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Benjamin

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AUGÉ

Associate Research Fellow, Sub-Saharan Africa Center / Energy and Climate Center, Ifri

Research Areas:

Oil, gas, governance
Hydrocarbon exploitation in transboundary and disputed areas
African diplomacies and relations between Africa and the Arab world
Algeria, Nigeria, Mauritania, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mozambique

Sub-Saharan Africa Center

Center for Energy & Climate

Benjamin Augé has been an Associate Fellow within our program since June 2010. He obtained his Phd in geography from the French Institute of Geopolitics (University of Paris 8), he is otherwise Chief Editor of Africa Energy Intelligence, a newsletter focused on Energy issues in Africa. He is also a guest speaker at the French War College, HEC, Sciences-Po Paris and the École nationale d'administration (National school of administration - ENA).

His research focuses on the economic and political management of the hydrocarbons and electrical sectors in African states. Benjamin Augé takes a particular interest in conflicts between different stakeholders (local, national, and international) for the control of oil zones, as well as in the border disputes linked to shared oil and gas basins. In addition to Nigeria, Angola, Gabon and the Republic of Congo, he studies in particular new and future African hydrocarbon producers such as Sudan, Chad, Mauritania, Uganda, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania. His PhD thesis focused on oil production in conflict areas notably in the Great Lakes and East Africa region. Publication of this work is due in 2013.

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Publications

Press

Memos

President of Nigeria Ahmed Bola Tinubu with the Governor of Lagos State

The Major Challenges of Ahmed Bola Tinubu's Nigerian Administration

03 April 2024

Voter turnout for Nigeria's presidential elections in February-March 2023 has never been so low since the country's return to democracy in 1999. Nigeria's new president, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, must now reassure voters that Africa's leading economy is capable of putting the lie to a persistent image of a country in decline.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Memos

Le président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine, Moussa Faki, Bruxelles, Belgique, le 23 mai 2018

New African Union Commission (2021-2025). Challenges and Issues After the Reform Initiated by Paul Kagamé

21 December 2021

The election of the Commission to run the African Union (AU) on February 6 and 7, 2021 was an important step towards implementing its institutional reform. The Commission is the institution’s real government, setting the pan-African organization’s objectives under the leadership of the Heads of State who meet once a year at the Assembly. The Chadian Moussa Faki, who was re-elected as AU Commission (AUC) Chairperson, has the onerous task of undertaking this reform, initiated by the former AU Chair, Rwandan president Paul Kagamé, between 2016 and 2018.

Benjamin AUGÉ Félicité DJILO

Studies

The Economic and Political Consequences of Falling Oil Production in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030

11 June 2021

The sharp rebound in oil prices since the second half of 2020, to nearly $70 per barrel in May 2021, represents only a temporary respite for oil-dependent African economies that must change their economic model very quickly.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Editorials

Portugal and Lusophone Africa: Complex Postcolonial Relationships

19 January 2021

Whereas the strong ties between France and its former colonies in Africa have been studied extensively, the relationships between Portugal and Lusophone Africa have attracted less attention. This editorial offers insights into the political, economic, and diplomatic interactions between Lisbon and different African countries.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Studies

President Kagame meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Jerusalem, 10th of July 2017

Israel-Africa Relations: What Can We Learn from the Netanyahu Decade?

04 November 2020

Since he came to power in 2009, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not made Israeli-African relations a priority in his foreign policy.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Studies

Mozambique: Security, Political and Geopolitical Challenges of the Gas Boom

31 August 2020

The vast gas discoveries in Mozambique, some 160 trillion cubic feet (4,530 billion cubic meters), will make this very poor country (6th lowest gross national income (GNI) per capita – the lowest in Africa) one of the world’s future major producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within two decades.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Editorials

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Saudi Arabia’s Policy in Africa : Vectors and Objectives

06 February 2020

Until recently, Saudi Arabia was the country out of the Gulf countries that had the greatest number of diplomatic missions in Africa (27[1]).

Benjamin AUGÉ

Papers

The Development of Hydrocarbons in East Africa: Political and Security Challenges

03 December 2019

East Africa has the potential to experience a gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export boom in the coming years due to several projects that have been released.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Papers

Angola under Joao Lourenço: Who Are the New Players of MPLA State?

03 December 2019

In 2017, the coming to power of João Lourenço put an end to nearly four decades of rule by the former head of state, José Eduardo Dos Santos.

Benjamin AUGÉ

Editorials

A Year after the Start of the Saudi-Emirati Blockade against Qatar. What Are the Consequences for West Africa?

08 October 2018

On June 5th 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain broke off diplomatic relations with Qatar and agreed to isolate the Emirate via an air and land blockade.

Benjamin AUGÉ