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Politics 20/11/2020

Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

The Cameroonian minister of the economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, has predicted a 2.5 point fall in GDP in 2020. [...]

SpotlightPolitics 18/11/2020

The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

President Paul Biya. ©NIC BOTHMA/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Oil & gas 16/11/2020

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, Governor of Central Africa Banks. ©Abaca Press

Business Ports and airports 13/11/2020

Turkey's Damnus follows compatriot Summa into privatised airports sector

Bangui International Airport. ©Afrika Force from South Africa/CC

Business Defence 04/11/2020

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs Free

Gabon is about to rotate troops within the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, but its soldiers there are still grappling with equipment problems. [...]

Business 22/10/2020

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

The secretary-general at the president's office Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh. ©République du Cameroun

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Politics Infrastructures 07/10/2020

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

The six members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) are planning a round table in November to raise funds for the construction of roads and electricity plants. [...]

Business Power 16/09/2020

Globeleq appeals fiscal authority's claim for back tax

Le producteur britannique d'électricité Globeleq Africa, qui opère depuis 2014 la centrale au gaz de Kribi et celle au fuel lourd de Dibamba, a maille à partir avec le fisc camerounais. [...]

Business 14/09/2020

Short of viable planes, Camair-Co under pressure after ministers' road accident

Forced to travel by road for want of available Camair-Co aircraft, three government ministers ended up in a river. The accident puts the national carrier's management in a bind. [...]

US Special Envoy J. Peter Pham, mender-in-chief of fences between Bujumbura and Washington, with Burundi's late president, Pierre Nkurunziza.

Diplomacy Mining 04/09/2020

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

The pending confirmation of Melanie Higgins as the new US ambassador to Burundi, a post left vacant for the past 18 months, spells the final phase of a discreet but important bridging of ties between the United States and Burundi. [...]

Cameroonian president Paul Biya has been urging his teams to put order within the country's partially state-owned companies.

Business 01/09/2020

LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

The Swiss group LafargeHolcim, cornered by the competition from Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, is under pressure from the president's office. [...]

Oil & gas 28/08/2020

Glencore takes SONARA to court over unpaid invoices

The Swiss trading company Glencore is not intending to make life easy for SONARA, which has been in serious financial difficulty since a fire wreaked damage on its facilities in Limbe. [...]

Politics 21/08/2020

Cameroon's rival factions clash over every government initiative as end of Biya's reign looms

A recent U-turn on management of the Ebo forest is only the latest incident in unending clan warfare that is tearing Cameroon's government apart. [...]

Oil & gas Politics 30/07/2020

Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

The two state oil institutions, both exclusively controlled by the president and a few of his liegemen, have become the prime target of activists in the southwest, where the population is just as distrustful of their English-speaking elites. [...]

Politics 16/07/2020

Rivals manoeuvre to succeed Biya as RDPC leader

Several allies of the Cameroonian president are vying for the leadership of the ruling party and trying to steal a march on their rivals. But they are wary of being too open about their intentions, as the president has been quick in the past to sideline RDPC colleagues who were seen as too ambitious. [...]

Politics 14/07/2020

Ambassador sent packing from Paris after falling out with long-serving bursar

Replaced by André-Magnus Ekoumou, Cameroon's ambassador to France Alfred Nguini only lasted 17 months in the job before falling foul of in-house politics. [...]

Oil & gas 08/07/2020

Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Because he authorised Sahara Energy to apply fuel prices likely to cost the Cameroonian state tens of millions of dollars in additional subsidy pay-outs, the energy minister has angered the finance minister who is supposed to find the extra funding. [...]

Business 30/06/2020

Victor Fotso's high-speed burial triggers new battle over validity of his wills

The burial of oligarch Victor Fotso in Bandjoun has not ended the battle between his would-be heirs, the existence of which was revealed by Africa Intelligence at the end of March. Following the disputes over the repatriation of his body, the hostilities now concern the validity of the different wills he made. [...]

Politics 26/06/2020

Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years Free

Dissatisfaction is growing in the Cameroonian army as it finds itself in the front line of the fight against separatist groups in anglophone regions while the special forces defending the country's seats of power are given preferential treatment. [...]

Business Defence 18/06/2020

Action Air keen to deploy its planes over Libreville-to-Dakar coastline

French aerial mapping firm Action Air Environnement, which is already present in Togo, is in talks with Gabon and Senegal about making its observation planes available. The aim is to combat maritime pollution and strengthen coastal surveillance in a region rich in fisheries and oil resources. [...]

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Diplomacy 11/06/2020

June is Sahel month for French diplomats

What with the presidency of the UN Security Council, the renewal of MINUSMA's mandate and the Coalition for the Sahel in June, and the G5 Sahel summit in early July in Mauritania, the Sahel region is set to keep French diplomats very busy during the next few weeks. [...]

Politics 08/06/2020

Paul Biya's succession on life support

Not only is the Cameroonian president's own health failing but so too that of his constitutionally designated replacements. [...]

Inner circles Business 04/06/2020

Gagan Gupta's French troops

Though now active in Africa via the three Arise mega-funds, Indian-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam still relies on French advisors to help guide its path. [...]

Mining 03/06/2020

BWA loses Akonolinga rutile to Eramet, charges onwards with new sites

Having failed to win the permit for Cameroon's Akonolinga project, British mining group BWA has begun exploring sites in Nkoteng and Dehane with the assistance of Cameroonian mining specialist Richard Howe. [...]

Politics Diplomacy 03/06/2020

Security Council to probe Sahel army abuses

The United Nations Security Council has set itself a tall task for its 5 June meeting: overview the G5 Sahel States but also look into accusations of abuse against several of the coalition's national armed forces. [...]

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Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Turkey's Damnus follows compatriot Summa into privatised airports sector

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs Free

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Globeleq appeals fiscal authority's claim for back tax

Short of viable planes, Camair-Co under pressure after ministers' road accident

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

Glencore takes SONARA to court over unpaid invoices

Cameroon's rival factions clash over every government initiative as end of Biya's reign looms

Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

Rivals manoeuvre to succeed Biya as RDPC leader

Ambassador sent packing from Paris after falling out with long-serving bursar

Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Victor Fotso's high-speed burial triggers new battle over validity of his wills

Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years Free

Action Air keen to deploy its planes over Libreville-to-Dakar coastline

June is Sahel month for French diplomats

Paul Biya's succession on life support

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Yaoundé forecasts severe economic recession

The securocrats guiding Biya's decisions on Anglophone crisis

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Turkey's Damnus follows compatriot Summa into privatised airports sector

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs Free

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh weaponises presidential directives

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Globeleq appeals fiscal authority's claim for back tax

Short of viable planes, Camair-Co under pressure after ministers' road accident

How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

Glencore takes SONARA to court over unpaid invoices

Cameroon's rival factions clash over every government initiative as end of Biya's reign looms

Powerful SNH and SONARA crystallize anger of English-speaking regions

Rivals manoeuvre to succeed Biya as RDPC leader

Ambassador sent packing from Paris after falling out with long-serving bursar

Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Victor Fotso's high-speed burial triggers new battle over validity of his wills

Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years Free

Action Air keen to deploy its planes over Libreville-to-Dakar coastline

June is Sahel month for French diplomats

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Security Council to probe Sahel army abuses

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