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Business 29/05/2023

Brazzaville manages to keep Trump Tower condo out of Commisimpex's clutches

Commisimpex case: Mohsen Hojeij's company's offensive against the state of Congo draws to a halt in the USA. The courts cancelled the request to seize a flat in NYC, considering that the link with the Republic of Congo had not been established.

Energy 26/05/2023

Chevron sells up in Congo

The American major is moving full steam ahead to pull out of Africa, selling off its mature assets and focusing on Southern Africa.

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 16/05/2023

President's grandchildren get new lawyer in ill-gotten gains case

Two of the Congolese president's grandchildren - Omar Denis Junior Bongo and Yacine Bongo - now have a new lawyer representing them in the ill-gotten gains case.

Energy 09/05/2023

Itoua to reorganise and move Ministry of Hydrocarbons

The Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua. © Christian Bruna/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Politics 05/05/2023

Sassou invites Brazzaville elite to first lady's 80th birthday bash

Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso with his wife Antoinette. © MARCO LONGARI / AFP

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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.

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 25/04/2023

Congo provides fresh testimony to French judiciary in Commisimpex case

The Republic of the Congo has submitted to the investigative magistrate in charge of investigating potential rigging of the arbitration pitting Congo against creditor Commisimpex the testimony of a former finance minister who was in office in the early 1990s.

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.

Politics Business 11/04/2023

Congo ministers 'Kiki' and Bouya spar in contest to attract foreign investment

The international cooperation minister Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso has been given the official go-ahead for an inter-ministerial committee to manage foreign investments. His rival, the minister of territorial development Jean-Jacques Bouya, has been kept on the sidelines.

Business 05/04/2023

Congo leader's Falcon 7X remains trapped in legal tussle with Commisimpex

The legal tussle between the Congo state and the Lebanese firm Commisimpex over Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso's seized Falcon 7X continues after a French court on 29 March rejected an appeal from Congo to suspend the aircraft's sale.

SpotlightEnergy 04/04/2023

ENI's $10bn 'Marine XII' LNG project in Congo electrifies politicians and subcontractors alike

By promising substantial investments in an LNG export project off the coast of Pointe-Noire, Italy's ENI has raised hopes of breathing new life into a moribund industry. The Congolese authorities have placed high stakes on the project.

Diplomacy 04/04/2023

Claire Bodonyi set to be new French ambassador to Brazzaville

Diplomat Claire Bodonyi will be the next French ambassador to Brazzaville.

Energy 03/04/2023

World Bank ramps up pressure on ministry of hydrocarbons over gas code

The World Bank is pushing the Congolese government to adopt clearer legislation for its gas sector. But Brazzaville's gas code is still stuck at the draft phase.

Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons.

Energy 30/03/2023

TotalEnergies, ENI and Perenco dilly-dally over Djeno terminal

TotalEnergies, ENI, Perenco and the SNPC are struggling to reach agreement on management of the Djeno Terminal. This has angered the oil minister, who has given them until 31 March to settle their differences.

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.

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.

Diplomacy 13/03/2023

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Brazzaville manages to keep Trump Tower condo out of Commisimpex's clutches

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Sassou invites Brazzaville elite to first lady's 80th birthday bash

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

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Congo leader's Falcon 7X remains trapped in legal tussle with Commisimpex

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Claire Bodonyi set to be new French ambassador to Brazzaville

World Bank ramps up pressure on ministry of hydrocarbons over gas code

TotalEnergies, ENI and Perenco dilly-dally over Djeno terminal

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Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

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Paris Appeal Court rejects Commisimpex claim on French aid to Congo-Brazzaville

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Itoua to reorganise and move Ministry of Hydrocarbons

Sassou invites Brazzaville elite to first lady's 80th birthday bash

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Congo provides fresh testimony to French judiciary in Commisimpex case

Beveraggi gains upper hand over Katumbi in NB Mining Africa dispute

Congo ministers 'Kiki' and Bouya spar in contest to attract foreign investment

Congo leader's Falcon 7X remains trapped in legal tussle with Commisimpex

ENI's $10bn 'Marine XII' LNG project in Congo electrifies politicians and subcontractors alike

Claire Bodonyi set to be new French ambassador to Brazzaville

World Bank ramps up pressure on ministry of hydrocarbons over gas code

TotalEnergies, ENI and Perenco dilly-dally over Djeno terminal

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

Macron's ruling majority falls out over top Francophonie job

Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

Ex-PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin shepherds French business leaders to Brazzaville

Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville Free

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

Paris Appeal Court rejects Commisimpex claim on French aid to Congo-Brazzaville

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