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Brazzavile finally wins arbitration against Sundance over Nabeba iron ore project

The International Chamber of Commerce in London has delivered a long-awaited ruling in favour of Congo in the matter of the iron ore project on the border with Cameroon. It comes nearly five years after the case was brought. [...]

Published on 23/01/2026 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Congo
Brazzavile finally wins arbitration against Sundance over Nabeba iron ore project

Congo
Fragmented campaign set-up for presidential elections

Congo
Sassou fine-tunes his campaign team

Congo
Sassou-NGuesso calls on Blackstone and Morgan Stanley to launch his eurobond

Cameroon
Yaoundé strives to save its arbitration against miner Sundance over Mbalam iron

Cameroon, Congo
Alexandre Mbiam will struggle to keep his promises on Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project

Congo
$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville