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CNPC subsidiary hit hard by taxes

NIGER| The Niger bank accounts of Great Wall Drilling Co have been frozen since late January after tax authorities apparently spotted irregularities in the CNPC oil major's subsidiary.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2025

Qatari foreign minister to tour Sahel states

Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi is due to visit Niger, Mali and Senegal at some point next week, in an order that has yet to be defined.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 21.02.2025

Sanctions-hit Dubai trader Coral Energy reinvents itself again

After an initial name change to 2Rivers, oil trader Coral Energy has transferred its activities to a new entity, Safira Global Trading. Coral Energy was sanctioned in December for selling Russian oil below the floor price.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2025

The CEO of the Eramet Group, Christel Bories, in Argentina, in July 2024. © Luis Robayo/AFP

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Christel Bories had lofty ambitions for Africa when she took the Eramet helm in 2017. Yet she achieved few of them, and the French mining group is being challenged on its Gabonese and Senegalese sites.

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2025

At the Cominak mine near Arlit, Niger, 8 March 2023. © Olympia de Maismont/AFP

Conflict between Orano and Niamey flares up again

Infuriated by the junta's attempt to impose an administrator on Cominak, the French group has said it will stop funding the redevelopment plan for this historic mining site, which was operational from 1978 to 2021.

Subscribers only Mining 15.01.2025

General Abdourahamane Tchiani at the the first Alliance of Sahel States summit in Niamey, Niger, 6 July 2024. © Issifou Djibo/EPA/MAXPPP

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Niger junta seeks €100m in back taxes and late fees from CNPC arm

Niamey's cash-strapped ruling generals are putting the squeeze on the Chinese oil giant in its capacity as majority shareholder of a delinquent oil refinery.

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2024

Junta snubs European Union envoy

During his visit to the Nigerien capital on 27 to 30 January, the European Commission's DG ECHO head for West and Central Africa failed to set up talks with Abdourahamane Tchiani's government.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.02.2025

Niamey, the blind spot in Dakar's bid to reconcile new Sahel bloc with ECOWAS

Senegal's president has been tasked with restoring links between the West African bloc and three junta-led states that spurned it to form the AES. His mission has taken him to Mali and Burkina Faso, but so far he has only initiated contact with Niger.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2025

Tullow Oil may jettison assets to steady the ship

It is shaping up to be a decisive year for the British junior, which is set to sell off various assets to reduce its substantial debts.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2025

European Commission sends humanitarian envoy to restore relations with Niamey

In November, the European Union recalled its ambassador to Niamey against a backdrop of disagreement over humanitarian issues. However, Brussels is now seeking to calm relations with Niger.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.01.2025

Macron's Africa envoy Jean-Marie Bockel expected in London

He will be presenting France's vision for its future military presence in Africa to the British government.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.01.2025

Brussels repatriates its last Niamey-based soldiers

The four Belgian military personnel who were still working in Niger returned home in December. Brussels had maintained a small team in the country to provide security for its embassy.

Subscribers only Defence 22.01.2025

Berlin prepares its return to Niamey

Almost a year and a half after ending its cooperation with Niger, Germany is about to resume its development aid. An agreement is due to be finalised in the next few days.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2025

How Niger's Somair keeps running without Orano

Local managers at Société des Mines de l'Air have managed to keep it running after French parent company Orano cut the cord on 4 December. But with no uranium exports and no cash injection from shareholders, the company's future is far from certain.

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2024

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Moroccan intelligence services' secret talks to free Mohamed Bazoum

With the utmost discretion, the kingdom's foreign intelligence agency has been holding talks with Niamey's junta since September with a view to freeing Niger's former president, who has been detained for 18 months.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.12.2024

Niger's former president, Mohamed Bazoum, in Niamey on 2 May 2022.

Niamey junta steps up pressure on diplomats and NGOs with passport seizures

Reports have emerged in recent months of Nigerien authorities seizing travel documents belonging to foreign nationals visiting the country. International agency employees and the diplomatic corps are among those affected.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.12.2024

The Diori Hamani International airport in Niamey in September 2023.

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West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

West African Economic and Monetary Union heads of state are due to meet on 14 December to discuss the financial woes of the French-speaking economic organisation, which is burdened by a dearth of foreign currency, difficulties in borrowing on the markets and major unpaid debts.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.12.2024

The Ivorian leader and current WAEMU president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 5 December 2022.

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Chinese major CNPC's relations with junta still fraught

Short of funds, the government regularly exerts pressure on CNPC. The latest development concerned the loss of the Bilma block, which triggered a visit to Niamey by a top official from the state oil major.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2024

SONIDEP headquarters, Niamey, February 2020.

EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

A diplomatic crisis between Niger and the European Union has derailed Germany's bid to resume its development aid. For several weeks, Berlin has been quietly trying to re-engage with the junta.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2024

Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

Jean-Marie Bockel submitted a report to the French president on 25 November.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.11.2024

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ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

The heads of state of the West African regional organisation will meet next month in Abuja. The main issue at their summit will be the ratification of the withdrawal from ECOWAS of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which are all now run by military juntas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.11.2024

ECOWAS Commission President Omar Touray in Abuja, on 24 February 2024.

Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

From 11 to 15 November, lawyers for British trader Curzon Uranium and Sopamin faced off at the Geneva arbitration tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce.

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2024

Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

Twenty-six African VIPs have come together to call for the liberation of Niger's ex-President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been detained in the presidential palace since he was overthrown in July 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2024

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Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

African governments have been slow in releasing the funds promised for the future African hydrocarbon bank. The project, led by Nigeria's Omar Farouk Ibrahim, is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2025, but only a portion of the financing it needs has been raised.

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2024

Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, in Cairo, on 14 February 2022.

Oil ministers on track to bury the hatchet over CNPC pipeline

Niger's new oil minister Sahabi Oumarou is expected to travel to Cotonou by the end of the year.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 14.11.2024

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Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Niger

CNPC subsidiary hit hard by taxes

Qatari foreign minister to tour Sahel states

Sanctions-hit Dubai trader Coral Energy reinvents itself again

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Conflict between Orano and Niamey flares up again

Spotlight
Niger junta seeks €100m in back taxes and late fees from CNPC arm

Junta snubs European Union envoy

Niamey, the blind spot in Dakar's bid to reconcile new Sahel bloc with ECOWAS

Tullow Oil may jettison assets to steady the ship

European Commission sends humanitarian envoy to restore relations with Niamey

Macron's Africa envoy Jean-Marie Bockel expected in London

Brussels repatriates its last Niamey-based soldiers

Berlin prepares its return to Niamey

How Niger's Somair keeps running without Orano

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Moroccan intelligence services' secret talks to free Mohamed Bazoum

Niamey junta steps up pressure on diplomats and NGOs with passport seizures

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West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

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Chinese major CNPC's relations with junta still fraught

EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

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ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

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Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Oil ministers on track to bury the hatchet over CNPC pipeline

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Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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Niger

CNPC subsidiary hit hard by taxes

Qatari foreign minister to tour Sahel states

Sanctions-hit Dubai trader Coral Energy reinvents itself again

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Conflict between Orano and Niamey flares up again

Spotlight Niger junta seeks €100m in back taxes and late fees from CNPC arm

Junta snubs European Union envoy

Niamey, the blind spot in Dakar's bid to reconcile new Sahel bloc with ECOWAS

Tullow Oil may jettison assets to steady the ship

European Commission sends humanitarian envoy to restore relations with Niamey

Macron's Africa envoy Jean-Marie Bockel expected in London

Brussels repatriates its last Niamey-based soldiers

Berlin prepares its return to Niamey

How Niger's Somair keeps running without Orano

Spotlight Moroccan intelligence services' secret talks to free Mohamed Bazoum

Niamey junta steps up pressure on diplomats and NGOs with passport seizures

Spotlight West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

Spotlight Chinese major CNPC's relations with junta still fraught

EU ambassador's recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement

Macron envoy to present French military cuts in Africa to European partners

Spotlight ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Arbitration held in Geneva between Sopamin and trader Curzon Uranium

Ex-ministers unite to free Mohamed Bazoum

Spotlight Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Oil ministers on track to bury the hatchet over CNPC pipeline

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Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Spotlight
Niger junta seeks €100m in back taxes and late fees from CNPC arm

Spotlight
Moroccan intelligence services' secret talks to free Mohamed Bazoum

Spotlight
West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

Spotlight
Chinese major CNPC's relations with junta still fraught

Spotlight
ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

Spotlight
Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks