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Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

The law firm has brought in a specialist in financing and energy contracts with ready access to a flourishing network across West and Southern Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2022

Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Within the game of top level musical chairs at Equinor, a new general manager was appointed in Angola to replace Nina Koch, who has taken the helm of the group's Africa operations.

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2022

Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

The discord between the presidency and the regulator NURPC has led to the deal between US major ExxonMobil and Nigerian junior Seplat reaching an impasse, and the chances of resolving it are getting smaller each day.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2022

Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

Nigerian oil company NNPC has managed to settle the lawsuits filed against it in the United States by trading them for block extensions. But the West African giant has not seen the back of its arbitration proceedings involving ENI and Shell yet.

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2022

Washington stalls over gunships as Turkey's TAI claims victory and Leonardo gets busy

Washington, which in April approved the potential sale of twelve Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Nigeria, is struggling to finalise this contract, which takes the form of a Foreign Military Sale (FMS).

Subscribers only Defence 01.09.2022

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

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt. © Dan Shannon/Only World/Only France via AFP

Subscribers only Business 29.08.2022

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

Ex-Glencore Anthony Stimler's sentencing control date pushed to 2023

The sentencing control date of Anthony Stimler, who led the West Africa department of Swiss trader Glencore from 2002 to 2009, then again between 2011 and 2019, has been postponed for another six months.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 16.08.2022

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

Inner circles
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

The Organisation of African First Ladies, originally launched to fight AIDS, planned in 2019 to add development to its remit. But Covid-19 put a stop to that project. Its new president, the Namibian first lady Monica Geingos, is now hoping to find new impetus, as another organisation led by Nigeria's Aisha Buhari is trying to compete with it.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.07.2022

The Congolese first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.

Spotlight
ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

Following a legal setback in early July in its efforts to offload its shallow offshore sites in Nigeria, the US major ExxonMobil is reshuffling its management team.

Subscribers only Energy 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

Safran deploys to Abuja in hope of stealing a march on Turkish and Chinese rivals

Led by Pascal Saguez, the head of the drones and [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.07.2022

Local magnates hopeful as BW Offshore puts Nigerian FPSOs up for sale

The Norwegian crude oil storage vessel firm wants to leave Nigeria to focus on other more promising markets in Latin America. The takeover of its assets is turning into a battle between local and foreign firms.

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.2022

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

With its NOPL pipeline still shut down, TotalEnergies looks for alternative solutions

The French major TotalEnergies stopped delivering gas to the Alaoji thermal power station several months ago, because its pipeline was vandalised. Yet Greenville LNG has proposed an alternative: transport by truck.

Subscribers only Energy 11.07.2022

Inner circles
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

The new NNPC board of directors has once again given pride of place to those close to the president, who has made sure to put together a team that will please his would-be heir, Bola Tinubu, a candidate in the 2023 election.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 08.07.2022

Bola Tinubu, a presidential candidate in the February 2023 election, and President Muhammadu Buhari.

OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

Mohammed Barkindo died unexpectedly on Tuesday, 5 May, while on a tour of Nigeria. Earlier in the week he had met with President Muhammadu Buhari, who praised his work as secretary-general of OPEC, a position he had held since 2016.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2022

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.

Litigation funder Drumcliffe shares Abuja's Malabu court rout by JPMorgan

Nigeria was not the only loser when the US bank saw off a $1.7bn lawsuit in London; Abuja's defeat had a knock-on effect for Drumcliffe Partners, a firm that specialises in bankrolling court cases and arbitration.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2022

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).

Paris keen to help Abuja create light aviation unit

The French armed forces are keen to be involved in the creation of a light aviation unit within the Nigerian Army. There is a chance that Airbus will supply helicopters, but despite Paris' support, competition from Turkey's TAI and Italy's Leonardo remains tough.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.07.2022

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

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Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Nigeria

Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

Washington stalls over gunships as Turkey's TAI claims victory and Leonardo gets busy

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

Ex-Glencore Anthony Stimler's sentencing control date pushed to 2023

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

Inner circles
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight
ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

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

Safran deploys to Abuja in hope of stealing a march on Turkish and Chinese rivals

Local magnates hopeful as BW Offshore puts Nigerian FPSOs up for sale

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

With its NOPL pipeline still shut down, TotalEnergies looks for alternative solutions

Inner circles
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Litigation funder Drumcliffe shares Abuja's Malabu court rout by JPMorgan

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

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

Paris keen to help Abuja create light aviation unit

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

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Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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Mamadi Doumbouya

Nigeria

Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

Washington stalls over gunships as Turkey's TAI claims victory and Leonardo gets busy

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

Ex-Glencore Anthony Stimler's sentencing control date pushed to 2023

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

Inner circles Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

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

Safran deploys to Abuja in hope of stealing a march on Turkish and Chinese rivals

Local magnates hopeful as BW Offshore puts Nigerian FPSOs up for sale

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

With its NOPL pipeline still shut down, TotalEnergies looks for alternative solutions

Inner circles Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Litigation funder Drumcliffe shares Abuja's Malabu court rout by JPMorgan

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

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

Paris keen to help Abuja create light aviation unit

ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

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Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (1/2): the Libreville oil mega-deal mystery

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

Inner circles
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight
ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

Inner circles
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

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