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Mali

Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

UDD representative in Mopti, Mali, Mohamed Sanous Nientao is also a key player in Abidjan in healthcare, construction and military supplies.

Subscribers only Defence 26.07.2022

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his ex-minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to brief the new defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and the new foreign minister Catherine Colonna on African issues.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.07.2022

Junta attempts rapprochement with Doha

Having discreetly dispatched a delegation to Doha in late May, a cash-strapped Bamako is now seeking to secure financial support for the transition. It has also appointed a new ambassador to Qatar.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.07.2022

Coulibaly and Matrans win major contract to work with MINUSMA again

Malian businessman Boubacar Coulibaly, head of the Matrans Logistics group, has just landed a major contract for $5m with the United Nations to provide freight and logistics services for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA.

Subscribers only Defence 19.07.2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use.

Free access Defence 18.07.2022

US lobbyist Marc Porter claims $94m from Bamako

Stratcomms boss Marc Porter, the US lobbyist hired in 2018 to facilitate meetings with senior staffers of the Trump administration, has filed a complaint before Nevada court against the Malian state. He is claiming $94m from Bamako, $93m of which for "unfair enrichment" in reference to the additional financial assistance the US granted Mali in 2020, which he believes he enabled.

Subscribers only Business 18.07.2022

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

The heads of Ghana Cocobod and Ivory Coast's Conseil Café Cacao were in Accra last week to refine their joint strategy in the face of the industry's trading giants and industrialists, who are considering diversifying their supplies elsewhere.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 12.07.2022

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post.

Free access Diplomacy 07.07.2022

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022.

Spain's Swiftair starts flying for MINUSMA

The Spanish company Swiftair began flying missions at the end of May for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, whose mandate has just been extended for a year by the Security Council.

Subscribers only Defence 06.07.2022

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

Ces dernières semaines, la question sensible de l'appartenance du Burkina Faso au cadre de coopération sécuritaire et de développement du G5 Sahel a été abordée durant au moins trois conseil des ministres.

Subscribers only Politics 05.07.2022

In Focus
From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

Legal problems prevent the erstwhile foreign minister of Burkina Faso setting foot in his own country, but that hasn't stopped him discreetly advising junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Thanks to his people skills, he is also doing diplomatic work in Qatar, Ivory Coast and Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.07.2022

Former Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (photo from April 2012).

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2022

MINUSMA in firing line of US Congress

Following a series of allegations of human rights abuses committed by the Forces armées maliennes (FAMa) within the context of their collaboration with the Russian paramilitary outfit Wagner, members of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have since March been pondering their stance towards the United Nations mission in Mali, MINUSMA.

Subscribers only Defence 30.06.2022

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

The European Union plans to use the European Peace Facility to provide operational support to four West African navies, which are to take on a regional leadership role to counter the persistent threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Subscribers only Defence 29.06.2022

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Earlier this month, the former head of Israel's armed forces, who is now chairman of the board of directors of the Synaptech Capital fund that invests in defence equipment, visited Abidjan and Conakry.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 28.06.2022

Tsahal's former Chief of Staff and former Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon.

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights.

Subscribers only Business 27.06.2022

Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Mali is seeing a rise in the number of nickel exploration applications as demand for this metal essential to energy transition continues to grow across West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 27.06.2022

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2022

MINUSMA's thousand new Chadian peacekeepers to be deployed in the North

While Chad has yet to send an additional 1,000 Blue Helmets to the United Nations mission in Mali, MINUSMA, the latter has just announced the main deployment locations for the country's soldiers.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.06.2022

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

The construction of the electricity interconnection between Guinea and Mali has been significantly slowed due to the African Development Bank's (ADB) decision in April to suspend its disbursements to Bamako.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 22.06.2022

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Although the Beninese president Patrice Talon is due to take the helm of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, his insistence that his economy minister chair the organisation's council of ministers has led to one of several disputes - and resulted in a special heads of state committee being set up to try to resolve the situation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.06.2022

Beninese President Patrice Talon is to become head of the UEMOA.

MINUSMA on the lookout for more attack helicopters

Weakened by serious shortfalls in its air capabilities, the staff of the UN mission in Mali is looking for countries that could provide it with helicopters, with Italy and the Netherlands in its sights.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 06.06.2022

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

The military contingents of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon deployed within the Multinational Joint Task Force are to receive a dozen intelligence-gathering drones from the French firm Delair. The project is being overseen by Coginta, an NGO active in supporting security initiatives in West Africa.

Subscribers only Defence 02.06.2022

A DT-26 intelligence drone sold by Delair in 2019 to the Niger National Guard.

MINUSMA put out as Kyiv recalls its helicopters

To counter Russia's invasion, Ukraine has requisitioned six choppers deployed with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, compromising the force's operational capacity.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 31.05.2022

Mil Mi-8 helicopters with partially painted-out UN logos.

Moura massacre: the explosive UN report

The UN's OHCHR is shortly due to hand over its investigation on the killings that took place in the village of Moura in central Mali in March to the body's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The document points the finger at Mali's Armed Forces and Russia's Wagner group, and could have repercussions on the UN's presence in Mali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.05.2022

A UN Security Council meeting on 7 April 2022, discussing the Moura massacre in Mali.

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Mali

Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Junta attempts rapprochement with Doha

Coulibaly and Matrans win major contract to work with MINUSMA again

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

US lobbyist Marc Porter claims $94m from Bamako

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Spain's Swiftair starts flying for MINUSMA

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

In Focus
From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

MINUSMA in firing line of US Congress

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

MINUSMA's thousand new Chadian peacekeepers to be deployed in the North

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

MINUSMA on the lookout for more attack helicopters

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

MINUSMA put out as Kyiv recalls its helicopters

Moura massacre: the explosive UN report

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Mali

Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Junta attempts rapprochement with Doha

Coulibaly and Matrans win major contract to work with MINUSMA again

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

US lobbyist Marc Porter claims $94m from Bamako

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Spain's Swiftair starts flying for MINUSMA

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

In Focus From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

MINUSMA in firing line of US Congress

EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

MINUSMA's thousand new Chadian peacekeepers to be deployed in the North

Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

MINUSMA on the lookout for more attack helicopters

Swiss NGO Coginta facilitates deployment of Delair drones against Boko Haram

MINUSMA put out as Kyiv recalls its helicopters

Moura massacre: the explosive UN report

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From Abidjan to Doha: the secret missions of former minister Djibrill Bassolé