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Hababou, Miclet: who are Umaro Sissoco Embalo's sponsors?

The consultancy activities of the new president of Guinea-Bissau have afforded Umaro Sissoco Embalo a solid network among the most active business figures on the continuent. [...]

Published on 22/01/2020 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West Africa
Hababou, Miclet: who are Umaro Sissoco Embalo's sponsors?

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, West Africa
Embalo makes energetic start on his 12 diplomatic labours

Guinea-Bissau
Umaro Sissoco Embaló visits Paris amid lockdown

Angola
João Lourenço sells off ‘Port Kopelipa'

DRC
Freddy Kita Bukusu, minister of a thousand networks

In Focus | Africa, France
The big clearance sale of "France-Africa" Gatsby Vincent Miclet

Africa, Morocco
Kamal Benali, the mysterious guest of Nicolas Sarkozy

Congo
Air Sassou grounded at Dubai airport

West Africa
Vincent Miclet's great trek put on hold

West Africa
Guinea-Bissau leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Paris to meet Nicolas Sarkozy

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Denis Sassou Nguesso squeezes into Libya conference

West Africa
President's club disrupted by newly elected Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Bissau

In Focus | Africa, Asia, Qatar
Qatar-Africa specialist Philippe Hababou Solomon finds new clients in the Far East

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MagForce returns with a vengeance