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After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

The Turkish construction specialist Form Insaat has landed a role as a service provider for the construction of Bamako's new military hospital. [...]

Published on 08/07/2021 at 05:00 GMT

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Mali
Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

The military junta has just given the Malian army new armoured vehicles of Russian and Chinese origin. But by having many different suppliers, the army is actually running the risk of becoming less effective in its operations against armed groups.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 13.12.2021

Malian transitional president Assimi Goita

Spotlight | Guinea, Turkey
Coup stops Turkey's Africa push in its tracks

Turkey's diplomats have been hard-wired to reject military rule ever since the failed 2016 coup attempt in Ankara, but they now find themselves having to make pragmatic choices with Guinea's new leaders to maintain an air of influence.

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Turkish Ambassador to Guinea Volkan Türk Vural (left) during a meeting with Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana on 21 April 2021.

Togo, Turkey
Turkish Summa vying to build Faure Gnassingbé's flagship construction project

Over the summer, Turkish construction company Summa, which conducts a lot of business in Africa, began discussing the construction of a new conference centre in Lomé with Togolese authorities.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.09.2021

Mali
Growing ECOWAS exasperation with wayward Colonel Goita

The house arrest of former president Bah N'Daw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane continues to rankle in west African capitals. Some ECOWAS figures are also concerned that the presidential elections planned for next February might be postponed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.07.2021

Colonel Assimi Goita, Mali's transitional president.

France, Sahel
Paris prepares for end of Operation Barkhane via UN, EU and G5 Sahel

Following President Macron's announcement on 10 June of France's plans to end Operation Barkhane, the French presidency is trying to mobilise its partners regarding the situation in the Sahel. French diplomats have begun a major operation to persuade the European Union, the UN and the African Union to get more involved in the region, with a Sahel Coalition summit coming up in July and France due to take the chair of the UN Security Council on 1 July.

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Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

Berlin is stepping up its engagement in the Sahel with a raft of infrastructure projects, most recently two related to aviation logistics in Niger.

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Mali
Assimi Goita removes Bah N'Daw's stalwarts and takes charge of intelligence services

New interim president Colonel Assimi Goita has dismissed his predecessor Ban N'Daw's key collaborators. He is also preparing a number of "adjustments" in the security services and putting the finishing touches to the team which will be joining him at the Koulouba Palace.

Subscribers only Politics 18.06.2021

Colonel Assimi Goita was officially sworn in as Mali's transitional president.

Mali
Germany gives Malian army new OTT Technologies armoured vehicles

Germany is stepping up its contribution to the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel by equipping the Malian army with some 30 Puma M36 armoured vehicles acquired from South Africa's OTT Technologies. This €15m endowment is part of a plan to strengthen the armed forces put in place by the National Transitional Council.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.05.2021

A Puma M36 armored vehicle from OTT Technologies.

Inner circles | Mali
Inside Assimi Goita's discreet inner circle of advisors

The leader of the August 18 putsch that overthrew Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, Col. Assimi Goita, who is now vice-president of the transition prefers to keep well out of the public eye and relies on a group of hand-picked, mostly military, advisors.

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Colonel Assimi Goita is sworn in as Mali's transitional vice president in Bamako, Mali, 25 September 2020.

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The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Africa
The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

Mali
After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

Mali
Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

Spotlight | Guinea, Turkey
Coup stops Turkey's Africa push in its tracks

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Turkish Summa vying to build Faure Gnassingbé's flagship construction project

Mali
Growing ECOWAS exasperation with wayward Colonel Goita

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Paris prepares for end of Operation Barkhane via UN, EU and G5 Sahel

Niger
Logistics firms do well out of Germany's focus on Sahel

Mali
Assimi Goita removes Bah N'Daw's stalwarts and takes charge of intelligence services

Mali
Germany gives Malian army new OTT Technologies armoured vehicles

Inner circles | Mali
Inside Assimi Goita's discreet inner circle of advisors