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Ghana, Ivory Coast
A JDZ on the cards?

Ivory Coast’s energy minister, Adama Toungara, received Ghana’s ambassador to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2011

Niger
Fully-fledged ministry for oil

With only months to go before CNPC starts pumping oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2011

Spotlight | Nigeria
Itakpe’s iron: Fresh start for NIOMCO

Nigeria is intent on writing a new page in the saga of the Itakpe iron ore mine in Kogi state. The following is an exclusive report. Nigeria has put the disastrous episode of the sale of the former NIOMCO (National [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Ghana
New lease on life for Akwatia diamond mine

After failing for years to invest enough in its assets, state-owned Ghana Consolidated Diamonds was finally handed over in late [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Niger
Coal scheme swings into action at Salkadamna

In the works since 2008, a project to mine coal at Salkademna is making progress. Spearheaded by Societe Nationale du [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Guinea
Aboubacar Kagbe Toure

On Sept. 2, Guinea president Alpha Conde confirmed Aboubacar Kagbe Toure in the highly coveted post of deputy managing director [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Senegal
Ousmane Cisse

The former chief of UNDP’s major infrastructure projects in West Africa, Ousmane Cisse, who succeeded Mousa Sylla as director of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Niger
Amadou Oumarou Mainassara

Niger businessman Amadou Oumarou Mainassara, boss of a company named after himself Etablissements Amadou Oumarou Mainassara (construction, import-export) is one [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Guinea
Morcire Sylla

President Alpha Conde made a number of appointments to the mines ministry on Sept. 7, a few days before the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Ghana
Gold refining: a rival soon to stalk Asap Vasa

The lone gold refiner in Ghana, Asap Vasa Gold Refinery, won't be able to claim that status for much longer. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Guinea
IFC mission on Simandou.

A partner of Simfer (Rio Tinto Alcan) on the Simandou [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Mali
Glencore in manganese play

The Swiss commodities group Glencore, which recently floated on the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Sierra Leone
A new Minerals Agency

The government is proceeding with a face-lift in Sierra Leone's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Ivory Coast
Newcrest meets with Toungara

The Australian firm Newcrest Mining has begun its program to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

West Africa
Harmattan Gold soon to list

The Australian explorer Harmattan Gold headed by John Cameron is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Ivory Coast
La Mancha in push at Ity

The Societe des Mines d’Ity (SMI), a subsidiary of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.09.2011

Ivory Coast
Embarrassing UN inquiry underway

On September17, investigators for the United Nations’ Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) in New York will land in Ivory [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2011

Ivory Coast
Ouattara’s Constitutional Council

Just as Laurent Gbagbo counted on the highest court in Ivory Coast to help him hang on to power, Alassane Ouattara has appointed hand-picked allies to sit on the Constitutional Council.

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2011

Niger
Issoufou's Libyan loyalist woes

Libyan generals loyal to Colonel Gaddafi have taken refuge in the north of Niger and could join forces there with Al Qaeda in the Ismalic Maghreb. Blaise Compaore has been called to the rescue.

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2011

Togo
Gnassingbe ‘treason’ trial underway

The trial of Kpatcha Gnassingbe, half brother of the head of state, on treason charges related to an alleged coup d’etat in 2009, puts the spotlight on Togo’s real security chief.

Subscribers only Politics 07.09.2011

Ivory Coast
Accor to manage the Hotel Ivoire

According to our sources, the Accor group is in advanced [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2011

Senegal
Ben Laden still at Dakar airport

Karim Wade, Senegal's transport minister, will sign the third and [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2011

Ivory Coast
AFD, new shareholder of Air Ivoire

The Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) is to become one [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2011

Mali
Linkstone’s Bamako business booming

Linkstone Capital, headed by Pape Diouf, the son of Abdou [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2011

Ivory Coast
Parfait Kouassi (DPCI)

The chairman of Distribution Pharmaceutique de Cote d’Ivoire (DPCI), a [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2011

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