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Burkina Faso

Turkish billionaire Gunal keeps plugging away

Even if it recently failed to win control of the Samira Hill gold mine in Niger (AMI 339), the Turkish [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2015

Military tackles mining sector clean-up

Burkina Faso’s mining industry, the epicentre of the Compaore regime’s excesses, has been taken in hand by the military.

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2015

Noble Energy seeks to erase debt

Noble Energy is going to proceed with a private placement [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2015

Mining code: a warning from World Bank

The World Bank has decided to increase to $100 million [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

Isaac Zida develops networks as interim PM

Since his appointment as interim PM in the wake of Blaise Compaore’s ouster, Isaac Zida has surrounded himself by trusted allies, perhaps all the better to prepare his political future.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

Mihin back on the job at Tambao

After suspending the Tambao manganese project because of political unrest, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.02.2015

Semafo sees heady days in 2015

After a solid performance in 2014, the Canadian mining firm [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.02.2015

Zephirin Diabre networks in Paris

Burkina Faso opposition figure Zephirin Diabre, who is standing in next October’s presidential elections, networked with Freemason friends in Paris recently.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2015

Philliskirk advises African Petroleum

A former head of the oil and gas department at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2015

Gold: Jean Tindano, new anti-fraud boss

A magistrate known for his integrity has been appointed head [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2015

Musical chairs at the mines ministry

The transition government in Burkina Faso has conducted a game [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2015

Flurry of permits

The government awarded a series of mining licenses on Jan. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2015

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Regional DIY to counter Boko Haram

Boko Haram seems to be unstoppable in its ongoing destabilisation of north-eastern Nigeria. After the devastating attack in Baga on January 7, in which 2000 people lost their lives, the violent Islamist movement led by Abubakar Shekau – which is [.

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2015

CDP party ponders its future

After ruling over Burkina Faso’s political scene since 1991, the Congres pour la Democratie is struggling to adapt post-Compaore.

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2015

Bollore ups pressure to launch rail project

At a meeting with Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Isaac Yacouba [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.01.2015

Kouka Tapsoda, a man with investment in mind

An economist specializing in farm development, Kouka Edouard Tapsoba, has been named permanent secretary of the Conseil Presidentiel pour l’Investissement [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Semica 2015: Innocent Belemtougri in the starting blocks

This year's International Energy, Mines and Quarries Show (Semica) in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

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Fierce contest shaping up between Diabre, Kabore

They used to be united in their opposition to Blaise Compaore but, after the former leader’s ouster in October, Burkina Faso’s main opposition leaders are now gearing up to be rivals for the 2015 presidential elections.

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

Maiga stands in way of Karma's project

Work on the Karma gold mine being conducted by the Canadian firm True Gold Mining has been suspended because of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.12.2014

Dieudonne Samson Yaogho revives Guiro

The chief representative of the Canadian mining group Komet Resources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.12.2014

Burkina Faso: Nonyarma promoted

An engineer and current chairman of Journees de Promotion Minieres [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.12.2014

Auguste Denise Barry, Zida’s new security chief

The recent appointment of Colonel Auguste Denise Barry as minister of territorial administration, decentralisation and government security under Burkina Faso’s [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2014

S&P sceptical about transition

Standard and Poor’s downgrading of Burkina Faso’s sovereign credit to [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.12.2014

Acacia takes an option on South Hounde

In return for conducting a $14 million reconnaissance work program [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

Boubacar Ba's busy social agenda

In addition to revising the mining code, labour legislation and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2014

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Burkina Faso

Turkish billionaire Gunal keeps plugging away

Military tackles mining sector clean-up

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Mining code: a warning from World Bank

Isaac Zida develops networks as interim PM

Mihin back on the job at Tambao

Semafo sees heady days in 2015

Zephirin Diabre networks in Paris

Philliskirk advises African Petroleum

Gold: Jean Tindano, new anti-fraud boss

Musical chairs at the mines ministry

Flurry of permits

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CDP party ponders its future

Bollore ups pressure to launch rail project

Kouka Tapsoda, a man with investment in mind

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Boubacar Ba's busy social agenda

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Burkina Faso

Turkish billionaire Gunal keeps plugging away

Military tackles mining sector clean-up

Noble Energy seeks to erase debt

Mining code: a warning from World Bank

Isaac Zida develops networks as interim PM

Mihin back on the job at Tambao

Semafo sees heady days in 2015

Zephirin Diabre networks in Paris

Philliskirk advises African Petroleum

Gold: Jean Tindano, new anti-fraud boss

Musical chairs at the mines ministry

Flurry of permits

Spotlight Regional DIY to counter Boko Haram

CDP party ponders its future

Bollore ups pressure to launch rail project

Kouka Tapsoda, a man with investment in mind

Semica 2015: Innocent Belemtougri in the starting blocks

Spotlight Fierce contest shaping up between Diabre, Kabore

Maiga stands in way of Karma's project

Dieudonne Samson Yaogho revives Guiro

Burkina Faso: Nonyarma promoted

Auguste Denise Barry, Zida’s new security chief

S&P sceptical about transition

Acacia takes an option on South Hounde

Boubacar Ba's busy social agenda

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Regional DIY to counter Boko Haram

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Fierce contest shaping up between Diabre, Kabore