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Ivory Coast
Turkish delight, French frowns

As Paris frets over its diminishing clout south of the Sahara, a major contract in the crown jewel of France's [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Benin
Banks blighted by Boni’s bete noire

First accused of plotting to poison President Thomas Boni Yayi, ex-confidant Patrice Talon is now threatening to bring down Benin’s banks with debts totalling CFA 42 billion, West Africa Newsletter can exclusively reveal.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Niger
Niamey v Areva

The push by Niamey to renegotiate the agreements that tie Niger to French nuclear giant Areva is rekindling tensions around President Mahamadou Issoufou.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade, globe-trotter

At the ripe age of 87, Senegal’s still energetic former president Abdoulaye Wade has been much on the move lately and is planning yet another foreign tour.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Togo
Faure joins Freemasons

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe used not to be a Freemason but he was recently inducted into the secret order by Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Ivory Coast
New oil advisor

Ivorian Ange Thierry Coulibaly, a former executive with the Franco-US [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Ivory Coast
Ouattara nixes Soro's parliamentary plans

Alassane Ouattara has slashed the Ivorian parliament's budget from a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Spotlight | Mali
Shake-up in unrefined gold exports in 2015

Africa Mining Intelligence understands that Mali’s industry and mines minister, Boubou Cisse, is drafting an amendment to the mining code that will prove crucial to the future of Mali’s gold industry: a blanket ban on exporting unrefined gold.

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Mali
Papillon Resources to land license next year

The program for upgrading the Fekola gold project is gaining momentum. The project’s operator, the Australian explorer Papillon Resources is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Mali
DodyGold dredging for gold on the Sankarani

Operator of a network of 25 outlets for the sale and purchase of gold in Italy - they generated revenue [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Togo
Ferrex waits for its manganese license

Ferrex impatiently is biding its time. Normally expected by the end of the year, a mining license to extract manganese [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Ivory Coast
Iron: Good news for Dharni Sampda at Monogaga

India's Dharni Sampda (formerly Taurian Mangangese & Ferro Alloy CI) has confirmed its hold on the Monogaga iron ore deposit [...]

Free access Mining 17.12.2013

Niger
Douglas Pitcher

Retained over a year ago to conduct surveys in the Lullemende basin in the center and west of Niger, experts [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Niger
Mamadou Zada

Named boss of state-owned Sopamin (Societe de Patrimoine des Mines du Niger) Mahamadou Zada appears highly pleased about his company’s [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Ivory Coast
Marc-Antoine Audet

President and chief executive officers of Sama Resources, Marc-Antoine Audet is presently working with the state-owned Sodemi to explore new [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Togo
Phosphates: President makes the decision

Togolese president Faure Gnassingbe has ruled against splitting the contract [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Liberia
Amlib Group in talks

The Amlib Group headed by Geoff Eyre finds itself in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou

Ronald Little, founder and boss of Orezone Gold Corp., plans [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.12.2013

Guinea
Waiting for the train at Conakry

Indulging in wishful thinking, Alpha Conde wants to equip Conakry with an urban train service. Before that, however, it might help to improve the bus service already operating in the city.

Subscribers only Politics 11.12.2013

Senegal
Vicat takes on Senegalese government

The French cement concern Vicat has appealed for arbitration from [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

Ivory Coast
Golden Road headed by Mohamed Sidi Kagnassi

Previously unknown, the Golden Road Investments group that acquired 15% [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

Ivory Coast
Sodemi teams up with France's EPC in Ivory Coast

The Societe de Developpement Miniere de Cote d’Ivoire (Sodemi) headed [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

Mali
Paramount wants to sell its helicopters to Mali

Like Europe's EADS group which is engaged in lobbying in [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

Ivory Coast
KAB seeks backing in Ivory Coast

The Parisian law firm Kuckenburg-Bureth et Associes (KAB) is counting [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

Ivory Coast
FELIX HODONOU FEHINOU (SADII)

Businessman Felix Hodonou Fehinou, who holds dual Ivory Coast-Benin citizenship [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

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