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African Union, Chad
Divided over dynastic Déby succession, AU sends delegation to N'Djamena

The unconstitutional replacement of late Chadian president Idriss Déby by his son Gen Mahamat Idriss Déby has split the African Union into two camps, with some keen to condemn the new ruling military council and others willing to work with the new authorities as soon as possible.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.04.2021

Chad
The many questions raised by Idriss Déby's death

President Idriss Déby's sudden death on 20 April has sent shockwaves throughout Chad and further afield, prompting France to raise its operation Bharkane to maximum alert. Officially, the leader was killed in combat fighting the Fact rebels, but many questions remain on the circumstances leading to his death.

Subscribers only Politics 21.04.2021

Chad's president Idriss Déby, who died on 20 April.

In Focus | Nigeria
South Africa's MTN treads a fine diplomatic line to stay atop Nigerian telecoms market

Over the last two decades, MTN has succeeded in establishing itself as leader on the Nigerian mobile phone market despite the West African country's uneasy relations with the big South African companies. Nigeria and South Africa are fierce diplomatic and economic rivals but MTN has used a varity of different survival techniques to hold on to its position.

Subscribers only Business 12.04.2021

Inner circles | Nigeria
Fiscal watchdog turns into repository for Buhari's darlings

The once feared Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission now provides a home for people waiting to bounce back into public life or those whom governors need to thank for services rendered.

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2021

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a news conference.

Niger, Somalia
Osprea corners armoured vehicle market with G5 Sahel and AMISOM

In delivering a new consignment of armoured vehicles to the Ugandan and Kenyan contingents deployed with AMISOM in Somalia, the manufacturer Osprea Logistics, already much in demand in the Sahel, has consolidated its position in Africa's military market.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.04.2021

Spotlight | Nigeria
Nigerian Air Force to pay more than €1bn for 24 Leonardo fighter aircraft

Top Italian defence company Leonardo has won a €1.2bn order for 24 M-346 FA light attack aircraft for the Nigeran Air Force. Nigerian security company SecPro Africa will provide the ammunition for the new aircraft.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 23.03.2021

An Aermachi M-346 FA ground attack aircraft.

Nigeria
Army chief Attahiru threatens to blacklist Norinco after hitches with new vehicles

New general and chief of army staff Ibrahim Attahiru has warned Norinco that it could be excluded from future equipment supply contracts after mobile units it supplied ran into technical problems shortly after they were delivered to the army last November.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 18.03.2021

Inner circles | Nigeria
Who are Nigeria's new military top brass after Buhari purge?

President Buhari has put an entirely new team at the helm of the Nigerian military. Both public opinion and the military itself have welcomed the overhaul, while national security adviser Babagana Monguno has kept his job and could even consolidate his influence.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 12.03.2021

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari with the new army heads on 26 January.

Nigeria
Leonardo gives Nigerian Air Force a lift with its M-346 training jets

The Italian defence contractor Leonardo is poised to deliver as many as 24 Aermacchi M-346 training aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force. These planes are part of a drive to modernise the NAF, headed by Isiaka Oladayo Amao.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.03.2021

Nigeria
Beijing to supply six additional combat drones to Nigerian Air Force

The Chinese and Nigerian authorities have negotiated the purchase of six CH-4 combat drones manufactured by ALIT amid a deteriorating security situation in many regions of Nigeria.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 26.02.2021

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

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.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 11.01.2021

Nigerian businessman Alhaji Dahiru Mangal.

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

With barely a fortnight to go to the first round of voting on 27 December, Mahamadou Issoufou's designated successor, Mohamed Bazoum, is set to stage a series of major rallies in several key regions, some of them under opposition control.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2020

The Nigerien presidential candidate and former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum.

Nigeria, United Kingdom
Cobham Aviation takes centre stage in London-Abuja military cooperation

By training Nigerian Air Force helicopter crews, Cobham Aviation helps deliver the UK's military support to its African ally.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.11.2020

Nigerian pilots trained by Cobham Aviation Services.

Spotlight | Cameroon
The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

As the Cameroonian army struggles to find a way out of the crisis that has gripped the country for the past three year the president continues to rely on a small set of generals and military advisors.

Subscribers only Politics 18.11.2020

Nigeria
Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

The Pentagon has hired an American firm to carry out emergency upgrades to the Kainji military base in northern Nigeria for it to be ready for the Super Tucano planes offered to the Nigerian Air Force and due to arrive in April.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.09.2020

In Focus | West Africa
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

After eight years of coaxing, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has concluded a major military and economic agreement with Niger - to France's great chagrin.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 24.08.2020

Turkish Ambassador to Niger Mustafa Türker Ari with President Mahamadou Issoufou, in February 2020.

Chad
Washington gifts MDT Armor vehicles to Chad's G5 Sahel contingent

Le 3 juillet, Washington a remis sous forme de dotation une cinquantaine de véhicules au bénéfice du Groupe spécial antiterroriste du Tchad (SATG), sous les ordres du général Abderamane Youssouf Mery.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.07.2020

A David-type armoured personnel carrier manufactured by MDT Armor.

Cameroon
Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years

Dissatisfaction is growing in the Cameroonian army as it finds itself in the front line of the fight against separatist groups in anglophone regions while the special forces defending the country's seats of power are given preferential treatment.

Free access Politics 26.06.2020

Spotlight | Nigeria
How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

The Chinese defence giant Norinco is preparing to deliver new heavy equipment to the Nigerian Army, adding to the avalanche of Chinese military equipment paid for by special funds and sent to Nigeria over the past few years.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.06.2020

One of the third-generation VT4 battle tanks delivered by Chinese defence giant Norinco to the Nigerian Army.

Lebanon, Nigeria, United States
All-powerful during Jonathan era, magnate Gilbert Chagoury lies low under Buhari

The Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire businessman Gilbert Chagoury has stayed well out of sight since Muhammadu Buhari's arrival in power and for good reason. It was Chagoury who splashed out on PR services in the US for Buhari's rival Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2015 elections.

Subscribers only Business 23.06.2020

Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Boko Haram

African Union, Chad
Divided over dynastic Déby succession, AU sends delegation to N'Djamena

Chad
The many questions raised by Idriss Déby's death

In Focus | Nigeria
South Africa's MTN treads a fine diplomatic line to stay atop Nigerian telecoms market

Inner circles | Nigeria
Fiscal watchdog turns into repository for Buhari's darlings

Niger, Somalia
Osprea corners armoured vehicle market with G5 Sahel and AMISOM

Spotlight | Nigeria
Nigerian Air Force to pay more than €1bn for 24 Leonardo fighter aircraft

Nigeria
Army chief Attahiru threatens to blacklist Norinco after hitches with new vehicles

Inner circles | Nigeria
Who are Nigeria's new military top brass after Buhari purge?

Nigeria
Leonardo gives Nigerian Air Force a lift with its M-346 training jets

Nigeria
Beijing to supply six additional combat drones to Nigerian Air Force

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

Nigeria, United Kingdom
Cobham Aviation takes centre stage in London-Abuja military cooperation

Spotlight | Cameroon
The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

Nigeria
Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

In Focus | West Africa
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

Chad
Washington gifts MDT Armor vehicles to Chad's G5 Sahel contingent

Cameroon
Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years

Spotlight | Nigeria
How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

Lebanon, Nigeria, United States
All-powerful during Jonathan era, magnate Gilbert Chagoury lies low under Buhari

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Morocco The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

African Union: the battle of the giants

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Boko Haram

African Union, Chad Divided over dynastic Déby succession, AU sends delegation to N'Djamena

Chad The many questions raised by Idriss Déby's death

In Focus | Nigeria South Africa's MTN treads a fine diplomatic line to stay atop Nigerian telecoms market

Inner circles | Nigeria Fiscal watchdog turns into repository for Buhari's darlings

Niger, Somalia Osprea corners armoured vehicle market with G5 Sahel and AMISOM

Spotlight | Nigeria Nigerian Air Force to pay more than €1bn for 24 Leonardo fighter aircraft

Nigeria Army chief Attahiru threatens to blacklist Norinco after hitches with new vehicles

Inner circles | Nigeria Who are Nigeria's new military top brass after Buhari purge?

Nigeria Leonardo gives Nigerian Air Force a lift with its M-346 training jets

Nigeria Beijing to supply six additional combat drones to Nigerian Air Force

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Niger Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

Nigeria, United Kingdom Cobham Aviation takes centre stage in London-Abuja military cooperation

Spotlight | Cameroon The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

Nigeria Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

In Focus | West Africa Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

Chad Washington gifts MDT Armor vehicles to Chad's G5 Sahel contingent

Cameroon Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years

Spotlight | Nigeria How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

Lebanon, Nigeria, United States All-powerful during Jonathan era, magnate Gilbert Chagoury lies low under Buhari

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

African Union, Chad
Divided over dynastic Déby succession, AU sends delegation to N'Djamena

Chad
The many questions raised by Idriss Déby's death

In Focus | Nigeria
South Africa's MTN treads a fine diplomatic line to stay atop Nigerian telecoms market

Inner circles | Nigeria
Fiscal watchdog turns into repository for Buhari's darlings

Niger, Somalia
Osprea corners armoured vehicle market with G5 Sahel and AMISOM

Spotlight | Nigeria
Nigerian Air Force to pay more than €1bn for 24 Leonardo fighter aircraft

Nigeria
Army chief Attahiru threatens to blacklist Norinco after hitches with new vehicles

Inner circles | Nigeria
Who are Nigeria's new military top brass after Buhari purge?

Nigeria
Leonardo gives Nigerian Air Force a lift with its M-346 training jets

Nigeria
Beijing to supply six additional combat drones to Nigerian Air Force

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

Nigeria, United Kingdom
Cobham Aviation takes centre stage in London-Abuja military cooperation

Spotlight | Cameroon
The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

Nigeria
Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

In Focus | West Africa
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

Chad
Washington gifts MDT Armor vehicles to Chad's G5 Sahel contingent

Cameroon
Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years

Spotlight | Nigeria
How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

Lebanon, Nigeria, United States
All-powerful during Jonathan era, magnate Gilbert Chagoury lies low under Buhari