Sinohydro back on Meridiam's payroll
The infrastructure firm Meridiam has selected Sinohydro to build the Kinguélé dam, for which it has the concession. The Chinese firm has longstanding ties with the presidential family.
It had seemed that former opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou's death in 2011 and Andre Mba Obame's failing health would give Ali Bongo a free run at the 2016 presidential elections. But that was before Jean Ping came onto the scene. [...] (641 words)
Issue dated 28/05/2014
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