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West Africa

Mauritania, Senegal
How BP came to terms with Kosmos on Tortue

Although several majors were banging on the door to help develop Kosmos' giant reserve BP finally won the nod

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2017

Nigeria
Panoro opens hostilities against its partners on Aje

The British junior listed in Oslo, Panoro Energy, has fallen out with its partners on the Aje field in Nigeria, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2017

Spotlight | Guinea
Investigation could cost Namory Conde his job as CBG boss

With Namory Conde’s mandate as chief of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG), the leading ore producer in the country, about to end on Dec. 31 a report from the company’s audits committee has accused him of overstepping his powers [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Burkina Faso
Operation Revival for the phosphates branch

Seeing that Mali and Morocco were both investing heavily in phosphates, one of the rare mining resources spared by the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Ivory Coast
Buyers hovering nearby to snap up Taurus Gold’s Afema mine

Africa Mining Intelligence understands Randgold Resources has positioned itself to buy part of the Afema gold project in the Aboisso [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Ghana
Question mark over Cardinal Resources project at Namdini

Despite its upbeat attitude, it's hard for Cardinal Resources to develop its gold project at Namdini.

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Guinea
Steinmetz turns the tables on Rio Tinto in bribery cases

Accused before several courts and arbitration panels of paying off associates of former Guinean president Lansana Conte to win blocks [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Guinea
Pothier poised to develop Kindia and Dubreka bauxite

Overseeing the bauxite project of Forward Africa Resources (FAR) in the Kindia and Dubreka areas of Guinea, French national Michel [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

West Africa
Serigne Drame’s push for wider worker rights

In Dakar in late November, the Senegalese magistrate Serigne Assane Drame spelled out his first recommendations aimed at establishing a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Mali
B2Gold lands its license for Fekola mine

Mali’s prime minister, Modibo Keita, signed a decree in Bamako [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Guinea
Mines ministry mulls update of mining code

Guinea’s mines ministry under Abdoulaye Magassouba is seeking to retain [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Burkina Faso
Dissa wants his part of the cake offered by donors

During a conference of Burkina Faso’s financial partners held in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Ivory Coast
Government seeks to assess environmental impact of mines

With the number of mining projects constantly on the rise [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Ivory Coast
Brou inaugurates corridors for diggers

Ivory Coast’s industry and mines minister Jean-Claude Brou has been [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Burkina Faso
Miners could turn on Elie Ouedraogo

Calling in vain for severance pay after being laid off [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Mali
ATR’s Afghanistan experts turn up in Bamako

A consulting concern that specializes in conflict zones, ATR Consulting, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Benin
Thomas Boni Yayi finally finds a cushy number

Out of office since April, former president Thomas Boni Yayi is set to start work from early next year as [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Burkina Faso
Auguste Barry to hang up his uniform

Col. Auguste-Denise Barry, who currently serves as security advisor to President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, is planning to resign from [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Burkina Faso
Compaore’s machine in the dock

All eyes will be on Haute Cour de Justice (HCJ) chairman Mathieu Bebrigda Ouedraogo when he opens the court’s hearings [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Senegal
Macky Sall ensures Abdou Diouf centre starts earning

While the previous two editions of the Forum International de [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2016

Africa, France
France looks into contracts with emerging economies

The French Ministry of Economy and Finance has told the [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2016

Ivory Coast
Kone blocks CCA’s reserve fund transfer plan

Ivory Coast’s minister of economy and finance, Adama Kone, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2016

Ivory Coast
Starenergie teams up with Vinci

The Ivorian company Starenergie 2095, founded by Richard Amon, is [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2016

Togo
Katari Foli-Bazi heads to Lome’s port

Interior minister during President Faure Gnassingbe’s accession to power inn [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2016

Ivory Coast
Moctar Thiam scouts for business in Abidjan

Mali Moctar Thiam, a former World Bank official who switched [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.12.2016

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