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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Congo, Libya
Sassou to visit Libya for first time in 13 years

The Congolese president is expected to travel to Tripoli and Benghazi in early December in his capacity as chairman of the African Union's high-level committee on the Libyan crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2024

Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso on 1 December 2024 in Dubai.

Inner circles | Mauritania
Powerful Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay's system

The newly elected PM has taken the time to compose a government partly under his control. While ministries with sovereign powers remain the president's prerogative, Ould Djay has taken charge of the country's productive sectors and the priority youth portfolio.

Subscribers only Politics 30.08.2024

Mauritanian Prime Minister, Moctar Ould Djay.

Mauritania
Mauritania employers' union boss increases electricity sector activities

Zine El Abidine Cheikh Ahmed recently submitted a $17m bid to the Société Mauritanienne d'Electricité (SOMELEC) for a major electrification programme for a handful of areas in eastern Mauritania, through his company Bis-TP.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 03.01.2024

Mauritania
Moctar Djay masterminds Ghazouani's mining strategy

With the 2024 elections almost exactly one year away, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has promoted a very close ally by appointing Moctar Ould Djay as his chief of staff with rank of minister on 3 July.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 12.07.2023

Mauritania
SNIM to relaunch F'Derick operations on its own

The state-owned company run by Mohamed Vall Ould Telmidi believes it has sufficient financial resources to mine the iron ore reserves in the north of Mauritania itself, and has abandoned plans to subcontract out the work.

Subscribers only Mining 29.06.2023

Inner circles | Mauritania
How Ghazouani co-opted Aziz's top officials

The current Mauritanian president is officially and unofficially working with many of the same senior officials as his predecessor, despite the fact that some of them have been targeted by judicial investigations and even detained.

Subscribers only Politics 20.01.2023

Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani attends a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Ouagadougou airport on 13 September 2019 on the eve of the start of the West Africa G5 summit.

Mauritania
Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

After aborted negotiations with China Harbour Engineering Co, the Mauritanian authorities are launching a tender for the construction of the deepwater port of Nouadhibou, which is expected to cost $323m.

Free access Infrastructure 15.07.2022

The port of Nouadhibou, for which the call for tenders for the deepwater port project will soon be relaunched.

Spotlight | Chad
Middleman Chafi comes to Qatar's rescue in the Chadian 'pre-dialogue' process in Doha

The best-connected intermediary in the Sahel, Mustapha Chafi, has been asked by Qatar to try to get the Chadian "pre-dialogue" process back on the rails, as it drags on without result to the despair of the authorities.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.05.2022

Mauritania
Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

The British major was scheduled to award one of its largest logistics contracts for Grand Tortue in April but has now delayed it. Those in the running include the biggest names in logistics in Mauritania.

Subscribers only Energy 23.05.2022

Mauritania
Nouakchott mends fences with Qatar, one plank at a time

The presidential palace is taking baby steps to restore the ties it abruptly cut with the gas-rich emirate four years ago.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.04.2022

Mauritania
ASML Group prospers under Ghazouani despite legal woes

ASML Group continues to bag new contracts in Mauritania despite the fact that its former boss has been indicted and its NMW-SA subsidiary was targeted by a 2020 parliamentary inquiry into the management of public contracts under the Aziz presidency.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Mining, Business 02.02.2022

Niger, West Africa
Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Lacking an official status since the downfall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso in 2014, the desert fox Mustafa Chafi has returned to the limelight in Niger where he is leveraging his ties with regional leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.10.2021

Mauritania
Special forces chief Beyda looks for latest equipment in Kyiv and Bordeaux

Special forces chief of staff Brig Gen Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Beyda has made a number of trips abroad in recent weeks to buy new equipment for his elite troops.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 05.10.2021

Mauritania, Senegal
BP spearheads British diplomacy in West Africa

Senegal and Mauritania have become priority targets for British diplomacy since the gas discoveries at the Tortue field, which is being developed by BP.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 29.09.2021

India, Mauritania
India to open embassy in Nouakchott

For the past few months, India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has been laying the groundwork for the opening on an embassy in Mauritania in the first half of 2022.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.08.2021

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

PEP Engineering, Taylor Wessing and Gibraltar Advisory have been hired to draw up the public-private partnership model to be used for the Nouakchott-Boutilimit motorway build, a project expected to total $292m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.08.2021

Mauritania
Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Mauritania is the only country in the G5 Sahel bloc not to have had an Islamist attack in more than ten years. It is closely monitoring Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups operating on its border with Mali.

Subscribers only Politics 30.06.2021

The Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

Inner circles | Senegal
Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Since Macky Sall came to power, the army has contributed strongly to Senegal's international aura. Through peacekeeping missions for the UN and close military cooperation with France, the army's political and military leaders, who have been hand-picked by the president, have been promoting the country's interests.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.06.2021

Mauritania
Monaco Resources teams up with Ould Noueigued to vie for Tortue logistics contracts

R-Logitech, the logistics arm of Monaco Resources, has created a joint venture with Mauritanian magnate Ould Noueigued hoping to boost its chances of winning contracts with oil services firm developing the vast gas field Grand Tortue.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 29.04.2021

Niger
Bazoum keeps Issoufou's oil barons in their jobs for now

Niger's new president is appointing people close to his predecessor to key posts in a bid to ensure continuity. But how long will they stay in their jobs?

Subscribers only Energy 15.04.2021

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

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Congo, Libya
Sassou to visit Libya for first time in 13 years

Inner circles | Mauritania
Powerful Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay's system

Mauritania
Mauritania employers' union boss increases electricity sector activities

Mauritania
Moctar Djay masterminds Ghazouani's mining strategy

Mauritania
SNIM to relaunch F'Derick operations on its own

Inner circles | Mauritania
How Ghazouani co-opted Aziz's top officials

Mauritania
Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

Spotlight | Chad
Middleman Chafi comes to Qatar's rescue in the Chadian 'pre-dialogue' process in Doha

Mauritania
Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

Mauritania
Nouakchott mends fences with Qatar, one plank at a time

Mauritania
ASML Group prospers under Ghazouani despite legal woes

Niger, West Africa
Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Mauritania
Special forces chief Beyda looks for latest equipment in Kyiv and Bordeaux

Mauritania, Senegal
BP spearheads British diplomacy in West Africa

India, Mauritania
India to open embassy in Nouakchott

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Mauritania
Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Inner circles | Senegal
Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Mauritania
Monaco Resources teams up with Ould Noueigued to vie for Tortue logistics contracts

Niger
Bazoum keeps Issoufou's oil barons in their jobs for now

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

Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Transition: what's next after the coup?

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Congo, Libya Sassou to visit Libya for first time in 13 years

Inner circles | Mauritania Powerful Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay's system

Mauritania Mauritania employers' union boss increases electricity sector activities

Mauritania Moctar Djay masterminds Ghazouani's mining strategy

Mauritania SNIM to relaunch F'Derick operations on its own

Inner circles | Mauritania How Ghazouani co-opted Aziz's top officials

Mauritania Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

Spotlight | Chad Middleman Chafi comes to Qatar's rescue in the Chadian 'pre-dialogue' process in Doha

Mauritania Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

Mauritania Nouakchott mends fences with Qatar, one plank at a time

Mauritania ASML Group prospers under Ghazouani despite legal woes

Niger, West Africa Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Mauritania Special forces chief Beyda looks for latest equipment in Kyiv and Bordeaux

Mauritania, Senegal BP spearheads British diplomacy in West Africa

India, Mauritania India to open embassy in Nouakchott

Mauritania Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Mauritania Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Inner circles | Senegal Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Mauritania Monaco Resources teams up with Ould Noueigued to vie for Tortue logistics contracts

Niger Bazoum keeps Issoufou's oil barons in their jobs for now

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Congo, Libya
Sassou to visit Libya for first time in 13 years

Inner circles | Mauritania
Powerful Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay's system

Mauritania
Mauritania employers' union boss increases electricity sector activities

Mauritania
Moctar Djay masterminds Ghazouani's mining strategy

Mauritania
SNIM to relaunch F'Derick operations on its own

Inner circles | Mauritania
How Ghazouani co-opted Aziz's top officials

Mauritania
Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

Spotlight | Chad
Middleman Chafi comes to Qatar's rescue in the Chadian 'pre-dialogue' process in Doha

Mauritania
Grand Tortue: Maurilog, MCE and Bolloré impatiently await results of huge BP logistics contract

Mauritania
Nouakchott mends fences with Qatar, one plank at a time

Mauritania
ASML Group prospers under Ghazouani despite legal woes

Niger, West Africa
Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Mauritania
Special forces chief Beyda looks for latest equipment in Kyiv and Bordeaux

Mauritania, Senegal
BP spearheads British diplomacy in West Africa

India, Mauritania
India to open embassy in Nouakchott

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Mauritania
Ghazouani tries to maintain 'Mauritanian exception' as Islamist attacks escalate in the region

Inner circles | Senegal
Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Mauritania
Monaco Resources teams up with Ould Noueigued to vie for Tortue logistics contracts

Niger
Bazoum keeps Issoufou's oil barons in their jobs for now