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Admiral Gambo seeks new offshore vessels to update ageing fleet

Vice-Admiral Gambo is in charge of boosting the Nigerian Navy's prowess with the aim of curbing piracy. His mission is in tandem with the recently launched Deep Blue maritime security project.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.09.2021

Accrombessi blows his influence

Since moving to his native Benin several years ago, Ali Bongo's former right-hand man Maixent Accrombessi has managed to get close to some in the presidential family but remains on the sidelines of the president's inner circle.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

Former Glencore executive Anthony Stimler hires top US lawyer in commissions for crude oil case

The former Glencore West Africa executive, who is suspected of having paid millions of dollars to Nigerian officials in return for contracts, has hired a top American lawyer who specialises in cases involving alleged white-collar crime.

Subscribers only Energy 01.09.2021

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

With France's active support, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) is on a mission to obtain some of the special drawing rights (SDR) funds attributed to developed countries to offset the impact of Covid-19. Paris and Berlin have already managed to secure $40bn more for African countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2021

SecPro and Composites Solutions to equip President Buhari's close security guards

The Nigerian presidency is not free of the threat posed by the deteriorating security situation in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 30.08.2021

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 23.08.2021

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

The Italian government has embarked on a diplomatic campaign to strengthen military cooperation with Abuja as a means to lock in the sale of 24 combat aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force. But it is facing a circumspect air force command and competition from Pakistan.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.08.2021

An Aermachi M-346 FA ground attack aircraft.

ENI and Cnooc favour lawyers Aluko & Oyebode in dispute with state

ENI has hired Lagos-based Aluko & Oyebode for its arbitration against Nigeria, joining a list of other private oil majors, to use the law firm's services in their disputes with Abuja.

Subscribers only Energy 19.08.2021

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

After investing in RwandAir and Kigali International Airport in 2019, Qatar Airways is keen to establish a base in West Africa and has started discussions with Lomé and Abidjan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Qatar Airways inaugurated its Abidjan-Doha route on June 16, 2021.

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.08.2021

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

For the past month, Ivory Coast's president has been trying to bring together his counterparts from Benin and Niger, whose customs feud has the entire region in a gridlock, while also attempting to patch up relations between Patrice Talon and Faure Gnassingbé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2021

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara.

Court setback for ENI in Delaware over OPL 245

ENI's crusade to hold to account those it considers guilty in the "Malabu affair" ran into a first stumbling block in a Delaware court in mid-July.

Subscribers only Energy 29.07.2021

Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

The arbitration tribunal put in place to resolve the dispute between the Nigerian State and ENI on the development of the OPL 245 offshore oil field is ready to go.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.2021

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

With the diplomatic skirmish over customs decisions between Nigeria and Benin threatening to paralyse the subregion's entire economy, the Ivorian president has reached out to both their heads of state in an attempt to get them talking again.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2021

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

After working together for more than twenty-five years, Victor Delerue and his son Axel will no longer represent Raidco Marine in West Africa. The dramatic end to their lengthy relationship was due to a spat with Raidco boss Jean-Michel Monnier.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.07.2021

Trident and Seplat battle Chappal for ExxonMobil stake

ExxonMobil's offloading of its stake in four shallow offshore licences, initiated in 2019, is attracting interest from several Nigerian firms backed by Western partners.

Subscribers only Energy 14.07.2021

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Two Nigerian citizens were among the 10 people police in Benin arrested in a 25 June drug bust. For the best part of two years Cotonou and Abuja have been at odds over the smuggling of narcotics between their two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2021

France pulls out all the stops for Wigwe's Access Bank new Paris branch

The French government is fostering its ties with Nigeria's captains of industry, and in particular Herbert Wigwe, who recently announced that his bank would open a Paris branch.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 09.07.2021

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries.

Free access Commodity traders, Politics 06.07.2021

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin.

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation for being weak on drugs.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

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Admiral Gambo seeks new offshore vessels to update ageing fleet

Accrombessi blows his influence

Former Glencore executive Anthony Stimler hires top US lawyer in commissions for crude oil case

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

SecPro and Composites Solutions to equip President Buhari's close security guards

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

ENI and Cnooc favour lawyers Aluko & Oyebode in dispute with state

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Court setback for ENI in Delaware over OPL 245

Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Trident and Seplat battle Chappal for ExxonMobil stake

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

France pulls out all the stops for Wigwe's Access Bank new Paris branch

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

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Nigeria

Admiral Gambo seeks new offshore vessels to update ageing fleet

Accrombessi blows his influence

Former Glencore executive Anthony Stimler hires top US lawyer in commissions for crude oil case

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

SecPro and Composites Solutions to equip President Buhari's close security guards

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

ENI and Cnooc favour lawyers Aluko & Oyebode in dispute with state

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Court setback for ENI in Delaware over OPL 245

Arbitration between ENI and Abuja on OPL 245 can finally begin

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Trident and Seplat battle Chappal for ExxonMobil stake

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

France pulls out all the stops for Wigwe's Access Bank new Paris branch

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

One by one, Lekoil Nigeria executives jump ship from Lekoil Limited

Sergio Spadaro, prosecutor Pasquale's loyal deputy in ENI legal battles

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

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Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

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