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Senegal
Indonesian Aerospace and Gaby Peretz deliver a second maritime patrol aircraft to Dakar

Senegal's air force is this month due to receive another maritime patrol plane, a CN-235, from the state-owned Indonesian Aerospace.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.03.2021

Spotlight | Senegal
BP discreetly discusses reducing stake in Grand Tortue

BP is ploughing ahead with plans to reduce its footprint in Africa. It is in particular looking at a major reduction of its stake in the Grand Tortue gas field straddling the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal.

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2021

Senegal
Dakar set to buy more light attack aircraft from Korea's KAI

Security cooperation between Senegal and South Korea is set to strengthen with the likely purchase by the West African state of more war planes built by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.03.2021

Senegal
Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

With just a year to go before he becomes chairperson of the African Union, Senegalese head of state Macky Sall has started to give the first indications of his plans for the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.02.2021

Senegal
Avisa Partners to spruce up Macky Sall's security show

The Senegalese authorities has asked Parisian lobbying and consultancy firm Avisa Partners to prepare a revamped version of the Dakar forum on peace an security for its seventh summit later this year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.02.2021

Senegalese President Macky Sall at the 2018 Dakar Forum.

Mauritania
How President Ghazouani became a key diplomatic actor in Africa

Severing ties with his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has pushed himself to the forefront of regional diplomacy in less than two years. Now Saudia Arabia and the UAE's strategic ally in the Sahel, Mauritania may soon normalise relations with Qatar.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.02.2021

Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

In the run-up to the African Union summit on 6 and 7 February in Addis Ababa, Turkish diplomats are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the third Turkey-Africa summit, scheduled for September, features prominently on the agenda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2021

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (foreground) and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (background).

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is working the region to pave his way to the chairmanship of the regional bloc.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

Central Africa
The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

To secure the licence, in the last days of the Trump administration, that allows him to conduct business for one year despite being subject to sanctions, the mining tycoon Dan Gerlter called on a new team of consultants.

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2021

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

The second development phase of the giant Grand Tortue Ahmeyim gas field will not be as ambitious as Macky Sall and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani had hoped. As for the third...

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

So far, only a handful of the ECOWAS heads of states invited to Alassane Ouattara's swearing-in ceremony on 14 December have confirmed they will attend. For its part, France will be sending foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to the event.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.12.2020

President Alassane Ouattara speaks during his inauguration ceremony on 3 November 2015.

Africa
The ins and outs of extending G20 debt moratorium again

Lender states want the group of rich countries to again extend its Debt Service Suspension Initiative. France backs the move, but not everyone is on board.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.12.2020

Senegal
Africa Consulting and Trading befriends Senegalese oil firms to attract BP and Woodside

As the new local content legislation in the oil industry comes into play, ACT spots a windfall for consulting Senegalese oil firms.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2020

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

The country's business and political elite have been eagerly paying visits to the former opponent of the Aziz regime since his return to the capital in the hopes of finding out what he plans to do next.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2020

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Though the visit to Lomé by the president of the transition Bah N'Daw on 13 November was the first by a top Malian official to the country, very close contacts have been nurtured behind the scenes between the leaders of the putsch and Faure Gnassingbé ever since the coup d'état on 18 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2020

The meeting with Faure Gnassingbé (left) on 13 November in Lomé was a key stage in Bah N'Daw's regional tour.

Senegal
Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Already criticised in 2019 for hiring CRBC to work on the access road to the Blaise Diagne airport without a tender process, the road management agency Ageroute has now awarded the Chinese infrastructure giant a six-month extension to its contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.11.2020

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

A fierce enemy of Alassane Ouattara, the Guinea-Bissau president is seeking to rally his elder Congolese counterpart to his cause and exert an influence over the post-electoral crisis in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Politics 12.11.2020

The Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso is seeking to involve himself in various other political crises on the continent.

Sahel
Expertise France is EU favourite for military contracts in Sahel

Expertise France has pocketed nearly €200m in European funds over the past two years for a variety of G5 Sahel projects that include military equipment delivery and army support programme management.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 10.11.2020

Senegal
New oil minister Sophie Gladima is going to get on famously with Macky Sall and his oil and gas commitee

The Senegalese president has decided to appoint a close associate, who is more of a technician than a politician, to the key oil ministry post. The oil and gas sector is going to be particularly important as the start of production at the Tortue and Sangomar fields approaches.

Subscribers only Energy 06.11.2020

New minister of petroleum in Senegal Sophie Gladima.

Senegal
Eiffage overtakes ex-ministre Thierno Lô's Sotracom on Dakar autonomous port contract

Senegal's public procurement regulatory authority, the ARMP, dashed the hopes of local firm Société de travaux de commerce (Sotracom) of winning a contract to upgrade access roads to the Port Autonome de Dakar (PAD) on 30 September.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 26.10.2020

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Macky Sall

Senegal
Indonesian Aerospace and Gaby Peretz deliver a second maritime patrol aircraft to Dakar

Spotlight | Senegal
BP discreetly discusses reducing stake in Grand Tortue

Senegal
Dakar set to buy more light attack aircraft from Korea's KAI

Senegal
Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

Senegal
Avisa Partners to spruce up Macky Sall's security show

Mauritania
How President Ghazouani became a key diplomatic actor in Africa

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Central Africa
The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

Africa
The ins and outs of extending G20 debt moratorium again

Senegal
Africa Consulting and Trading befriends Senegalese oil firms to attract BP and Woodside

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Senegal
Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

Sahel
Expertise France is EU favourite for military contracts in Sahel

Senegal
New oil minister Sophie Gladima is going to get on famously with Macky Sall and his oil and gas commitee

Senegal
Eiffage overtakes ex-ministre Thierno Lô's Sotracom on Dakar autonomous port contract

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Macky Sall

Senegal Indonesian Aerospace and Gaby Peretz deliver a second maritime patrol aircraft to Dakar

Spotlight | Senegal BP discreetly discusses reducing stake in Grand Tortue

Senegal Dakar set to buy more light attack aircraft from Korea's KAI

Senegal Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

Senegal Avisa Partners to spruce up Macky Sall's security show

Mauritania How President Ghazouani became a key diplomatic actor in Africa

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

West Africa Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Central Africa The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

Ivory Coast Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

Africa The ins and outs of extending G20 debt moratorium again

Senegal Africa Consulting and Trading befriends Senegalese oil firms to attract BP and Woodside

Mauritania Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Mali, Togo Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Senegal Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Ivory Coast Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

Sahel Expertise France is EU favourite for military contracts in Sahel

Senegal New oil minister Sophie Gladima is going to get on famously with Macky Sall and his oil and gas commitee

Senegal Eiffage overtakes ex-ministre Thierno Lô's Sotracom on Dakar autonomous port contract

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Senegal
Indonesian Aerospace and Gaby Peretz deliver a second maritime patrol aircraft to Dakar

Spotlight | Senegal
BP discreetly discusses reducing stake in Grand Tortue

Senegal
Dakar set to buy more light attack aircraft from Korea's KAI

Senegal
Macky Sall launches all-out diplomatic offensive as he prepares to take over as Africa Union chair

Senegal
Avisa Partners to spruce up Macky Sall's security show

Mauritania
How President Ghazouani became a key diplomatic actor in Africa

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

West Africa
Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Central Africa
The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

Africa
The ins and outs of extending G20 debt moratorium again

Senegal
Africa Consulting and Trading befriends Senegalese oil firms to attract BP and Woodside

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Senegal
Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

Sahel
Expertise France is EU favourite for military contracts in Sahel

Senegal
New oil minister Sophie Gladima is going to get on famously with Macky Sall and his oil and gas commitee

Senegal
Eiffage overtakes ex-ministre Thierno Lô's Sotracom on Dakar autonomous port contract