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Spotlight | Libya, Russia
West worried as AGOCO-Zarubezhneft rapprochement picks up pace

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Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

Despite taking place thousands of kilometres from Africa, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having a substantial impact on the continent's economies and governments. Facing hurdles in the supply of grain, fertiliser and fuel, and starved of Russian investment, especially in mining projects, African countries are trying to adapt to the crisis while Moscow and Western countries are lobbying hard to bring them into line with their respective positions. [...]

Oil barrels with a Russian flag. © Yalcin Sonat/Alamy banque d'images

At the request of Libya's National Oil Corp subsidiary AGOCO, the Russian Zarubezhneft group sent a delegation to Benghazi in August. The EU and the US are both concerned this move may spell the possibility of sanctioned Russian oil being transshipped. [...]

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Abdelhamid Dabaiba public figure
Equinor organisation
European Union organisation
Farhat Omar Bengdara public figure
François Fillon public figure
Gazprom organisation
Khalifa Haftar public figure
Libyan National Army organisation
Muammar Gaddafi public figure
Mustafa Sanalla public figure
National Oil Corp organisation
Rosneft organisation
Saddam Haftar public figure
Sonatrach organisation
TotalEnergies organisation
Toufik Hakkar public figure
Wagner organisation
Alexander Belov
Alexei Gudoshnikov
Arabian Gulf Oil Co
Dmitriy Smirnov
KGB
Mohamed Bashir Abu Nemou
Salah Abdulkarim Qatrani
Salah Faraj
Yevgeny Murov
Zarubezhneft

Libya
Honeywell UOP joins project to resurrect Fezzan refinery

Zallaf Libya Oil & Gas Co is trying to revive a refinery project in Fezzan in south-west Libya. The National Oil Corp (NOC) subsidiary has joined forces with the US group Honeywell UOP.

Free access Energy 24.03.2023

Libya
Tripoli prosecutor probes NOC payments to oil trader BGN International

The Tripoli prosecutor general is investigating payments made by Libya's National Oil Corp to a Dubai-based firm called BGN International. The several million dollars paid out were allegedly due to be used as a financing tool by the Haftar clan that dominates the east of the country.

Subscribers only Energy 21.02.2023

Prosecutor General Siddiq al-Sour in Tripoli, 14 March 2018.

Libya, United States
US prepares to try alleged Lockerbie bombmaker

Five attorneys have already been designated to represent the US in the trial of Abu Agila Masud al-Marimi, the Libyan suspected of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2023

Inner circles | Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara brings in his own people

To establish his still very fragile authority over the National Oil Corp, new chairman Farhat Omar Bengdara has reconstituted its board, as well as the boards of many of its subsidiaries.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 21.10.2022

The new president of the NOC, Farhat Omar Bengdara.

Libya
Turkish-Libyan offshore prospecting deal makes waves

Libyan oil minister Mohamed Aoun, who is currently on a trip to South Africa, did not sign the oil exploration memorandum of understanding agreed between Turkey and Libya on 3 October and on which he had asked for several points to be reviewed.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2022

Libya
TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Ten months after announcing it had increased its stake in Waha via the purchase of half of Hess's shares in the concession, the French oil major is still struggling to get Libya's oil ministry to give the deal its green light.

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2022

Zimbabwe
Court hammers final nail in Falcon Gold's coffin

Former Zimbabwean gold heavyweight Falcon Gold's decline has reached a new low following a court ruling that revokes its latest gold licences in the southwest of the country.

Subscribers only Mining 25.08.2022

Libya
Secret talks in Dubai: after the NOC, Dabaiba willing to offer several key ministries to Haftar clan

Breaking published on 30/07/22, 9:00 - Determined to remain at the head of the executive, Abdelhamid Dabaiba is keen to get into General Khalifa Haftar's good books. Africa Intelligence can reveal how Haftar's son travelled to Dubai to negotiate with the Prime Minister's missi dominici for several key positions in a future reshuffled government.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 30.07.2022

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba.

Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara courts Russia's Zarubezhneft via AGOCO

Russia's state-owned oil company has been invited to dispatch a delegation to Benghazi to visit the head office of AGOCO, the NOC subsidiary that operates the Sarir and Messla fields. This rapprochement, discreetly supported by Khalifa Haftar, is a source of great concern to Washington and other Western nations.

Subscribers only Energy 29.07.2022

Farhat Bengdara, newly appointed as chairman of the Libyan state National Oil Corp (NOC).

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine
Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Behind the display of harmony between Russia and its African allies during foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's recent tour, the war in Ukraine is taking its toll on Moscow's relations with the continent. Traditionally pro-Russia Sudan has agreed to serve as a layover for military equipment heading to Ukraine.

Subscribers only Defence 29.07.2022

Russian president Vladimir Putin and leader of Sudan's transitional council Abdel Fattah Al-Abdelrahman Burhan attend a meeting at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.

Libya
Haftar builds alliances with western Libya militias

Khalifa Haftar's envoys conducted discreet negotiations in May and June with militias in western Libya. Discussions are being held in parallel with Riyadh and Cairo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.07.2022

Libya
NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla down but not yet out despite his sacking

Mustafa Sanalla, the kingpin of the oil sector since 2014 who has already survived a previous attempt to dismiss him, has plenty of cards up his sleeve to make Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba back down once again on his decision to fire him.

Subscribers only Energy 15.07.2022

Mustafa Sanalla has been dismissed from the National Oil Corp (NOC).

Zimbabwe
State-owned Kuvimba Mining regains control of a parcel of the Freda Rebecca goldmine

Artisanally mined since 2018 by a local traditional leader, a part of the vast Freda Rebecca gold site is back under the control of Zimbabwe's new parastatal giant, Kuvimba Mining House.

Subscribers only Mining 11.07.2022

Spotlight | Rwanda
Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Buoyed by the Franco-Rwandan rapprochement, French entrepreneurs have been flocking to Kigali since late last year. They have formed a business club and launched a charm offensive in the land of a thousand hills.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 07.07.2022

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in December 2021 in Paris.

Libya
Dabaiba and Haftar in secret negotiations to replace NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla

To try to win the support of army commander Khalifa Haftar, Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is trying to hang on to his post, has offered to let him choose the next head of the national oil company.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 01.07.2022

Mustafa Sanalla, head of National Oil Corp (NOC).

Spotlight | Libya
Washington hatches plan to oversee oil revenues

The United States is hoping to set up a "special oversight committee", itself managed by a private auditing firm, to control the transfer of revenues from the National Oil Corp to Libya's state institutions. At stake is a drop in production sparked by the political row over such transfers.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 10.06.2022

Zimbabwe
Canadian newcomer Zephyr Minerals goes for gold in Manicaland

Manicaland, a Zimbabwean province with an as yet unrealised mining potential, has attracted keen interest from Canadian company Zephyr Minerals, which expects to obtain an exploration permit there shortly and has an option to buy a majority stake in an existing operation.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2022

Cameroon
Bolloré employees worried about their future after MSC acquisition

Employees of Bolloré Africa Logistics and its Cameroonian subsidiary, Société Commerciale des Ports Africains (Socopao), contacted the Douala regional delegate for labour and social security, Christel Etoundi Bekono, over concerns about the sale to MSC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.05.2022

South Africa
Southern Palladium fields heavyweight management team in bid to join PGM elite

As the South African platinum-group metals sector consolidates, Australian junior Southern Palladium is hoping to carve out a niche among the giants.

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2022

Zimbabwe
IMF urges Harare to raise taxes on mining

The IMF has told Zimbabwe that major tax cuts granted to the country's mining sector must be reversed in order to replenish state coffers.

Subscribers only Mining 13.04.2022

Africa
MSC goes all out as the deadline to make an offer for Bolloré's African assets nears

The Swiss-Italian group MSC has just one month left to make a firm offer to Bolloré for its subsidiary Bolloré Africa Logistics. Africa Intelligence reveals the progress of the discussions.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.03.2022

Central Africa, Namibia
Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2022

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Khalifa Haftar public figure
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Muammar Gaddafi public figure
Mustafa Sanalla public figure
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Spotlight | Libya, Russia
West worried as AGOCO-Zarubezhneft rapprochement picks up pace

Libya
Honeywell UOP joins project to resurrect Fezzan refinery

Libya
Tripoli prosecutor probes NOC payments to oil trader BGN International

Libya, United States
US prepares to try alleged Lockerbie bombmaker

Inner circles | Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara brings in his own people

Libya
Turkish-Libyan offshore prospecting deal makes waves

Libya
TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Zimbabwe
Court hammers final nail in Falcon Gold's coffin

Libya
Secret talks in Dubai: after the NOC, Dabaiba willing to offer several key ministries to Haftar clan

Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara courts Russia's Zarubezhneft via AGOCO

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine
Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Libya
Haftar builds alliances with western Libya militias

Libya
NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla down but not yet out despite his sacking

Zimbabwe
State-owned Kuvimba Mining regains control of a parcel of the Freda Rebecca goldmine

Spotlight | Rwanda
Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Libya
Dabaiba and Haftar in secret negotiations to replace NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla

Spotlight | Libya
Washington hatches plan to oversee oil revenues

Zimbabwe
Canadian newcomer Zephyr Minerals goes for gold in Manicaland

Cameroon
Bolloré employees worried about their future after MSC acquisition

South Africa
Southern Palladium fields heavyweight management team in bid to join PGM elite

Zimbabwe
IMF urges Harare to raise taxes on mining

Africa
MSC goes all out as the deadline to make an offer for Bolloré's African assets nears

Central Africa, Namibia
Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Africa
Bolloré Africa assets sale: Nicolas Sarkozy and Cyrille Bolloré on joint mission in Abidjan

Africa
How MSC's Aponte family outbid CMA CGM's Saadé owners for Bolloré's African assets

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Document | Congo
Oil minister Tchicaya may stymie Zenith Energy's hopes at Tilapia

Africa
South Africa’s Sasol seeks top dog status in Maputo