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Patrice Talon

Africa
Patrice Talon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Félix Tshisekedi, Diego Aponte, 'Teodorin' Obiang

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.04.2023

Benin
Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Although the Beninese army recently acquired two French-made H 125 helicopters, it has also been negotiating the purchase of transport aircraft from Russian Helicopters in a drive to beef up its operations against armed groups in the north.

Subscribers only Defence 23.03.2023

Benin, Rwanda
Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

Despite being at an advanced stage, the plan to dispatch a Rwandan army contingent to Benin has been on standby since late last year, though a deployment has not been ruled out in the medium term.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 02.03.2023

Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali, 23 June 2022.

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

A low-key figure in West African presidential palaces for two decades, Ben Moctar Maouloud has become a key intermediary in Abidjan. The Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts is now involved in all major military contracts.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 31.10.2022

Ben Moctar Maouloud, the Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts, is now involved in all major military contracts and has become a key intermediary in Abidjan.

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Several companies are keen to take on Benin's only oil field, which has been dormant since 1998. In the running are two juniors, Baobab Energy Africa, founded by former Tullow energy execs, and Zenith Energy.

Subscribers only Energy 11.10.2022

Benin, Rwanda
Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Revealed by Africa Intelligence, the new military accord between Kigali and Cotonou that is in the process of being finalised should see Rwandan soldiers being deployed to Benin in the near future, with a particular focus on supporting Benin's special forces in the north of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.09.2022

Benin, France
Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Bertin Bada, President Patrice Talon's chief of military staff, met senior colleagues of French army chief General Thierry Burkhard in Paris in mid-September. Talks are in progress on military equipment purchases and a plan to set up a Beninese government arms procurement service.

Subscribers only Defence 22.09.2022

Spotlight | Benin, Rwanda, Sahel
Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

In the utmost secrecy, Kigali and Cotonou have entered the final phase of negotiations for the deployment of several hundred Rwandan soldiers to northern Benin, a part of the Sahel region that has been seeing a spike in jihadist activity.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.09.2022

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers on mission in Mozambique, July 2021.

Africa, France
Franck Paris stays on as Macron's Africa adviser

The French president's adviser will be carrying on in his post at the Elysée as Macron's second term begins, and he is already planning an Africa tour for his boss at the end of this month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.07.2022

Franck Paris, Africa adviser to Emmanuel Macron.

West Africa
ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

The summit in Accra on 3 July should officialise the appointment of a new ECOWAS chairperson to succeed the Ghanaian Nana Akufo-Addo as well of new commissioners for the regional organisation. Two electric subjects that have greatly increased tensions between West Africa's leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2022

West Africa
West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Although the Beninese president Patrice Talon is due to take the helm of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, his insistence that his economy minister chair the organisation's council of ministers has led to one of several disputes - and resulted in a special heads of state committee being set up to try to resolve the situation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.06.2022

Beninese President Patrice Talon is to become head of the UEMOA.

Ivory Coast
Why Turkey's Karpowership hasn't yet produced a single megawatt

The floating power plant intended to ease Ivory Coast's energy crisis before phase one of the Baleine project launches in 2023 is stuck in the starting blocks.

Free access Energy, Business 08.06.2022

The Karpowership floating electricity production unit during its construction in March 2022, in Abidjan.

Benin
In the police and the army, Talon turns to his tried and trusted old guard

Lacking a successor to the post of director of police following a passports of convenience scandal, Patrice Talon has reappointed General Yaya as head of the organisation for two years. The Beninese head of state also promoted his former military chief of staff Bertin Dada, who played a pivotal role in the police crackdown just ahead the presidential election last year.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.04.2022

Benin
The US lobbying firm ruining Patrice Talon's National Unity week

President Talon's show of national reconciliation staged earlier this week through the exhibition of 26 royal treasures returned to Benin by France has been disrupted by a lobbying firm campaigning for Washington to take sanctions against him.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.02.2022

Africa
From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

Engaged in a major conversion of its refineries to biofuels, Italian hydrocarbon giant ENI wants to provide this global industry with fuel supplies from non-oil-producing African countries such as Benin and Rwanda, as well as from the key oil-producing countries such as Congo, Angola and Mozambique.

Subscribers only 24.01.2022

West Africa
Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

A few months ago, the son of the Beninese president embarked on the renovation of Pendjari Safari Lodge, but business there is likely to a take a nosedive following a deadly attack perpetrated on 6 January in the national park.

Subscribers only Business 13.01.2022

Lionel Talon, son of Beninese president Patrice Talon.

West Africa
Fertiliser king Salif Ouédraogo targeted by Cotonou lawsuit

The fertiliser trader, a key figure in the Sahelian agricultural sector for the past twenty years who was close to Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré and Beninese president Thomas Boni Yahi, is the target of a lawsuit by a Malian client.

Subscribers only Business 10.12.2021

Benin
Talon goes all-out to boost mining sector

Benin has embarked on several initiatives aimed at giving its sluggish mining sector a boost, including revising its mining code, mapping its resources and setting up a stone-processing plant.

Subscribers only Mining 26.11.2021

Spotlight | Africa, Belarus
Minsk gets by with help from African clients as relations with Europe deteriorate

Belarus is faced with increasingly severe European and US sanctions for dumping migrants on Poland's borders, but is able to defy the EU because it has Russia's active support and because of its numerous arms and agricultural machinery contracts in Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2021

West Africa
Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

Nearly 2.5 tons of cocaine were seized in Cotonou at the beginning of the month, but since last week judges at the Beninese CRIET have been focused on a different case, that of 10 defendants who were arrested in May, shortly after the seizure of 150kg of cocaine at the port.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 26.10.2021

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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

Patrice Talon

Africa
Patrice Talon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Félix Tshisekedi, Diego Aponte, 'Teodorin' Obiang

Benin
Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Benin, Rwanda
Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Benin, Rwanda
Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Benin, France
Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Spotlight | Benin, Rwanda, Sahel
Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

Africa, France
Franck Paris stays on as Macron's Africa adviser

West Africa
ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

West Africa
West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Ivory Coast
Why Turkey's Karpowership hasn't yet produced a single megawatt

Benin
In the police and the army, Talon turns to his tried and trusted old guard

Benin
The US lobbying firm ruining Patrice Talon's National Unity week

Africa
From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

West Africa
Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

West Africa
Fertiliser king Salif Ouédraogo targeted by Cotonou lawsuit

Benin
Talon goes all-out to boost mining sector

Spotlight | Africa, Belarus
Minsk gets by with help from African clients as relations with Europe deteriorate

West Africa
Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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

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Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Patrice Talon

Africa Patrice Talon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Félix Tshisekedi, Diego Aponte, 'Teodorin' Obiang

Benin Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Benin, Rwanda Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

Benin Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Benin, Rwanda Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Benin, France Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Spotlight | Benin, Rwanda, Sahel Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

Africa, France Franck Paris stays on as Macron's Africa adviser

West Africa ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

West Africa West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Ivory Coast Why Turkey's Karpowership hasn't yet produced a single megawatt

Benin In the police and the army, Talon turns to his tried and trusted old guard

Benin The US lobbying firm ruining Patrice Talon's National Unity week

Africa From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

West Africa Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

West Africa Fertiliser king Salif Ouédraogo targeted by Cotonou lawsuit

Benin Talon goes all-out to boost mining sector

Spotlight | Africa, Belarus Minsk gets by with help from African clients as relations with Europe deteriorate

West Africa Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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

Africa
Patrice Talon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Félix Tshisekedi, Diego Aponte, 'Teodorin' Obiang

Benin
Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters

Benin, Rwanda
Kigali set to postpone Benin deployment

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

Benin
Tullow veterans line up to revive Sèmè as Zenith snaps at their heels

Benin, Rwanda
Rwanda firms up its plans for military support

Benin, France
Benin's security chiefs negotiate military support plan in Paris

Spotlight | Benin, Rwanda, Sahel
Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

Africa, France
Franck Paris stays on as Macron's Africa adviser

West Africa
ECOWAS leaders at loggerheads over successor to Akufo-Addo

West Africa
West African leaders clash over UEMOA presidency

Ivory Coast
Why Turkey's Karpowership hasn't yet produced a single megawatt

Benin
In the police and the army, Talon turns to his tried and trusted old guard

Benin
The US lobbying firm ruining Patrice Talon's National Unity week

Africa
From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

West Africa
Security issues in Pendjari curtail Lionel Talon's tourism ambitions

West Africa
Fertiliser king Salif Ouédraogo targeted by Cotonou lawsuit

Benin
Talon goes all-out to boost mining sector

Spotlight | Africa, Belarus
Minsk gets by with help from African clients as relations with Europe deteriorate

West Africa
Drug investigation in Cotonou exposes law enforcement rivalry