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Politics 22/09/2022

President and former PM take their battle to the pulpits Free

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiyeni and his former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni. © Evrard Ngendakumana/Reuters / Guven Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via AFP

Politics Diplomacy 15/09/2022

Two French MPs compete for key post in Francophonie parliament

Amélia Lakrafi, MP for the 10th constituency of French nationals living overseas and Bruno Fuchs, the MP for Haut-Rhin. © Abd Rabbo Ammar/Abaca / Vincent Isore/IP3

Politics 15/09/2022

The back story to Ndayishimiye and Bunyoni's divorce

Tensions between the president and his prime minister blew up on 7 September with the latter's abrupt sacking amid suspicions among the head of state's entourage that impeachment proceedings were being prepared. [...]

Infrastructures Diplomacy 06/09/2022

Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Evariste Ndayishimiye, Burundi's elected President, holds a stick, the symbol of power, during the swearing-in ceremony at Ingoma stadium in Gitega, Burundi, on June 18, 2020. © Tchandrou Nitanga/AFP

Defence Diplomacy 23/08/2022

Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

The Joint Expanded Verification Mechanism, a little-known military cooperation body headed by an Angolan general, was supposed to investigate security incidents in the eastern DRC on behalf of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. Its reports have been systematically blocked, however, by the authorities in Kigali and Kinshasa. [...]

Diplomacy 06/07/2022

UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

The United Nations is likely to pick a West African replacement for Guinean François Louncény Fall, who stepped down as head of the UN regional office in for Central Africa in June after six years in the role. [...]

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Diplomacy 29/06/2022

Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

The French Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, will travel to Libreville from 5 to 8 July. [...]

French secretary of state Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.

Finance Business 08/06/2022

"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Gabon's BGFIBank group is being investigated by the French national financial prosecution service. The investigation concerns "suspect" movements of funds between its subsidiaries in the DRC and France. [...]

Business 03/06/2022

Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The latest African Union gathering held in the capital of Equatorial Guinea in May was a golden opportunity for a handful of business airlines to make some serious money by flying various presidents around. [...]

The African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

Defence Business 28/04/2022

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic. [...]

Energy Business 05/04/2022

Builders and contractors blame each other for delays with Jiji and Mulembwe dams

The South African subsidiary of CMC di Ravenna and the Egyptian Orascom have blamed project owner, public company Regideso for project delays. [...]

Mining 31/03/2022

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Burundi is looking to reform its mining code as quickly as possible to make it better suited to deal with growing interest from foreign investors in its strategic rare earth and nickel resources. The government has nevertheless asked for changes to be made to the first draft of the revised code. [...]

Mining 30/03/2022

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

The Ugandan president was counting on DR Congo's entry into the East African Community to boost Congolese gold exports to his country. But US sanctions on Kampala's biggest gold refinery may dash those hopes. [...]

Mining Commodity traders 09/03/2022

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

Swiss trader Trafigura, which is increasing its supply agreements in the DRC and Zambia, is keen to trump its competitors by having a copper transport route to Angola. Together with Mota-Engil and Vecturis, it has responded to the call for tenders to manage the rail corridor between Kolwezi and Lobito. [...]

Diplomacy 08/03/2022

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

The institution headed by former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo has set its 2022 spending programme at 94bn CFA francs. This looks like an increase on the previous year but, in fact, the failure of member states to pay their contributions will lead to a drastic reduction in its operating costs. [...]

The extraordinary meeting was called by CEMAC chairman, former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo.

Commodity traders Business 03/03/2022

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country. [...]

Mining 25/02/2022

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry. [...]

Commodity traders Business 24/02/2022

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late. [...]

Politics 04/02/2022

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Amélia Lakrafi, La République en Marche! (LREM) MP for the 10th constituency of French people abroad, is currently on a tour of Central Africa. [...]

Business Diplomacy 31/01/2022

Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

The reopening of the Ugandan-Rwandan border could lead to a trade corridor to Burundi. Neighbours and rivals in the Great Lakes are determined to put aside their differences to revive badly affected economies. [...]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan and Burundian counterparts Yoweri Museveni and Evariste Ndayishimiye.

Defence Diplomacy 31/01/2022

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Gitega has deployed hundreds of soldiers in neighbouring DRC's South Kivu province to track down Red-Tabara, a rebel group with Burundian roots. Unlike Uganda's operations against the Allied Democratic Forces further north, which Kinshasa okayed, this operation is taking place in great secrecy. [...]

Diplomacy 26/01/2022

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President and former PM take their battle to the pulpits Free

Two French MPs compete for key post in Francophonie parliament

The back story to Ndayishimiye and Bunyoni's divorce

Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Builders and contractors blame each other for delays with Jiji and Mulembwe dams

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

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President guns for UN Security Council seat

Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central bank to process its own gold to stabilise Burundian franc

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President and former PM take their battle to the pulpits Free

Two French MPs compete for key post in Francophonie parliament

The back story to Ndayishimiye and Bunyoni's divorce

Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Great Lakes verification mechanism sees final days as DRC-M23 conflict drags on

UN : Antonio Guterres Selects New Head for Central Africa

Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

"Congo Hold-up" : France's financial prosecution service has begun investigating the BGFI

Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Builders and contractors blame each other for delays with Jiji and Mulembwe dams

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

President guns for UN Security Council seat

Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central bank to process its own gold to stabilise Burundian franc

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