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EU ministers to discuss Africa

EU foreign affairs ministers are scheduled to meet in Brussels on 16 May. While the situation in Ukraine is set to dominate the talks, the agenda is also likely to include Africa, and specifically the Sahel region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.05.2022

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

The first discreet nightly rotations took place from 1 to 7 May at Kandi airport, in northern Benin, which is currently used as a platform for French jumbo jets coming from Mali and heading for Niger, the final destination of the French equipment.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy Running story - The Sahel security crisis 10.05.2022

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

The withdrawal of French Barkhane troops from Mali and the dismantling of its military hospital in Gao means that MINUSMA will have to reorganise medical logistics for its peacekeepers.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.05.2022

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership

The Atlanta-based soft drinks company has been dissolving several of its African partnerships and is currently preparing to part ways with its bottler in Ivory Coast.

Free access Business 05.05.2022

Shandong Gold making gradual headway towards gold production

Chinese group Shandong Gold, which bought Namdini's gold project after a long battle with Russia's Nordgold, has started preliminary construction work on the mine.

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2022

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

On 21 April, the European Union adopted an assistance measure to provide the African Union with €600m in aid over three years. A €170m package has already been set aside for 2022. The package should be put towards the fight against Boko Haram and the AU mission in Somalia but leaves out the G5 Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2022

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital

Over the last decade, Dakar has established itself as the centre of 'strategic thinking' in West Africa. The city boasts a think tank ecosystem where ministers, former generals, researchers and donors mingle.

Free access Diplomacy 20.04.2022

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

In parallel with the withdrawal from Mali, the French army will strengthen the role the Eléments Français au Sénégal's 400 soldiers, whose current boss, General Michel Delpit, will leave his post in the middle of this year.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.04.2022

Dakar is home to 350 French soldiers from the EFS.

Between Mali pullout and Ukraine, French military cooperation budget reaches delicate equilibrium

Despite the reallocation of European security cooperation funds to Ukraine, Paris has made a point of reassuring its West African partners by releasing other funds their way.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 15.04.2022

Atlantic Lithium hires matchmaker to choose suitor

Global battery giants have been battling for stakes in lithium projects under development in Zimbabwe and Mali. Now they have set their sights on one run by Atlantic Lithium in Ghana. The British junior has hired consultants to help it scrutinise the offers it is getting.

Subscribers only Mining 15.04.2022

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Walid Arem has taken over the famed Ledger Plaza hotel in Bangui, which is owned by the Libyan state through its Laico fund and is at the centre of a bitter power struggle. Arem was already running two other Laico hotels in Bamako, as well as a seaside resort in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Business 15.04.2022

Tullow Oil and ENI utilise Russia-Ukraine war to pressure executive

Oil companies operating in Ghana want to increase their offshore fields' gas production. They hope to convince the Akufo-Addo administration to go along with them, given the risk that Russia's war in Ukraine poses to LNG imports into Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2022

Burkinabe business leaders in three-way fight for Orabank

Orabank's re-entry into the market has resulted in three Burkina Faso business leaders battling it out to buy the Togo-based regional banking group.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 14.04.2022

Competition hots up for Northwestern African constituency between Pro-Macron candidates

The former Maghreb representative of Emmanuel Macron's LREM party, Mehdi Reddad, is gearing up to run for the presidential majority's nomination for the seat of MP for the French nationals in the Maghreb and West Africa.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 13.04.2022

Mehdi Reddad (left) and M'Jid El Guerrab (right).

Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

Two West African moguls are poised to make an offer to buy French bank BNP Paribas' lucrative subsidiary in Ivory Coast, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et pour l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire (BICICI), in what promises to be a bitter battle for its aquisition.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.04.2022

BICICI's headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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Ghana

EU ministers to discuss Africa

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership

Shandong Gold making gradual headway towards gold production

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Between Mali pullout and Ukraine, French military cooperation budget reaches delicate equilibrium

Atlantic Lithium hires matchmaker to choose suitor

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Tullow Oil and ENI utilise Russia-Ukraine war to pressure executive

Burkinabe business leaders in three-way fight for Orabank

Competition hots up for Northwestern African constituency between Pro-Macron candidates

Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

Bolloré's French army foreign operations' contract renewed for over €200m

France redeploys its military staff after Mali withdrawal

Obiang plans his AU summit in Malabo

After Friedland, Salle-Audet duo's projects spark interest of Sawiris and Eramet

Will Russian deputy foreign minister Bogdanov stick to West Africa tour as planned?

In Yaoundé, Brussels and Africa seek to strengthen their navies' cooperation

Top US energy diplomat soon to take up Accra ambassadorship

Ukrainian Antonovs still supplying French forces in the Sahel, for now

Software bug hinders start of Obangame Express naval exercise

Ambitious Tema LNG terminal still not operational

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Ghana

EU ministers to discuss Africa

Paris uses Beninese airports for Barkhane withdrawal

Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership

Shandong Gold making gradual headway towards gold production

How EU plans to allocate $600m military support package within the AU

How Dakar became West Africa's 'strategic thinking' capital

Dakar, the post-Barkhane experiment

Between Mali pullout and Ukraine, French military cooperation budget reaches delicate equilibrium

Atlantic Lithium hires matchmaker to choose suitor

From Bamako to Bangui, Walid Arem takes over Libya's problem hotels

Tullow Oil and ENI utilise Russia-Ukraine war to pressure executive

Burkinabe business leaders in three-way fight for Orabank

Competition hots up for Northwestern African constituency between Pro-Macron candidates

Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

Bolloré's French army foreign operations' contract renewed for over €200m

France redeploys its military staff after Mali withdrawal

Obiang plans his AU summit in Malabo

After Friedland, Salle-Audet duo's projects spark interest of Sawiris and Eramet

Will Russian deputy foreign minister Bogdanov stick to West Africa tour as planned?

In Yaoundé, Brussels and Africa seek to strengthen their navies' cooperation

Top US energy diplomat soon to take up Accra ambassadorship

Ukrainian Antonovs still supplying French forces in the Sahel, for now

Software bug hinders start of Obangame Express naval exercise

Ambitious Tema LNG terminal still not operational

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites