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Sao Tome and Principe

Diplomat Luc Briard to focus on African diaspora at foreign ministry

The French foreign ministry has recently appointed diplomat Luc Briard to oversee all matters relating to the African diaspora

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.01.2023

Delayed EU anti-piracy cooperation presents Washington and Seoul with opening

SWAIMS, an EU project to fight piracy in the waters off West Africa, is experiencing hold-ups. Washington and Seoul are meanwhile working to counteract Chinese ambitions in the region.

Subscribers only Defence 24.01.2023

Spotlight
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

The Port of Dakar, Senegal. © Sadak Souici/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.01.2023

MTN to downsize in Africa in 2023

Telecomms giant MTN has mandated the South African bank Absa for the sale of some of its smaller operations in Africa. The financial services company has already started evaluating several of these assets.

Subscribers only Business 06.01.2023

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Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana have launched ambitious projects and made bold statements in their bids to become West Africa's next "energy hub". Those efforts, however, are a long way from unseating dominant Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.2023

How is Coral Energy fuelling its expansion in Africa?

In recent months the Dubai oil trading company Coral, which has always maintained close ties with Russia, has been stepping up its activities in Africa, prompting speculation among its competitors as to the provenance of its consignments.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 15.12.2022

Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

The Ghanaian capital has been chosen to host the next edition of the UN Ministerial Conference on Peacekeeping. It should take place in the first week of December 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.12.2022

French Order of Malta to get new international director

General Thierry Lion is shortly due to take over the as international director at the French Order of Malta. He will replace François Vuillemin, who will remain in his post until the end of December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.12.2022

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2022

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

With offices in both Paris and the Emirates, Axelcium has become a key intermediary in public-private partnerships in Africa, touting its services on major infrastructure deals. Africa Intelligence details this discreet but influential firm's history.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, West Africa, Business 14.11.2022

Axelcium, a discreet key intermediary for public-private partnerships in Africa.

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

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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

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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

Sao Tome and Principe

Diplomat Luc Briard to focus on African diaspora at foreign ministry

Delayed EU anti-piracy cooperation presents Washington and Seoul with opening

Spotlight
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

MTN to downsize in Africa in 2023

Spotlight
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

How is Coral Energy fuelling its expansion in Africa?

Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

French Order of Malta to get new international director

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

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

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Inside the EU's new security lab

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DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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

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

Andry Rajoelina

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Paul Biya

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Sao Tome and Principe

Diplomat Luc Briard to focus on African diaspora at foreign ministry

Delayed EU anti-piracy cooperation presents Washington and Seoul with opening

Spotlight French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

MTN to downsize in Africa in 2023

Spotlight Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

How is Coral Energy fuelling its expansion in Africa?

Akufo-Addo to host next UN peacekeeping summit

French Order of Malta to get new international director

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

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

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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

Spotlight
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Spotlight
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

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

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

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab