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Cameroon, Nigeria, Ukraine
VP of company building stadiums for Cup of Nations halted Interpol warrant to return to Cameroon

Franck Mathière, the vice-president of the group building stadiums for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, returned to the country in April after obtaining a suspension of the Interpol Red Notice against him. The Frenchman was detained in Ukraine after Nigeria issued the warrant. [...]

Published on 01/06/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Africa Cup of Nations
Clara Gérard-Rodriguez
Digna
Elvira Salleras
Fischer, Tandeau de Marsac, Sur & Associes
Franck Mathiere
Interpol
Kyrylo Volkov
Magil construction
Narcisse Mouelle Kombi
Pierre-Olivier Sur

Nigeria
Abuja cut off from Interpol search notices

For more than six months, Interpol notices have not been showing on the screens of Nigeria's customs services during their passport checks.

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Cameroon
Canadian Magil has many construction hurdles to overcome

Magil Construction has many projects to move forward in Cameroon, including the massive roadway project east of Douala estimated at €223m, yet discussions with the administration are increasingly tense.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.04.2022

The eastern entrance to Douala, Cameroon in 2016.

Cameroon, Senegal
Macky Sall to be Biya's guest of honour at CAN kick-off

Senegalese President Macky Sall will be among the few African heads of state to travel to Yaoundé on 9 January for the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations (CAN).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.12.2021

Macky Sall, President of Senegal, at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 in Moscow.

Cameroon
Paul Biya Stadium contractor Magil stands by for an $89m lifeline

Canadian company Magil has been drawing on its own funds to carry out work on the Paul Biya Stadium, which is due to welcome the Africa Cup of Nations in January and February 2022. Now, it desperately wants to be paid.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.07.2021

Initially led by the Italian Gruppo Piccini, the Paul Biya Stadium construction site (pictured here in 2017-2018) is now being handled by Magil construction.

Spotlight | Africa
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tightens his grip on African federations

After months of bad blood between FIFA and some African federation members, the head of the international football organisation wants to take advantage of South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe's arrival at the head of the Confederation of African Football to exert greater control of the game on the continent.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2021

The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and the president of the African Football Confederation, Patrice Motsepe, on 4 May 2021 in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast
Ministerial tensions over Africa Cup of Nations construction works

Responsibility for the contracts to construct the roads and stadiums for the 2023 competition is being fought over by the sports and procurement ministers. A match being refereed by Prime Minister Patrick Achi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 28.05.2021

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

A string of offshore companies with no identified owner have been linked to transactions within the presidential couple's entourage. All were incorporated by the same financiers who also happen to be associates of Gabon's sovereign wealth fund.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 24.05.2021

Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018.

Central Africa
Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and subscription channels beIN Sports and Canal+ all have a bone to pick with Lebanese firm Satcon. Run by the al-Akhras family, the company sells decoders across west and central Africa so viewers can tune into European sports championships.

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2021

Cameroon
Hayatou dynasty lets Garoua throne slip away

The election of Captain Ibrahim El Rachidine to the throne of the Lamido of Garoua was facilitated by infighting among the Hayatou family. This dynasty, which had until now controlled the great chieftaincy, includes a former king of African football and several of President Paul Biya's ex-ministers.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2021

Cameroon
Yaounde's dispute with ex-Lions coaches rages on

A salary row dating back several years involving two former coaches of the national team, Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert, could end up being extremely costly for the Cameroonian Football Federation.

Subscribers only Business 19.04.2021

Former Cameroon coach Clarence Seedorf (left) and former assistant coach Patrick Kluivert during the 2019 African Cup of Nations.

Gabon
Gabonese sovereign fund repurposes footballers and club managers

To launch its luxury tourism projects, Ali Bongo's government has turned to the former vice president of FC Barcelona Jaume Ferrer Graupera, who has roped several of the Catalan football club's star strikers into his Gabonese adventure.

Subscribers only Business 14.04.2021

Cameroon
Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

After having pleaded for a suspension of interest payments on its sovereign debt with one hand, Cameroon is preparing with the other to call on the the banks to loan it more money to enable it to complete construction of the Paul Biya Stadium, which is due to be the centrepiece of next year's Africa Cup of Nations.

Subscribers only Business 02.03.2021

The Paul Biya stadium construction site.

DRC
Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

Published on 06/05/20 at 8 pm - The Parisian lawyer Pierre-Olivier Sur is intending to submit a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the situation of the DRC former presidential chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2020

Cameroon
Makonnen Asmaron digs his heels in at Paul Biya stadium

The boss of the civil engineering firm Piccini, the Italian-Eritrean businessman Makonnen Asmaron, remains unwilling to relinquish the project to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

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Narcisse Mouelle Kombi
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