New legislation on marketing gold to be tabled

Avocet sinks deeper into Inata financial quagmire

Coris Bank finances SCI Helam shopping centre

Salif Kabore, Francois Compaore’s punching bag

Tullow cuts sharply into next year’s exploration budget for Africa

Tamboura drives new nail in Compaore coffin

Customs and tax officials learn the ropes about mining

Too many small-scale miners flout the rules

Mimran throws support behind Teranga on Banfora

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Burkina Faso

Operation Revival for the phosphates branch

Kabore to bring the military back to government

France trains African troops

Auguste Barry to hang up his uniform

Compaore’s machine in the dock

Spotlight Dissa’s uphill fight to win back the mining community’s heart

Roxgold soon connected to power grid

Tambao: Timis calls for arbitration at Paris Chamber of Commerce

Cornered, Bollore slams judge and plaintiff in SOPAM case

Kabore seeks new lease of life in Paris

Frank Timis hires Betto Seraglini

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

Faso Construction out of Treasury contract

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

SOCAR Confirms drive to expand in region

Mines and Money 2016: Alpha Oumar Dissa fancies donors more than investors

New legislation on marketing gold to be tabled

Avocet sinks deeper into Inata financial quagmire

Coris Bank finances SCI Helam shopping centre

Salif Kabore, Francois Compaore’s punching bag

Tullow cuts sharply into next year’s exploration budget for Africa

Tamboura drives new nail in Compaore coffin

Customs and tax officials learn the ropes about mining

Too many small-scale miners flout the rules

Mimran throws support behind Teranga on Banfora

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Dissa’s uphill fight to win back the mining community’s heart