Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, who dominates the business sector in the border regions of Nigeria and Niger, is making great efforts to ensure that Mahamadou Issoufou's planned handover to his right-hand man Mohamed Bazoum does not jeopardise his interests in Niamey.
Libreville's decision to flout OPEC quotas confounded predictions of a sharp drop in production but failed to stem a fall in revenue.
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As it struggles to make cocoa traders pay the premium introduced last year in conjunction with Ghana, Ivory Coast is preparing to take its own steps in trading by opening a marketing office in China.
Togo's president, who since August has forged close links with putschist officers in Mali, wants to persuade the vice-president of the transitional government, Assimi Goita, to give more leeway to Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. Lomé is set to host the next meeting of the Mali Transition Support Group in February.
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The Sudanese government has reported that the mining firm Kush has settled almost $11m in unpaid dividends, but negotiations are ongoing to ensure that such a situation does not arise again.
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Mining The Tigray crisis and the security situation in Somalia will be given close attention by Martin Kimani, Uhuru Kenyatta's new permanent representative to the United Nations.
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Diplomacy Marc Le Loeuff, head of security company Ronange, is to challenge the banking group's decision to end his company's contract at its office complex in the Paris suburbs before the Paris Court of Commerce. The activities of his former boss, Paul Barril, in Rwanda in the 1990s could be behind BNP Paribas's decision.
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Politics Nigerian giant Dangote Cement is close to completing construction of the 50-MW, $90m Mtwara power plant.
The Zambian government has recruited the London consultancy to manage its international communications on restructuring its external debt, which is estimated to stand at over $12bn.
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Business Australia's Intra Energy, traditionally active in Tanzanian coal, is now raising funds to finance a gold project in northern Mozambique it is developping with help from an aristocratic couple from the Old Continent. The company is also interested in gold refining in Mauritius.
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Mining Faced with the inefficiency of the Mozambican defence forces, Total wants fresh guarantees, otherwise the Afungi LNG plant project could be put on hold.
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Energy Breaking news published on 09/01/21, 8 a.m. - The Madagascan president is worried that the South African authorities could start investigating the clandestine exports of Madagascan gold to Dubai. As a result, he is pulling out all the stops to get the three suspects arrested in Johannesburg repatriated.
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IT specialist Onetech (OTBS) will diversify its activities by equipping the Tunisian National Guard with maritime video surveillance systems, marking tycoon and politician Moncef Sellami's major foray into the security sector.
Moroccan phosphate giant OCP has retained the PR agency founded by Anne Méaux to promote Vigeo and Sustainalytics' SER ratings in the French media.
Consultancy firms Libya Desk and Libya Outlook for Research and Consulting (LORC) are preparing to merge in an effort to become a market leader for international companies and institutions operating in Libya
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