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West Africa

Burkina Faso
Jackpot for Treasury in Essakane extension

After seven months of bargaining, the Canadian firm Iamgold won a green light from Burkina Faso to begin extending its [...]

Free access Mining 23.04.2013

Guinea, United States
Simandou: Mysterious corruption charges

The Simandou mining project in Guinea has produced fallout in the United States. This weekend a 50-year-old French national, Frederic [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2013

Ivory Coast
Dharni Sampda wins Monogaga iron ore deal

The champagne corks are popping at Dharni Sampda, an Indian company whose manganese operations in Ivory Coast regularly stir the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2013

Guinea
Mining Code: State retains pre-emption rights

The much-decried mining code adopted in September, 2011 (and frozen two months later) was finally amended this week. The new [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2013

Ivory Coast
Fadiga Sirakone

A member of the board of Ivoire Gold, Fadiga Sirakone, last week founded a new association named Union Nationale des [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2013

Togo
Balamara let down by Deepak

Balarama Resources is seeking a new deep-pocketed partner to join [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2013

Ghana, Senegal
What GoldStone Resources aims to achieve

The firm GoldStone Resources has formed a joint venture with [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2013

Ivory Coast
Bollore's container victory challenged

Container Terminal Services Inc, CMA CGM, Movis and Getma Necotrans are fighting a rear-guard action to stop Bolloré taking over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.04.2013

Ivory Coast
Konan Banny buffeted in Bordeaux

Charles Konan Banny, the chairman of Ivory Coast's truth, reconciliation and dialogue commission, was assailed by Gbagbo supporters when he addressed a conference in the French city of Bordeaux earlier this month.

Subscribers only Politics 17.04.2013

Guinea
Ban Ki-moon steps in to save Conde

Although Alpha Conde has set June 30 as the date for Guinea’s much-awaited elections, the continuing political tension in Conakry has prompted the UN to get involved.

Subscribers only Politics 17.04.2013

Mali
Politicians gear up for presidential poll

Laurent Fabius’s visit to Bamako on April 4 and 5 and Paris’ insistence that Bamako to stick to presidential elections in July have girded electoral campaign staff into action.

Subscribers only Politics 17.04.2013

Benin
Ahmadinejad talks nuclear

In addition to attending a dinner in his honour given [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.04.2013

Ivory Coast
Ouattara shelves Houphouet museum

For budgetary reasons Alassane Ouattara has shelved construction of a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.04.2013