Vol 58 No 16 | GAMBIA No licence to drill 4th August 2017 African Petroleum Corporation Limited, founded by Vasile 'Frank' Timis, risks losing its foothold in Gambia's growing oil and gas sector after failing to renew the exploration licences for...
Vol 58 No 15 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Diezani in their sights 21st July 2017 The net tightens around former Oil Minister Allison-Madueke as US prosecutors target her business partners' assets The filing of a US$144 million assets recovery case in Houston on 14 July points to substantive progress in international investigations into tens of billions of dollars of...
Vol 58 No 14 | NIGERIA Polarisation politics 7th July 2017 Efforts to enflame north-south relations have triggered widespread condemnation and revived memories of the civil war Of all the fights to pick in Nigeria, attacking the Igbo people is probably the most incendiary. Perhaps that was the motivation of the northern Arewa Youth Consultative...
Vol 58 No 11 | NIGERIA A date with destiny 26th May 2017 Expectations are building about a statement on 29 May – the mid-point of Muhammadu Buhari's presidential term When the army chief warns politicians to stop approaching 'officers and soldiers for undisclosed political reasons', as General Tukur Buratai did on 16 May, and the government's top... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Cash and cache 26th May 2017 A third soldiers' mutiny this year ended on 15 May with the government promising 8,400 men would get the remainder of an €18,000 ($20,000) bonus. The bonus had...
Vol 58 No 11 | MALI Mali for Macron 26th May 2017 President Emmanuel Macron of France used his debut overseas visit to troops at the French military base in Gao to send a blunt message for two audiences. To...
Vol 58 No 10 | NIGERIA Bitter pills for the politicians 12th May 2017 The lack of reliable information about Buhari's health has prompted ambitious politicians to seek to replace him in 2019, or before If the management of news about President Muhammadu Buhari's illness had been deliberately designed to sow fear and despondency in the nation, its authors could hardly have done... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 10 | SENEGAL Majors push out the minnows 12th May 2017 Big oil has moved in on Senegal's nascent gas sector, shouldering smaller players like Timis aside, albeit greatly to his profit Rapid manoeuvring by some of the world's largest oil producers to take advantage of Senegal's resource boom appears to have removed maverick businessman Vasile Frank Timis, the self-styled...
Vol 58 No 10 | BURKINA FASO High Court, high drama 12th May 2017 All the lawyers defending 34 ministers in ex-President Blaise Compaoré's last government have walked out after challenging the legitimacy of the Ouagadougou court. The defendants are accused of...
Vol 58 No 10 | GUINEAUNITED STATES Thiam verdict makes waves 12th May 2017 After a six-day trial, former Mining Minister Mahmoud Thiam was convicted in a New York court on 3 May of laundering US$8.5 million in bribes relating to mining...