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Cameroon

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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Energy 06.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Business 04.04.2023

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:

Subscribers only Commodity traders 31.03.2023

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.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 27.03.2023

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.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 24.03.2023

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.03.2023

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.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2023

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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.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Commodity traders 17.03.2023

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

Candidates line up to succeed Director of External Intelligence Maxime Eko Eko

Africa Intelligence identifies four candidates to succeed Léopold Maxime Eko Eko. The head of the Directorate General of External Research was indicted on 4 March in the case of journalist Martinez Zogo's murder.

Subscribers only Defence 14.03.2023

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

The AU and UN have yet to appoint a representative to help shed light on the repression that followed the 20 October protests in Chad in 2022 despite their pledges to do so to the authorities in N'Djamena.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.03.2023

Perenco stuck waiting on New Age's share of Etinde

Perenco has strong ties to Cameroon's powers-that-be, but is still waiting for the authorities to approve its acquisition of New Age's share in Etinde. Should it be able to begin work on this permit, it would become the country's top gas producer.

Subscribers only Energy 07.03.2023

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

The latest summit of the Economic Community of Central African States, held on 25 February, once again postponed the planned merger the bloc with two other regional entities.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.03.2023

Léopold Maxime Eko Eko's disgrace deprives France's DGSE of key contact

After 12 years at the head of Cameroonian external intelligence, in an unprecedented move, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, the target of the investigation into the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo, is being sidelined. France's DGSE is particularly upset by this development.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.02.2023

Chevron's cross-border gas development project risks running into problems

Ministerial changes in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea could put paid to the US major's hopes of getting an early gas-sharing agreement.

Subscribers only Energy 27.02.2023

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US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

The United States has become a rear base for Cameroonian separatist groups, as figures from the diaspora seek to raise funds there to finance fighters in the breakaway regions. This is of growing concern to Washington, which is closely monitoring the issue.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 22.02.2023

Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

Addax, a subsidiary of Chinese major Sinopec, has drilled a number of wells in Cameroon but has failed to significantly increase its production there, to the great displeasure of its two local partners.

Subscribers only Energy 21.02.2023

Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

Gabonese head of state Ali Bongo, who will shortly take over ECCAS's rotating presidency, is keen to be involved in resolving the DRC-Rwanda crisis.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2023

Historian Karine Ramondy and singer Blick Bassy to head remembrance commission

The Cameroonian singer and the French academic are to co-chair a commission announced by Emmanuel Macron in Yaoundé in July. The group will start work a little behind schedule, without waiting for the opening of Cameroon's archives.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.02.2023

Biya turns to shadowy Israeli networks to cast light on Belinga affair

In parallel with the official inquiry, military intelligence agents have since late January been secretly investigating the murder of the journalist Martinez Zogo with Israeli help. Their findings have implicated Cameroon's counter-espionage services.

Subscribers only Politics 09.02.2023

Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Bolloré Africa Logistics, now a subsidiary of MSC, is to go to the French Court of Cassation over a 10 January Paris appeal court judgement quashing a 2020 arbitration ruling against the Port of Douala.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.02.2023

Novelist Calixthe Beyala takes Biya family to court in Paris

The Franco-Cameroonian writer has initiated legal action in relation to a property dispute with Bonaventure Mvondo Assam, the powerful nephew of Paul Biya, accusing him of fraud and corruption.

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2023

Calixthe Belaya in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2009.

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Cameroon

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

Spotlight
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Candidates line up to succeed Director of External Intelligence Maxime Eko Eko

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

Perenco stuck waiting on New Age's share of Etinde

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

Léopold Maxime Eko Eko's disgrace deprives France's DGSE of key contact

Chevron's cross-border gas development project risks running into problems

Spotlight
US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

Historian Karine Ramondy and singer Blick Bassy to head remembrance commission

Biya turns to shadowy Israeli networks to cast light on Belinga affair

Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Novelist Calixthe Beyala takes Biya family to court in Paris

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Cameroon

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

Spotlight Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Candidates line up to succeed Director of External Intelligence Maxime Eko Eko

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

Perenco stuck waiting on New Age's share of Etinde

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

Léopold Maxime Eko Eko's disgrace deprives France's DGSE of key contact

Chevron's cross-border gas development project risks running into problems

Spotlight US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers

Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

Historian Karine Ramondy and singer Blick Bassy to head remembrance commission

Biya turns to shadowy Israeli networks to cast light on Belinga affair

Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Novelist Calixthe Beyala takes Biya family to court in Paris

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Spotlight
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Spotlight
US plays unwilling host to Cameroon's rebel fundraisers