If your company has conducted business with Libya during the Muamar Gaddafi era, chances are your senior management and corporate lawyers are probing deep to find out if the company has been involved in anything that Western authorities or international media could question. The bigger the company, the more probing and no one is safe. [...]
Over the past decades, Niger has attracted foreign investment to increase and diversify their mineral resources sectors – particularly uranium, gold, and iron ore. Sustained high prices for oil have also attracted companies from Africa, China, Malaysia and Canada to explore potential production centres. Niger has also received international attention from France for its uranium [...]
Mali is going through a very difficul phase as the nation faces political infigthing in Bamako following the recent military coup that toppled the President. Mali is also facing the Touaregs in the north who have been seeking independence for the Azawad State. The nation is also the target of AQIM. The coup generates considerable [...]
We felt rather guilty for releasing to you an 80+ page issue. For a moment we thought we should split it into two installments, but here’s the problem: North Africa is a never ending source of critical matters at this very important junction of its history. The news and fast developing stories keep on pouring [...]