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Burkina Faso
Compaoré era elite return to gold sector

Salma Mining, which has obtained a gold mining permit in Burkina Faso, is headed by Mamoudou Ouédraogo, the son and business manager of one of the most influential entrepreneurs of the Compaoré era, Alizéta Ouédraogo. [...]

Published on 18/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Blaise Compaoré loyalist Alizéta Ouédraogo moves into Guinean mining sector

After having been a highly influential figure during the presidency of Blaise Compaoré until his downfall in 2014, Alizéta Ouédraogo went into exile. She did not drop her business activities, however, and has just set up a company in Guinea's prolific mining sector.

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Bolle Gold Mining CEO Alizéta Ouédraogo Traoré.

Burkina Faso
New mines administration appointments disputed internally

Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo has placed his supporters in most of the departments responsible for mining but the head of the key mining geology bureau has still to be appointed. Junior mines minister Aimé Zongo has his own ideas about the best person for the job.

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Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo with junior mines minister Aimé Zongo (left).

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Which of his many connections is Idrissa Nassa calling on to boost business?

The Burkinabe businessman Idrissa Nassa wants to make his investment holding company Coris one of the driving forces behind the development of west Africa's economies, largely through mining, and has a network of entrepreneurs and contacts close to power to help him do it.

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Burkina Faso
Miners anxious to know new government's position on VAT refunds

Last year was defined by the Covid-19 pandemic and presidential election preparations. This year, mining firms in Burkina Faso are hoping the issue of late VAT credit payments will be back on the agenda.

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Burkina Faso
Kaboré overhauls mining portfolio in politically calculated move

After supporting for months his controversial mining minister Oumarou Idani, the Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has decided in his second term to appoint to the post one of his more high-profile party figures together with a technical expert from the sector to advise him.

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Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
UN's Green Climate Fund asked to stump up $340m for solar energy

The Desert to Power programme, initiated by the African Development Bank, has been joined by the Green Climate Fund in a bid to remove obstacles to developing solar energy in G5 Sahel countries.

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Compaoré era elite return to gold sector

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Blaise Compaoré loyalist Alizéta Ouédraogo moves into Guinean mining sector

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New mines administration appointments disputed internally

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