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Business 30/05/2023

Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

Private sector chiefs don't see eye to eye about the merging of two organisations representing their interests. Both camps are trying to rally support, right up to the highest echelons of state.

Business 22/05/2023

South Africa's MTN turns to Paul Biya in case against billionaire Baba Danpullo

Since September 2022, South African telephone company MTN has been in conflict with Baba Danpullo. In retaliation for the seizure of his assets in South Africa, the billionaire is trying to seize MTN's accounts in Cameroon and MTN hopes the president will put an end to the legal battle.

Finance Energy 18/05/2023

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Washington has stepped up its efforts to prevent US oil companies from being obliged to repatriate their rehabilitation funds to the CEMAC zone.

Politics 15/05/2023

Parliamentary commission aims to stop poison-pen letters

Cameroon's National Assembly has set up a new commission tasked with preventing irregularities in administrative acts. The move comes after an enigmatic series of poison-pen letters purportedly signed by the parliamentary speaker.

Politics 11/05/2023

Special Criminal Court summons ministers over use of Covid-19 funds

Cameroonian health minister Manaouda Malachie visits the Central Hospital as healthcare workers receive China's Sinopharm vaccines during the COVID-19 vaccination process in Yaounde on 12 April 2021. © Anadolu Agency via AFP

Infrastructure Energy Politics 03/05/2023

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

The Cameroonian government has been caught up in an internal crisis since the SNH bought a 10% stake in the company running the oil pipeline between Doba and Kribi. In a series of letters seen by African Intelligence, presidency secretary general Ngoh Ngoh and SNH boss Moudiki have been locked in a violent dispute over the operation.

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Finance Diplomacy 01/05/2023

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

The executive organ of the Central African bloc is being lead ad interim by Gabon's Daniel Ona Ondo, even though Baltasar Engonga Edjo of Equatorial Guinea was appointed to the post over a month ago.

Diplomacy 28/04/2023

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Following the expiry of the original agreement governing the deployment of the East African Community force in eastern DRC, the Congolese government, unhappy with its performance so far, is hoping to remove the ambiguities of its mandate.

Soldiers of the East African Community (EAC) regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Business 27/04/2023

Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

The arbitration procedure launched by Petronas and ExxonMobil against Cameroon has been suspended for two months after Yaoundé's lawyer, Gill Dingome, sought the recusal of the oil firm's chosen arbitrator Thomas Clay.

Energy 26/04/2023

ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

With N'Djamena in conflict with Savannah Energy, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pushed his Cameroonian counterpart not to legitimise the British junior's stake in the Doba-Kribi pipeline, which exports 100% of Chad's crude. In vain.

Infrastructure Finance 26/04/2023

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

The World Bank is delaying its disbursement of some $400m for major road works projects in the DR Congo until Kinshasa files a "resettlement action plan" for the population that the construction works will impact.

Business 21/04/2023

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

The mining services firm remains at the heart of a protracted legal dispute between the French entrepreneur and the former governor of Katanga. The battle has recently swung in Beveraggi's favour and he is now recovering funds from Ecobank and Gécamines.

Finance 21/04/2023

Cameroonian court speeds up 'fake diplomat' investigation

On 5 May a hearing is take place in the case involving the allegedly fraudulent attribution of diplomatic status for monetary gain, which is estimated to have cost the Cameroonian treasury nearly €6m. Investigators are particularly interested in how football star Samuel Eto'o's name was used.

Infrastructure 14/04/2023

French court upholds arbitration ruling against Doula port

A Paris court has rejected Cameroon's bid to undo an onerous arbitration ruling related to a dispute between the port of Douala and two Belgian entities.

Politics 13/04/2023

Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

Following the indictment of the head of Cameroon's foreign intelligence agency and his number two over the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo, the ambitious divisional commissioner Justin Elong Lobe is hoping to seize his opportunity.

Mining 12/04/2023

Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

The American buyer of the Nkamouna mining project is working to mend fences with its public partner, the SNI, and the Cameroonian authorities, which had been damaged by the previous owner's procrastinations. After an audit by Deloitte, the firm now has to patch things up with the tax authorities and recruit a new management team.

Diplomacy 07/04/2023

Yaoundé cancels visit from Canadian envoy to discuss Anglophone crisis

Ottawa will have to show a little more patience before attempting to initiate talks again about the Anglophone Crisis. Its assistant deputy minister for global affairs, Peter MacDougall, was expected in Cameroon at the end of March, but Yaoundé ended up cancelling at the last minute.

Energy 06/04/2023

Biya administration takes Addax Petroleum to task over breaches

Relations between Yaoundé and the subsidiary of Chinese oil giant Sinopec have hit a new low. Having already been slammed for not employing enough Cameroonian staff, Addax is now accused of breaching labour laws following a police raid on its offices.

Business 04/04/2023

Farm equipment firm Cranbury Overseas tries to woo Paul Biya

Cranbury Overseas, a US-Nigerian company active in the agricultural sector, wants to expand its business in Cameroon. Its director, Anthony M. Martin, has written to President Paul Biya to extol the company's investment capacity.

Commodity traders 31/03/2023

Africa Food Distribution loses court battle with powdered milk giant Hoogwegt

Cameroonian food distribution company Africa Food Distribution (AFD) has definitively lost its case against Dutch dairy trader Hoogwegt. The Court of Cassation handed down the ruling on 22 March:

Finance Diplomacy 27/03/2023

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

The World Bank's $4m aid package used to run GABAC, an anti-money laundering action group in Central Africa, will expire this year.

Politics Diplomacy 24/03/2023

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

The unprecedented holding of a vote to select the secretary-general of the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie reflects strong tensions between Aurore Bergé and her partners in France's ruling coalition.

Diplomacy 23/03/2023

Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

Canada's deputy foreign minister Peter MacDougall is to visit Cameroon next week where he will have the difficult task of reviving Canada's flagging mediation in the country's Anglophone crisis.

Energy 22/03/2023

Chevron in the clear to develop Yoyo and Yolanda fields

The US major Chevron will finally be able to work on exploiting the gas fields discovered by Noble Energy near the borders of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.

SpotlightEnergy Mining Commodity traders 17/03/2023

Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

The main foreign investors in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa are alarmed by the regional body's foreign exchange regulations, considering them to be too tough. But despite intense lobbying, a relaxation of the rules looks unlikely, the central bank having set itself ambitious objectives for foreign currency reserves.

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, governor of the Bank of Central African States, in Paris in 2018.

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Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

South Africa's MTN turns to Paul Biya in case against billionaire Baba Danpullo

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Parliamentary commission aims to stop poison-pen letters

Special Criminal Court summons ministers over use of Covid-19 funds

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

Cameroonian court speeds up 'fake diplomat' investigation

French court upholds arbitration ruling against Doula port

Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

Yaoundé cancels visit from Canadian envoy to discuss Anglophone crisis

Biya administration takes Addax Petroleum to task over breaches

Farm equipment firm Cranbury Overseas tries to woo Paul Biya

Africa Food Distribution loses court battle with powdered milk giant Hoogwegt

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

Chevron in the clear to develop Yoyo and Yolanda fields

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Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

South Africa's MTN turns to Paul Biya in case against billionaire Baba Danpullo

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Parliamentary commission aims to stop poison-pen letters

Special Criminal Court summons ministers over use of Covid-19 funds

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

Cameroonian court speeds up 'fake diplomat' investigation

French court upholds arbitration ruling against Doula port

Elong Lobe jockeys for top foreign intelligence job

Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

Yaoundé cancels visit from Canadian envoy to discuss Anglophone crisis

Biya administration takes Addax Petroleum to task over breaches

Farm equipment firm Cranbury Overseas tries to woo Paul Biya

Africa Food Distribution loses court battle with powdered milk giant Hoogwegt

FATF-affiliated action group holds out hope for more World Bank aid

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Ottawa seeks to break deadlock in Anglophone mediation

Chevron in the clear to develop Yoyo and Yolanda fields

Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

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