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France, Mali
Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Cited in an article in Le Monde on March 28 that reported on his alleged ties with controversial Corsican businessman [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2014

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Qatar Mining on the offensive in Africa

State-owned Qatar Mining Co (QM) is seeking to put down roots in Burkina Faso’s mines as a first move towards expanding across all of Africa. Qatar’s leader, Tamin Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, has committed himself to funding a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Ivory Coast, Sudan
A revived La Mancha in turnaround drive

La Mancha, the former mining unit of Areva listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and acquired by Naguib Sawiris in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Mali
Ex-minister Semega turns hand to mining

A specialist in laws governing the extractive industries and a former mines, energy and water resources minister in Mali, Hamed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Togo
MM Mining under fire in Bandjeli

Despite strenuous lobbying by its managing director Rajesh Rupani with the authorities, MM Mining, an Indian-owned mining company incorporated in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Ivory Coast
Nouho Kone

The president of the Groupement Professionnel des Miniers de la Cote d’Ivoire (GMPC), Nouho Kone, is somewhat uncertain about his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Ivory Coast
SODEMI and Major Star still favoured

The state-owned mining company in charge of SODEMI’s mines, headed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Liberia
Sable Mining in push for Buchanan

Sable Mining Africa, owner of the Nimba iron ore project [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Ivory Coast
Amara seeks to raise £22

Amara Mining wants to raise £18.2 million in order to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Burkina Faso
True Gold sees itself as a mid-tier producer

On the verge of building a gold mine at Karma [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou

Ibrahim Dieme, the Bissau-Guinea born commissioner in charge of natural [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Ivory Coast
Ouattara worries about oil

Continued falling oil production has started to concern the authorities in Ivory Coast. The country's output, principally from four blocks [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Ivory Coast
Dominique drums up hospital funds

Businessmen who want to please Ivory Coast's first lady Dominique Ouattara gave generously during the gala evening in aid of her charitable foundation Children of Africa on March 14.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Benin
Boni black sheep of the family

Thomas Boni Yayi's family is angry at the president for allowing his niece Zouberath Kora-Seke to be jailed in connection with the Patrice Talon poisoning affair.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Burkina Faso
Paris divided over Compaore

While Blaise Compaore enjoyed a winter vacation in the chic ski resort of Megeve from March 16-22, in Paris French officials pondered his future.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Togo
Gnassingbe's gynaeceum

It is not always easy for Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe to deal with the many women ministers and advisors that surround him.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Ivory Coast
Ouattara to rest some more

President Alassane Ouattara returned to Ivory Coast at the beginning [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Togo
Arysta still waiting for payment in Lome

The Togolese companies Sot Agri and Agri Togo are still [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Senegal
Vicat quiet in Dakar

A few days after sending a letter to Macky Sall [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Africa
Nasdaq calls on the APO

The African Press Organization (APO) has become the exclusive representative [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Ivory Coast
Finagestion pilots Tahibli and Tiboto projects in Ivory Coast

Ivorian oil and energy minister Adama Toungara signed two contracts [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Benin
Fludor's scrape with Talon affair

Fludor Benin almost missed out in Benin when President Thomas [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Ivory Coast
Petroci appoints new deputy director

Ivoirian Barakissa Bamba has been appointed deputy director for financial [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Burkina Faso
Azimmo takes time in Burkina Faso

Azimmo, owned by Alizeta Ouedraogo, the mother-in-law of Blaise Compaore's [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Togo
HENRY GAPERI (OTR)

Henry Gaperi was appointed to head the Office Togolais des [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

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