TUNISIA : Perenco takes over Mazarine assets and targets ENI permits
Perenco has bought Mazarine Energy’s Tunisian assets and is also interested in taking over ENI’s permits in Tunisia....
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AFRICA : How MSC’s Aponte family outbid CMA CGM’s Saadé owners for Bolloré’s African assets
The mood in the two towers located on the opposite sides of France couldn’t be further apart. When the announcement...
GUINEA : Food price hikes pose first test for putschist Doumbouya
On 3 December, trade minister Bernard Goumou announced the price of a baguette, which is controlled by the state, was...
GUINEA : Rio Tinto moves ever closer to power
Rio Tinto appears to be in an increasingly strong position for the development of Guinea’s Simandou iron project, whose outlines...
MOROCCO : Casablanca relaunches DGSN-inspired video surveillance megaproject
Casablanca’s gigantic high-tech video surveillance project, officially dedicated to traffic control but above all aimed at serving the national police...
IVORY COAST : ENI negotiates new blocks after Baleine jackpot
ENI wants to push its advantage to the hilt in Ivory Coast after striking it lucky at the Baleine deposit...
LIBYA : Feud threatens New York hunt for “Gaddafi’s money”
Large-scale legal proceedings to try and recover several tens of billions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the Gaddafi family are being set in motion in...
ETHIOPIA/KENYA : Kenyatta drives hard bargain over hosting Addis Ababa’s evacuated diplomats
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 9 December note verbale announcing that he would consider the move of international diplomats and military personnel currently based in Addis...
SENEGAL : Start-up Prométhée jostles with Ariane Group by offering nanosatellite to Dakar
Olivier Piepsz, president of the Toulouse-based start-up Prométhée, travelled to Dakar a fortnight ago to submit an offer to the...
CAPE VERDE/PORTUGAL : Lisbon gives Praia another break over debt to maintain influence
On 25 November, Portugal’s junior finance minister, João Nuno Mendes, sent a powerful diplomatic signal by signing the extension of...
