With its recent suspension of uranium mining license for the French nuclear fuel producer, Orano, the Nigerièn government appears to have commenced its much touted goal of reviewing all agreements that do not meet its terms of engagement in the country’s mining sector. When the military seized power in 2023, it made a pledge to…
Citizens of Togo and Sao Tome and Principe will no longer need a visa to travel between both nations, thanks to an unprecedented visa exemption agreement signed on Tuesday, June 18. The historic agreement, which marks an important step in the partnership between Togo and Sao Tome and Principe, was formalised during a ceremony in…
With a historic handshake and a hug at the Sierra Leonean State House in Freetown, the country’s president, Julius Maada Bio, and the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Candidate, Dr. Samura Kamara, marked the renewal of the opposition’s cooperation on the Tripartite Committee and the resumption of critical work, with the final…
FPSO Leopold Sedar Senghor. The production platform for Senegal’s first oil production. Senegal has become an oil and gas producer for the first time after it announced extraction of its first oil at the Sangomar deep-deep-water project off its coast on June 11. In total, the up to $5.2 billion project will encompass 23 wells,…
The Nigerièn government today denounced the multiple violations by Benin Republic of agreements between Niger and Benin regarding the transport of Nigerien crude oil via the pipeline linking both countries. The Nigerien authorities also accuse Benin of taking five of their nationals, executives of the WAPCO-Niger company, hostage. Niger recalls that the transport of Nigerien…
Nigerien Minister of Oil, Barké Bako Mahaman Moustaph Niger is preparing to launch the construction of a new refinery and a petrochemical complex in the Dosso region, in addition to the existing refinery in Zinder. These new facilities, scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2025, aim to increase the country’s oil production…
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov(L) received by his Burkinabe counterpart, Karamoko Jean Marie Traore(R), as he arrived in Ouagadougou for start of official visit. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina Faso, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, received his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Ouagadougou. Discussions on bilateral…
