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Issue 131 - 25 January 2008

Taipei dumped for Beijing

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Malawi has become the latest country to cut off diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of the People’s Republic of China

Malawi
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Afrinvest name change; Maputo port investment; First Quantum financing; PA bond issue

Mozambique | DR Congo | Nigeria | Congo Brazzaville
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AfDB – first private equity investment in Maghreb; CADF $90m for four projects; US EX-IM Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee

Ghana | Libya | Zimbabwe | Algeria | Morocco | Tunisia
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International oil companies’ Algiers offices have instituted emergency measures to protect their staff following unattributed terrorist threats against them, setting the rumour mill into overdrive in the Algerian capital. But at the same time IOCs say they are determined that business should continue as usual, worried that a public stress on security issues could harm their already sensitive relations with the authorities.

Algeria
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Assessment of the effect of post-election violence on Kenyan government bonds

Kenya
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In Nairobi, regional risk mitigation specialist The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has remained open for the political and commercial cover that it provides for trade within Africa. “We are all well and the office is open and functioning normally, as the disturbances were localised and not in the main business areas,” said chief executive officer Peter M Jones. “

Kenya
Issue 130 - 14 January 2008

Alwaleed fund targets $500m investments

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A private equity fund whose biggest investor is Saudi business tycoon Prince Alwaleed is raising money to invest a total of $500m in Africa across a range of sectors, writes Nadine Marroushi. Sectors including energy and mining, financial services, retail, manufacturing and telecoms will be targeted by the new Pan-African Investment Partners II private equity fund,

Issue 130 - 14 January 2008

Oando raises loan, equity

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Nigerian fuel marketer Oando has secured a $100m credit facility from a consortium of foreign and local banks led by Standard Chartered to finance upstream exploration plans and the construction of an oil refinery. .

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The World Bank Group has approved a $41.05m loan towards the financing of a planned interconnection between Ethiopia and Sudan as part of the Nile Basin Initiative. The loan to the Ethiopian government will help it finance its portion of the interconnector. The transmission line will run between the Ethiopian towns of Bahir-Dar and Metema, and up to the border with Sudan to connect the countries’ grids.

Sudan | Ethiopia
Issue 37 - 24 April 2001

Oil firms on trial again in Sudan

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Lundin Oil chairman Adolf Lundin has said he would welcome a formal inquiry by the Swedish government into his company’s operations in Sudan following a critical new report by Christian Aid reviving the controversy over the role of foreign oil companies in funding the government’s war against southern rebels.

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The decision by Senegal’s new government to cancel major contracts with foreign investors sends a worrying signal. Hydro-Québec told Thalia Griffiths it would steer clear of further expansion in the region for now.

Senegal