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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Deadly stampede’s political fall-out

The political rivalry between Ivory Coast’s Interior and Security Minister Hamed Bakayoko, and parliamentary speaker Guillaume Soro has degenerated in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2013

Equatorial Guinea
Grounded Falcon prompts talks

President Teodoro Obiang may soon recover the Falcon 50 that [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2013

Ivory Coast
Ouattara hires new flak

Alassane Ouattara has appointed Jean-Jacques Bitty to the Ivorian presidential [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2013

Mali
ENI bows out of Taoudeni

Only three days after he was confirmed in his post as mines minister in a government shuffle, Amadou Baby Sy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Niger
Newcomer Akata in luck

A new oil block has been awarded by Niger's government to a firm based in Australia that's making its first-ever acquisition.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

West Africa
NewAge knocks on the door

Active in East Africa and Kurdistan, the New Age group headed by Steve Lowden is angling for blocks in Nigeria and Congo-B.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Senegal
Elenilto snaps up acreage

The Israeli firm Elenilto marked the end-of-year holidays by winning a new block in Senegal’s shallow offshore on top of another acquisitions it made elsewhere in 2012.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Mauritania
Mamadou Amadou Kane

Close to Mauritanian oil minister Taleb Ould Abdi Vall, Mamadou Amadou Kane was appointed boss of the new Societe de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Guinea
SNEPG

On Dec. 27, Guinean mines minister Mohamed Fofana finally authorized [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Niger
CNPC insistent on Agadem

A meeting of the steering committee on the Agadem field [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Nigeria
Stalemate on OPL 245

According to our sources, the arbitration proceedings that have pitted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Nigeria
Oando raises $350 million

Oando, an oil group headed by Wale Tinubu, proceeded with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Burkina Faso
$16 million for 2 power plants

The World Bank will decide in August on whether to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Gambia
JWI

Already acting as a lobbyist for Ivory Coast (AEI 657), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Nigeria
Philippe Laborde

Philippe Laborde, former head of the African department of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2013

Mali
Tilemsi phosphates: Great Quest undaunted

Listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange, Great Quest Metals will shortly submit its first technical NI43-101-compliant report with an eye [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Ivory Coast
Ouattara’s shower of Xmas gifts for miners

President Alassane Ouattara seized the occasion of the last cabinet meeting in 2012, held in Yamoussoukro, to issue decrees awarding [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Burkina Faso
After gold, a zinc bonanza for Ouagadougou

The Perkoa mine, considered one of the biggest zinc deposits in Africa, is about to come on stream. The joint [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Burkina Faso
Mark Connelly

Propelled into the post of managing director and CEO of Papillon Resources at the end of 2012, Mark Connelly will [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, 23-25/05

SEMICA, a show for mining, energy and quarry specialists organized by BITEL Communication, will be held in the capital of [...]

Free access Mining 01.01.2013

Guinea
Conakry soon to join EITI?

Officials in Guinea conferred last month in Conakry with Jonas [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Ivory Coast
A stronger spotlight on diamond trafficking

The Kimberley Process is stepping up ways to increase the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Guinea
Simandou: The government keeps up the pressure

The authorities in Guinea are worried over what they see [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Guinea
Nodala positions itself in Guinea

In a move linked to efforts to hammer out Guinea's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

Burkina Faso
Semafo spends $1 million on Siou

Canada's Semafo is adding $1 million to its exploration budget [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.01.2013

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