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Africa’s New Oil: power, pipelines and future fortunes – By Celeste Hicks. Profiled by Magnus Taylor
Celeste Hicks is the former BBC correspondent in Chad and Mali and an editor on BBC Africa service news programmes. Her new book, Africa’s New Oil: power, ... -
Operation Barkhane: Why France chose Chad as key counter-terrorism partner – By Celeste Hicks
The launch of Operation Barkhane across the Sahel last month marked a significant shift in France’s relationship with the region and its attitude to counter-terrorism. French ... -
Kenya should tread carefully as oil production approaches – By Celeste Hicks
As the Kenyan government aims to get legislation governing its emerging oil sector before parliament by June, many are starting to ask whether the country will ... -
Niger’s consciousness awakening over national resources – By Celeste Hicks
“We’re seeing a real awakening of people’s consciousness on this issue; something is happening” says Boubacar Soumane, communications manager for EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) Niger. ... -
Chad’s oil project 10 years on: has anything changed? – By Celeste Hicks
Even in their wildest dreams the architects of Chad’s oil project could not have imagined how much the country would earn. In 2003 it was estimated ... -
Niger’s bad dream approaches as islamists set sights on Niamey – By Celeste Hicks
When Agadez’s army barracks was hit by a suicide explosion on May 23rd the Nigerien bad dream seemed like it had finally come true. For many ... -
Chad plays politics over costly Mali deployment – By Celeste Hicks
President Deby of Chad’s announcement earlier this week that he was planning to withdraw his troops from northern Mali came as a surprise to many, but ... -
Western Sahara is not Mali: on islamist extremists and Saharwi freedom fighters – By Celeste Hicks
Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of ... -
Mali: time to assert continuing cultural diversity after the coup – By Celeste Hicks
In all the depressing headlines about Mali becoming West Africa’s “˜new Afghanistan’, or the frustrated editorials about the country’s apparent political paralysis (the ICG’s Gilles Yabi ... -
Chad: Darfur refugees there to stay – By Celeste Hicks
“Didn’t you hear that last week there was fighting in Darfur!” said Saleh Souleyman, a refugee from Darfur as we sit in the shade in his ...