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Mauritania

Jessica Davis Ba's posting to Abidjan as US ambassador delayed

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Senate is not expected to convene before January at the earliest to approve the posting to Ivory Coast of Jessica Davis Ba, a former adviser to Kamala Harris. This will suit the incumbent ambassador Richard Bell at a time when Abidjan is keen to further strengthen its ties with the US.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2022

Ghazouani launches investment drive from Tokyo to Washington

President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in Brussels, Belgium, 21 June 2022. © Stéphanie Lecocq/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Business 22.11.2022

Doha prepares to launch major mediation centre

Qatari diplomacy is in the final stages of setting up a major mediation centre, to be called the Center for International Conflict Resolution.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.11.2022

In Focus
From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

Axelcium, a discreet key intermediary for public-private partnerships in Africa. © Claire Seichepine/Studio Pachamama/Shutterstock

Subscribers only Infrastructure, West Africa, Business 14.11.2022

ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on 4 December in Abuja, which hosts the headquarters of the regional organisation, for their annual ordinary summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.11.2022

Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Following on from his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in September, the former Nigerien head of state Mahamadou Issoufou will present his report on the situation in the Sahel at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.11.2022

Border protection: Turkish military company Sadat's discreet charm offensive

CEO Melih Tanriverdi has sent his teams to court West Africa's armed forces in the hopes of selling them Sadat's integrated border surveillance system for use in the conflict-prone Sahel region.

Subscribers only Defence 01.11.2022

Sahel special envoy Frédéric Bontems tipped for Pretoria ambassador job

France's special envoy for the Sahel, Frédéric Bontems, is expected to be appointed as his country's ambassador to South Africa. He would take over in Pretoria from Aurélien Lechavallier.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.10.2022

In Focus
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

From Singapore to Monrovia, via New York and Conakry, the American-Canadian tycoon Robert Friedland is one of the global mining sector's most flamboyant figures. Well established in the DR Congo, he is working behind the scenes in Conakry and Monrovia to expand his empire in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 24.10.2022

Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland at a conference in Cape Town in 2022.

After mixed results, Brussels mulls future of Sahel's elite counterterror units

The European Union is reviewing the GAR-SI Sahel initiative, through which it funded and trained reaction squads in six African countries to tackle terrorism and trafficking. Although the programme is to be beefed up in Senegal, Mauritania and Niger, Brussels plans to axe it in Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad.

Subscribers only Defence 19.10.2022

BRICS' Russian boss Larisa Zelentsova makes her move in Francophone Africa

Accompanied on her tour by her Africa expert, the president of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa alliance has made the opening of a West Africa headquarters in Senegal official.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2022

VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

The presidents of Angola, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau will take part in the 8th Dakar Forum on Peace and Security from 24 to 25 October. They will be joined by the foreign ministers of Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia, as well as the French secretary of state Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2022

MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Since September, the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been directly affected by the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) decision to block the UN use of Russian aircraft

Subscribers only Defence 17.10.2022

Defence firm Streit courts army high commands from Abuja to Conakry

Following the opening of a military production facility in Uganda over the summer, the Emirati firm Streit Group is now setting out to conquer West Africa. It is eyeing a partnership with Dicon, the Nigerian public defence conglomerate, as well as new opportunities in Guinea.

Subscribers only Defence 11.10.2022

France offers Conakry military support to protect border with Mali

To stop the spread into Guinea of jihadist groups operating in neighbouring Mali, France has responded favourably to Guinea leader Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya request for military assistance along its northeastern border.

Subscribers only Defence 07.10.2022

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

The armed forces of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Gabon will have to wait a little longer to receive the first transfers of French armoured personnel carriers under the Integrated Ground Mobility and Protection Programme that Paris launched last year.

Subscribers only Defence 06.10.2022

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries.

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2022

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab

The European Union is drawing up the contours of a new programme to boost the armies of the countries of the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea. Already widely used to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, the European Peace Facility must be at the center of this new West African strategy.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 21.09.2022

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Businessmen in Senegal and Ivory Coast are dreaming of building luxury resorts on sites abandoned by the French operator Club Med. But Covid has hit the tourism sector hard.

Subscribers only Business 29.08.2022

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt.

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

The appointment of UN-mandated expert panels is being increasingly hotly debated in New York. On one side are the P3 members of the US, France and UK, and on the other the P2 of Russia and China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.08.2022

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.08.2022

UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura expected in Algiers and Nouakchott

The UN envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, is due to visit Algeria and Mauritania between September and October.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2022

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

Hensoldt Nexeya secures coasts and borders

Around a dozen maritime and inland surveillance posts are currently being equipped or created in Mauritania - a major project being carried out by the defence electronics firm Hensoldt Nexeya.

Subscribers only Defence 21.07.2022

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

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Jessica Davis Ba's posting to Abidjan as US ambassador delayed

Ghazouani launches investment drive from Tokyo to Washington

Doha prepares to launch major mediation centre

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From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

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Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

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VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Defence firm Streit courts army high commands from Abuja to Conakry

France offers Conakry military support to protect border with Mali

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

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High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

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Jessica Davis Ba's posting to Abidjan as US ambassador delayed

Ghazouani launches investment drive from Tokyo to Washington

Doha prepares to launch major mediation centre

In Focus From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

ECOWAS to hold summit on 4 December

Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Border protection: Turkish military company Sadat's discreet charm offensive

Sahel special envoy Frédéric Bontems tipped for Pretoria ambassador job

In Focus Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

After mixed results, Brussels mulls future of Sahel's elite counterterror units

BRICS' Russian boss Larisa Zelentsova makes her move in Francophone Africa

VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Defence firm Streit courts army high commands from Abuja to Conakry

France offers Conakry military support to protect border with Mali

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

Spotlight Inside the EU's new security lab

In Focus High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura expected in Algiers and Nouakchott

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

Hensoldt Nexeya secures coasts and borders

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

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

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

In Focus
From Bolloré to Arise, Axelcium is the low-profile privateer central to African mega-deals

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Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

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Inside the EU's new security lab

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High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites