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Sahel
Bolloré faces stiff competition over Takuba force and Barkhane redeployment

The French army is updating its supplies, after Emmanuel Macron announced last June that Operation Barkhane would end by 2022. The new European Takuba force is also setting up its logistics networks.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 03.09.2021

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

The consultant was told to stop managing the assets of three former state-owned companies just after he testified in an investigation into the conduct of the director general of the Port of Douala.

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2021

West Africa
Accrombessi blows his influence

Since moving to his native Benin several years ago, Ali Bongo's former right-hand man Maixent Accrombessi has managed to get close to some in the presidential family but remains on the sidelines of the president's inner circle.

Subscribers only Politics 01.09.2021

Gabon
Customs investigation speeds up

The investigation launched this summer by Gabon's police intelligence service on customs declarations compliancy is now getting help from other services.

Subscribers only Business 01.09.2021

Cameroon
Port of Douala authority runs into new legal problems following Bolloré's departure

The Port of Douala, which has been entirely managed by a single state body since Bolloré group's management contract for the container terminal was not renewed, is facing a number of disputes with port operators.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.08.2021

West Africa
Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.08.2021

Congo
Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

As one of the winners in the government reshuffle of May, for the last two months the minister of international cooperation and son of the president, Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, has been busy meeting with diplomats and foreign companies, never missing an opportunity to publicise his ministerial activities.

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2021

Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, Minister of International Cooperation since May 2021.

In Focus | Central African Republic
Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

As France downgrades its relations with the Central African Republic (CAR), which it sees as too much under Russian influence, the authorities there are exerting pressure on French companies still active in the country.

Subscribers only Business 26.07.2021

The then Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Firmin Ngrebada (centre), salutes his troops as a Russian-made support helicopter flies overhead on the road between Boali and Bangui on 10 January 2021.

Cameroon
As it battles with Bolloré, the Autonomous Port of Douala is on a hunt for investors

A delegation from the Autonomous Port of Douala (PAD), the company which owns the country's biggest port in Douala, travelled to Paris at the beginning of July to meet with the French business community hoping to find financing for expansion works.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 15.07.2021

West Africa
Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Two Nigerian citizens were among the 10 people police in Benin arrested in a 25 June drug bust. For the best part of two years Cotonou and Abuja have been at odds over the smuggling of narcotics between their two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2021

Morocco
TV star Daniela Lumbroso and Eric Ghebali promote Marrakesh on French airwaves

French TV star Daniela Lumbroso is working hard to polish the image of "Destination Morocco" after international flights there resumed in June.

Subscribers only Business 12.07.2021

Daniela Lumbroso and her companion Eric Ghebali.

Libya
Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

After receiving an offer from Albayrak, the Misrata Free Zone - the main maritime entry into the Libyan market - has signed an agreement with another Turkish industrial leader Yildirim.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.07.2021

Benin, West Africa
Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries.

Free access Commodity traders, Politics 06.07.2021

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin.

West Africa
Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation for being weak on drugs.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

Libya
Havas quietly assists as Fathi Bachagha tours Europe ahead of presidential poll

The former interior minister, who is running in December's election, is visiting several European capitals to drum up support. Paris-based PR firm Havas is helping out.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 14.06.2021

Former Libyan Minister of the Interior Fathi Bachagha.

France, Rwanda
Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

The former French president played no direct part in the process of normalising relations between France and Rwanda, which was finalised by Emmanuel Macron at the end of May. He nevertheless acted as a knowledgeable and consulted "observer" throughout the negotiation process.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.06.2021

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) with Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

The Libyan prime minister has asked the French group Denos to once again take over the running of the Benghazi Medical Center, but an old debt has complicated the plan. Airbus, Bolloré and Idemia are meanwhile trying to revive the contracts promised by previous Libyan governments.

Subscribers only Business 07.06.2021

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 1, 2021.

DRC
The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Planning for the ninth Jeux de la Francophonie has hit choppy waters in Kinshasa, where the head of the national committee has resigned amid a row with one of his colleagues, a DJ once known as Trouble King who has withdrawn large amounts of cash from illicit accounts held in the name of the games.

Subscribers only Politics 18.05.2021

Algeria
Low-profile Elbayrak Construction enters the big time

Algeria's national housing agency, the Agence nationale d'amélioration et de développement du logement algérienne (AADL), has added a new favourite, Elbayrak Construction, to its accredited list of contractors for large-scale housing construction projects.

Subscribers only Business 14.05.2021

France, Mozambique
Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project

TechnipFMC, the French major subcontractor on its vast gas project that is now in limbo, have hired a group of firms to take down and remove the infrastructure still in Palma.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 11.05.2021

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Bolloré

Sahel
Bolloré faces stiff competition over Takuba force and Barkhane redeployment

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

West Africa
Accrombessi blows his influence

Gabon
Customs investigation speeds up

Cameroon
Port of Douala authority runs into new legal problems following Bolloré's departure

West Africa
Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Congo
Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

In Focus | Central African Republic
Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

Cameroon
As it battles with Bolloré, the Autonomous Port of Douala is on a hunt for investors

West Africa
Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Morocco
TV star Daniela Lumbroso and Eric Ghebali promote Marrakesh on French airwaves

Libya
Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

Benin, West Africa
Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

West Africa
Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Libya
Havas quietly assists as Fathi Bachagha tours Europe ahead of presidential poll

France, Rwanda
Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

DRC
The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Algeria
Low-profile Elbayrak Construction enters the big time

France, Mozambique
Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project

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Bolloré

Sahel Bolloré faces stiff competition over Takuba force and Barkhane redeployment

Cameroon Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

West Africa Accrombessi blows his influence

Gabon Customs investigation speeds up

Cameroon Port of Douala authority runs into new legal problems following Bolloré's departure

West Africa Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Congo Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

In Focus | Central African Republic Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

Cameroon As it battles with Bolloré, the Autonomous Port of Douala is on a hunt for investors

West Africa Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Morocco TV star Daniela Lumbroso and Eric Ghebali promote Marrakesh on French airwaves

Libya Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

Benin, West Africa Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

West Africa Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Libya Havas quietly assists as Fathi Bachagha tours Europe ahead of presidential poll

France, Rwanda Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

Libya In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

DRC The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Algeria Low-profile Elbayrak Construction enters the big time

France, Mozambique Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Sahel
Bolloré faces stiff competition over Takuba force and Barkhane redeployment

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

West Africa
Accrombessi blows his influence

Gabon
Customs investigation speeds up

Cameroon
Port of Douala authority runs into new legal problems following Bolloré's departure

West Africa
Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Congo
Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

In Focus | Central African Republic
Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

Cameroon
As it battles with Bolloré, the Autonomous Port of Douala is on a hunt for investors

West Africa
Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Morocco
TV star Daniela Lumbroso and Eric Ghebali promote Marrakesh on French airwaves

Libya
Misrata Free Zone signs multiple port management agreements, most recently with Yildirim

Benin, West Africa
Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

West Africa
Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Libya
Havas quietly assists as Fathi Bachagha tours Europe ahead of presidential poll

France, Rwanda
Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

DRC
The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Algeria
Low-profile Elbayrak Construction enters the big time

France, Mozambique
Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project