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West Africa
Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Ivory Coast is intending to take the presidency of the West African Economic and Monetary Union UEMOA in 2016. That is unless Niger muddies the pitch…

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2015

Burkina Faso, France
Pierre Olivier Sur looks out for Compaore

Pierre Olivier Sur, the Africa-orientated barrister of the Paris law [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2015

Mali
Hollande helps his friend Keita

Between the koras and star Malian guest performers Amadou et [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2015

Insiders | Ivory Coast
The corporate chiefs who have flourished during Ouattara's presidency

The extreme conditions facing Alassane Ouattara when he took office in 2011 prompted Ivory Coast's new leader to tread carefully [...]

Subscribers only 05.08.2015

Africa
French lawyers mine rich seam working for African leaders

Francois Serres, who is defending Hissene Habre, is among an array of French lawyers that have carved a niche for themselves working for African leaders.

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2015

Spotlight | Africa, France
Manuel Valls cultivates extensive array of African contacts

The French prime minister's office has Africa on its mind. Manuel Valls, who is planning to tour several African countries including Ghana and Ethiopia early in 2016, is increasingly appreciated by African leaders, who reason that he could one day [.

Subscribers only Politics 15.07.2015

Spotlight | Africa
Jean-Yves Le Drian, France's Africa minister

A recent report into Franco-African relations by Socialist MP Philippe Baumel provides a realistic analysis of how important the military factor is in French President François Hollande's policy on Africa. Beyond the strategic military operations on the ground in Mali [.

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Mali
IBK turns again to Paris

After a cool period in 2014, relations between Bamako and Paris are showing signs of warming up again. The explanation?

Subscribers only 19.03.2015

Ivory Coast
Kagnassi facilitates electoral contract

He used to be close to Laurent Gbagbo but businessman Mohamed Sidi Kagnassi is now well in with the Ouattara regime.

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2015

Mali
Keita hands first exploration licence to Nigerians

After updating the oil registry last autumn, Bamako has just approved the first exploration licence awarded under president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

Free access Energy 20.01.2015

Burkina Faso, Niger
UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Several Tuareg chiefs who were protected by Burkina Faso’s ousted leader Blaise Compaore received UN help to leave the country.

Subscribers only Politics 03.12.2014

Central African Republic
Martin Ziguele picked to run for MLPC in 2015

The Socialist Mouvement de Liberation du Peuple Centrafricain (MLPC) has ended the pseudo-speculation by appointing party chairman Martin Zinguele, 57, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.12.2014

Guinea
Behind scenes of Hollande's visit to Conakry

Francois Hollande is due to pay a 24-hour visit to Guinea before going on to the 15th Francophonie summit in Dakar on November 29-30.

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2014

Mali
Seydou Keita

Appointed head of Mali’s Cadastre Minier this summer at the bidding of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Seydou Keita has been [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.09.2014

France, Mali
Marck group premises searched in Tomi affair

France’s Marck group has now been implicated in the Tomi affair. According to our information, Philippe Belin, head of the [...]

Subscribers only 30.06.2014

Spotlight | France
French lawyers carve new niches in Africa

French lawyers are all over African legal affairs these days, whether representing a head of state, an opposition leader or one of the sides in a commercial arbitration case. The new generation of French lawyers is unafraid to tread on [.

Subscribers only Politics 09.04.2014

Mali
"IBK" upset by Le Monde probe

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is smarting over an article in the French newspaper Le Monde on his friendship with Corsican casino magnate Michel Tomi.

Subscribers only Politics 09.04.2014

France, Mali
Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Cited in an article in Le Monde on March 28 that reported on his alleged ties with controversial Corsican businessman [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.2014

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Qatar Mining on the offensive in Africa

State-owned Qatar Mining Co (QM) is seeking to put down roots in Burkina Faso’s mines as a first move towards expanding across all of Africa. Qatar’s leader, Tamin Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, has committed himself to funding a [.

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Congo
Sassou embraces doyen role

The Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso has fashioned himself into something of an all-round mediator and giver of gifts in French-speaking Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

West Africa
Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Burkina Faso, France
Pierre Olivier Sur looks out for Compaore

Mali
Hollande helps his friend Keita

Insiders | Ivory Coast
The corporate chiefs who have flourished during Ouattara's presidency

Africa
French lawyers mine rich seam working for African leaders

Spotlight | Africa, France
Manuel Valls cultivates extensive array of African contacts

Spotlight | Africa
Jean-Yves Le Drian, France's Africa minister

Mali
IBK turns again to Paris

Ivory Coast
Kagnassi facilitates electoral contract

Mali
Keita hands first exploration licence to Nigerians

Burkina Faso, Niger
UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Central African Republic
Martin Ziguele picked to run for MLPC in 2015

Guinea
Behind scenes of Hollande's visit to Conakry

Mali
Seydou Keita

France, Mali
Marck group premises searched in Tomi affair

Spotlight | France
French lawyers carve new niches in Africa

Mali
"IBK" upset by Le Monde probe

France, Mali
Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Qatar Mining on the offensive in Africa

Congo
Sassou embraces doyen role

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

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

West Africa Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Burkina Faso, France Pierre Olivier Sur looks out for Compaore

Mali Hollande helps his friend Keita

Insiders | Ivory Coast The corporate chiefs who have flourished during Ouattara's presidency

Africa French lawyers mine rich seam working for African leaders

Spotlight | Africa, France Manuel Valls cultivates extensive array of African contacts

Spotlight | Africa Jean-Yves Le Drian, France's Africa minister

Mali IBK turns again to Paris

Ivory Coast Kagnassi facilitates electoral contract

Mali Keita hands first exploration licence to Nigerians

Burkina Faso, Niger UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Central African Republic Martin Ziguele picked to run for MLPC in 2015

Guinea Behind scenes of Hollande's visit to Conakry

Mali Seydou Keita

France, Mali Marck group premises searched in Tomi affair

Spotlight | France French lawyers carve new niches in Africa

Mali "IBK" upset by Le Monde probe

France, Mali Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Spotlight | Burkina Faso Qatar Mining on the offensive in Africa

Congo Sassou embraces doyen role

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

West Africa
Issoufou, Ouattara compete for leadership of UEMOA

Burkina Faso, France
Pierre Olivier Sur looks out for Compaore

Mali
Hollande helps his friend Keita

Insiders | Ivory Coast
The corporate chiefs who have flourished during Ouattara's presidency

Africa
French lawyers mine rich seam working for African leaders

Spotlight | Africa, France
Manuel Valls cultivates extensive array of African contacts

Spotlight | Africa
Jean-Yves Le Drian, France's Africa minister

Mali
IBK turns again to Paris

Ivory Coast
Kagnassi facilitates electoral contract

Mali
Keita hands first exploration licence to Nigerians

Burkina Faso, Niger
UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Central African Republic
Martin Ziguele picked to run for MLPC in 2015

Guinea
Behind scenes of Hollande's visit to Conakry

Mali
Seydou Keita

France, Mali
Marck group premises searched in Tomi affair

Spotlight | France
French lawyers carve new niches in Africa

Mali
"IBK" upset by Le Monde probe

France, Mali
Keita to mount counter-attack in Tomi affair

Spotlight | Burkina Faso
Qatar Mining on the offensive in Africa

Congo
Sassou embraces doyen role