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Niger, Qatar
Mohamed Bazoum to make long-awaited visit to Doha next month

Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum, who has made closer relations with Qatar one of his major foreign policy objectives, is to travel to Doha on 2 February for a visiting lasting several days.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.01.2023

Sahel
Western capitals uneasy about delayed Issoufou report

Former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou's report on the international response to the Sahel security crisis will not be ready in time for the AU summit in February as initially planned, with publication still several months away.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.01.2023

Sahel
Storms continue to gather over the G5 Sahel

The fate of the G5 Sahel is more uncertain than ever. Niger's head of state Mohamed Bazoum, who is about to take over the presidency, has made no secret of his scepticism about the usefulness of the organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.01.2023

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, 9 July 2021.

Inner circles | Burkina Faso
Olivia Rouamba, the juntas' favourite foreign minister

Rouamba was kept in her job by the new junta in Burkina Faso despite her being close to the ousted putschist leader Paul-Henri Damiba. She enjoys a certain popularity on the international stage, but has little say in her country's relations with Paris and Brussels.

Free access Politics 23.12.2022

Burkina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivia Rouamba.

Algeria
Lobbyist Benabderrahmane's African network stretched from Libreville to Niamey

The Franco-Algerian businessman and lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane is at the heart of a major French legal case involving Qatar and the PSG football team. He was also very active in Africa. A confidential French intelligence report details his lobbying practices, private intelligence-gathering and alleged trafficking in French residence permits.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 19.12.2022

West Africa
Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Following on from his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in September, the former Nigerien head of state Mahamadou Issoufou will present his report on the situation in the Sahel at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.11.2022

Senegal, West Africa
VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

The presidents of Angola, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau will take part in the 8th Dakar Forum on Peace and Security from 24 to 25 October. They will be joined by the foreign ministers of Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia, as well as the French secretary of state Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2022

Burkina Faso
Captain Ibrahim Traoré walking on a knife edge

The head of the 30 September putsch has only a limited support within the military apparatus and is already encountering mistrust among powerful senior officers. He wants to designate a new president of the transition and has increasingly been engaging in discreet consultations on the matter.

Subscribers only Politics 10.10.2022

Captain Ibrahim Traoré (C), parades in the streets of Ouagadougou and hails the cheering crowd. Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on October 5, 2022, according to an official statement.

Spotlight | Niger
Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou

President Mohamed Bazoum and his predecessor Mahamadou Issoufou have been friends and comrades-in-arms for more than three decades. They remain on good terms, but behind the scenes the ex-president continues to have a major say in the running of the country despite Bazoum's efforts to replace Issoufou loyalists with his own in top state jobs.

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2022

Former Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou and his successor Mohamed Bazoum.

Senegal
Arms broker Petit Boubé in Dakar to negotiate deal with gendarmes

Niger businessman Aboubacar Hima, also known as Petit Boubé, visited Dakar discreetly from August to September to meet with the head of the Senegalese gendarmerie Moussa Fall

Subscribers only Defence 28.09.2022

Sahel, United Nations
UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Niger's former president Mahamadou Issoufou was tasked by the UN Secretary General with drawing up a report on the situation in the Sahel that he will present to the UN General Assembly on 22 September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.09.2022

Former Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou.

Niger
Bazoum's opponent Tazoum complicates Veolia contract renegotiation

The French giant has been negotiating for several months to renew its contract for the distribution of drinking water throughout the country. But Niamey wants to exclude a group of private shareholders, led by businessman and opponent Omar Hamidou Tchiana, from its local subsidiary, SEEN.

Subscribers only Business 14.09.2022

Omar Hamidou Tchiana in September 2013 when he was Niger's Mining Minister.

Africa
Paris dissolves its Sahel task force

Created in the wake of the Pau Summit in January 2020, France's Sahel task force will be dissolved in its current form to be fully integrated into the foreign ministry's Africa directorate.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.09.2022

Niger
Oil minister Abba becomes Chinese CNPC's worst nightmare

The negotiation methods used by the Chinese state-owned major's executives were not well received by the head of the oil ministry, who made this known by taking swift action against the sales manager of the CNPC-run refinery.

Subscribers only Energy 20.06.2022

Niger's Oil Minister Sani Mahamadou Issoufou.

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

The business agent Franck Ping, the son of Gabon's former foreign minister Jean Ping, is the main architect of the electrification deal signed by the German company Gauff Engineering and the government of Niger.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 20.06.2022

France
Colonna completes her Africa team despite one new adviser suddenly quitting

Wadid Benaabou has left the office of France 's new foreign minister Catherine Colonna just three days after taking up his post as North Africa and Middle East adviser. However, at least his replacement has already been appointed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2022

Africa, Europe
Groupe Agir Europe-Afrique puts positive spin on African elections

The association, which is officially based in France and coordinated by the Ivorian Jean Amoikon Eba, has been observing elections across the African continent for the last decade.

Subscribers only Politics 10.06.2022

Niger
After pressure from new oil minister Abba, CNPC forced to turn to local companies

Until recently, the Chinese major has been able to run its oil operations in Niger almost entirely as it wished, yet the Bazoum government has recently decided to get tough.

Subscribers only Energy 01.03.2022

Niger
Sonatrach wins its bid for another 10 years on Kafra

On 4 February the MD of Sipex (Sonatrach), Nacera Meraghni, went to Niamey as the head of an important delegation to sign a new 10-year production-sharing contract (PSC) on the Kafra block, located in the north of Niger.

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2022

Niger
Why Bazoum's party is in no hurry to find new leader

Under the Nigerien constitution, as the president of his country Mohamed Bazoum cannot also be the chairman of the PNDS, the party that carried him to power in February of last year. But to appoint a new party leader would effectively amount to designating a successor to him as president.

Subscribers only Politics 27.01.2022

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Mahamadou Issoufou

Niger, Qatar
Mohamed Bazoum to make long-awaited visit to Doha next month

Sahel
Western capitals uneasy about delayed Issoufou report

Sahel
Storms continue to gather over the G5 Sahel

Inner circles | Burkina Faso
Olivia Rouamba, the juntas' favourite foreign minister

Algeria
Lobbyist Benabderrahmane's African network stretched from Libreville to Niamey

West Africa
Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Senegal, West Africa
VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

Burkina Faso
Captain Ibrahim Traoré walking on a knife edge

Spotlight | Niger
Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou

Senegal
Arms broker Petit Boubé in Dakar to negotiate deal with gendarmes

Sahel, United Nations
UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Niger
Bazoum's opponent Tazoum complicates Veolia contract renegotiation

Africa
Paris dissolves its Sahel task force

Niger
Oil minister Abba becomes Chinese CNPC's worst nightmare

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

France
Colonna completes her Africa team despite one new adviser suddenly quitting

Africa, Europe
Groupe Agir Europe-Afrique puts positive spin on African elections

Niger
After pressure from new oil minister Abba, CNPC forced to turn to local companies

Niger
Sonatrach wins its bid for another 10 years on Kafra

Niger
Why Bazoum's party is in no hurry to find new leader

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Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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

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Mahamadou Issoufou

Niger, Qatar Mohamed Bazoum to make long-awaited visit to Doha next month

Sahel Western capitals uneasy about delayed Issoufou report

Sahel Storms continue to gather over the G5 Sahel

Inner circles | Burkina Faso Olivia Rouamba, the juntas' favourite foreign minister

Algeria Lobbyist Benabderrahmane's African network stretched from Libreville to Niamey

West Africa Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Senegal, West Africa VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

Burkina Faso Captain Ibrahim Traoré walking on a knife edge

Spotlight | Niger Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou

Senegal Arms broker Petit Boubé in Dakar to negotiate deal with gendarmes

Sahel, United Nations UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Niger Bazoum's opponent Tazoum complicates Veolia contract renegotiation

Africa Paris dissolves its Sahel task force

Niger Oil minister Abba becomes Chinese CNPC's worst nightmare

Gabon, Niger Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

France Colonna completes her Africa team despite one new adviser suddenly quitting

Africa, Europe Groupe Agir Europe-Afrique puts positive spin on African elections

Niger After pressure from new oil minister Abba, CNPC forced to turn to local companies

Niger Sonatrach wins its bid for another 10 years on Kafra

Niger Why Bazoum's party is in no hurry to find new leader

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Niger, Qatar
Mohamed Bazoum to make long-awaited visit to Doha next month

Sahel
Western capitals uneasy about delayed Issoufou report

Sahel
Storms continue to gather over the G5 Sahel

Inner circles | Burkina Faso
Olivia Rouamba, the juntas' favourite foreign minister

Algeria
Lobbyist Benabderrahmane's African network stretched from Libreville to Niamey

West Africa
Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Senegal, West Africa
VIP guest list for Dakar peace summit grows

Burkina Faso
Captain Ibrahim Traoré walking on a knife edge

Spotlight | Niger
Bazoum struggles to emancipate himself from predecessor Issoufou

Senegal
Arms broker Petit Boubé in Dakar to negotiate deal with gendarmes

Sahel, United Nations
UN: Ministers, military, diplomats... Issoufou's Sahel task force

Niger
Bazoum's opponent Tazoum complicates Veolia contract renegotiation

Africa
Paris dissolves its Sahel task force

Niger
Oil minister Abba becomes Chinese CNPC's worst nightmare

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

France
Colonna completes her Africa team despite one new adviser suddenly quitting

Africa, Europe
Groupe Agir Europe-Afrique puts positive spin on African elections

Niger
After pressure from new oil minister Abba, CNPC forced to turn to local companies

Niger
Sonatrach wins its bid for another 10 years on Kafra

Niger
Why Bazoum's party is in no hurry to find new leader