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Why Paris seized Jack Hazout's masks

The French customs hit Jacob "Jack" Hazout, a discreet French broker very active in Africa, with a fine in excess of €100,000 in late March for trying to sell FFP2 masks after the state had requisitioned all stocks of equipment of this type. [...]

Published on 20/04/2020 at 06:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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After delays, Polytech steps on the gas with army HQ project

The Chinese company Poly Technologies plans to complete the Allada barracks, set to headquarter the general staff of Benin's armed forces, in September 2021. The project, which has fallen behind schedule, is just a small component of a vast defence contract between Benin and China driven by President Patrice Talon and his eminence grise Olivier Boko.

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Beninese President Patrice Talon saluting Poly Technologies employees on the Allada barracks site (February 1, 2020).

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Ludovic Ngatsé takes over as negotiator with IMF

Faced with the possibility that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may delay for a second time its deliberations on the [...]

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Beijing's dynamism leaves the Quai d'Orsay floundering

In the run-up to the next China-Africa summit, which is due to take place in Beijing in September, the French foreign office has been issuing a flurry of briefings on Africa's disaffection with French cooperation initiatives and its growing preference for loans from Beijing.

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Jack Hazout, Beijing’s secret weapon

The Chinese defence industry has been using Jacob "Jack" Hazout, a French consultant who is as ubiquitous as he is discreet, to snag defence deals in far-off places. Hazout, who in addition to his mother tongue speaks English, Arabic, Spanish [.

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

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

France
Why Paris seized Jack Hazout's masks

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After delays, Polytech steps on the gas with army HQ project

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Ludovic Ngatsé takes over as negotiator with IMF

In Focus | Africa, France
Beijing's dynamism leaves the Quai d'Orsay floundering