GHANA : Panic spreads at Ghana’s GNPC over Saltpond field decommissioning
The state oil firm Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is in crisis mode. Following our revelations on the dismantling of...
Month : May 2023
SENEGAL : State’s move on DP World Dakar sparks tension
The issue is particularly dear to the heart of President Macky Sall. The Senegalese state announced with great fanfare in mid-April that it was increasing...
ALGERIA : Lafarge deal propels state cement producer GICA to top slot
With its recent acquisition of Swiss cement-maker Holcim’s subsidiary Lafarge Algeria, the Algerian state cement company Groupe Industriel des Ciments...
MOROCCO : How Morocco joined Spain and Portugal for 2030 World Cup bid
Having already bid to be host of the FIFA World Cup five times – in 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 and...
SOUTH AFRICA : Pretoria defends top South African UNESCO official demoted for harassment
The affair has been whispered about in the hushed corridors of UNESCO’s Paris headquarters for many months. On 15 May,...
AFRICA : Emmanuel Macron, Andry Rajoelina, Felix Tshisekedi, Marcel Niat Njifenji and Abakar Manany
Madagascar – Macron and Rajoelina in Parisian tête-à-tête Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina is expected in the French capital on 7-9...
SUDAN : AU sets out plan to take the reins on Sudan de-escalation
Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president and high representative of the African Union (AU) for the Horn of Africa, could soon be back at work...
MADAGASCAR : Rajoelina puts his people in new vanilla body to take control of the sector
By creating the Comité de la Vanille de Madagascar (CVM) shortly after deciding to raise the floor price of prepared...
GUINEA : Friedland executives and lobbyists battle Jindal over Nimba project
The US-Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland, who has been on the offensive in recent years in the iron, copper and battery...
IVORY COAST : Israeli AD Con delivers French Raidco boats to Ivorian navy
The Ivorian navy, under the command of Vice-Admiral N’Guessan Kouamé Célestin, recently took delivery of two 15m vessels from the...
