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Politics 07/07/2020

Jean-Yves Ollivier's Russian alliance scares off foundation partners

Businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier heads the Fondation Brazzaville. ©Gilles BASSIGNAC / Divergence

Politics 02/07/2020

Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Paul Kagame et Denis Sassou Nguesso. ©Panapress PANAPRESS/MAXPPP

Oil & gas 01/07/2020

Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

In a letter she sent to the Wing Wah Petrochemical Joint Stock Co's managing director, Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma condemns the "deplorable insalubrity" of the base camp used by Congolese nationals. [...]

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. [...]

Oil & gas 17/06/2020

The makers of Zenith Energy's new ally in Libreville, Mberi Oil & Gas

Driven by its need to resume production Zenith Energy is firing on all cylinders in Gabon. It has called on the services of a company not well known in the industry but headed by a former Addax Petroleum executive. [...]

Focus Politics 15/06/2020

The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

Major works minister Jean-Jacques Bouya. ©Facebook

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Business Road and rail 12/06/2020

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

As the main donor behind the project to construct a bridge between the two capitals, the African Development Bank is turning its attention first to the access routes to the site. [...]

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. [...]

Oil & gas 11/06/2020

OPEC latecomers Bongo, Sassou and Lourenço first to flout rules

The Covid-19 crisis has forced members of the Vienna-based organisation to drastically cut their production, but a number of African countries have ostensibly disregarded their obligations. [...]

A Falcon 7X aircraft in the factory of French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Merignac near Bordeaux.

Business 11/06/2020

The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

Because Congo's exasperated creditors keep a constant eye on it, the country's presidential Falcon 7X has flown furtively for months. Alas, an oversight allowed Mohsen Hojeij, who says Congo owes him vast sums of money, to take possession of the jet on 6 June. [...]

Business 09/06/2020

Congo's ailing construction sector on international drip feed

Only the very few projects that are backed by foreign loans have survived the Covid-19 pandemic. Congo's worn-out government has simply stopped paying all other construction firms. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

Politics 27/05/2020

No 20th birthday party for the DGRE

The DGRE external intelligence service, which was set up by President Denis Sassou Nguesso in 2001, was formally shut down by General Hilaire Moko, Sassou's nephew. [...]

DRC Minister of Finance Calixte Nganongo.

Politics 22/05/2020

Calixte Nganongo, part-time finance minister

Congo's recently recovered finance minister Calixte Nganongo has rallied and got back to work. Denis Sassou Nguesso needs him to act as a counterweight to the all-powerful minister of major public works Jean-Jacques Bouya, whose sphere of influence is growing. [...]

Politics 21/05/2020

President Sassou's kin back rival runners for Brazzaville mayor

Several members of the first family have their own favourite for the capital's top job. [...]

Oil & gas 15/05/2020

Cameroonian company called in to save ailing SNPC refining subsidiary CORAF

Congolaise de Raffinage (CORAF) is to be restructured. The State has called in a Cameroonian audit firm to help it carry out the titanic task. [...]

Oil & gas 12/05/2020

Olive Energy boss Ahmed Ouenes reinforces ties with Ominga and SNPC

The geologist, who lives in the United States, has been looking to expand in the two Congos in recent years, mainly through contracts with the two state-owned companies SNPC and Sonahydroc. [...]

Oil & gas 11/05/2020

Perenco, Congorep and SNPC bounce back at Emeraude

The farewells have turned out to be premature. Just months after returning the Emeraude concession to the state, the SNPC-Congorep-Perenco joint venture is already back in town. [...]

Inner circles Oil & gas Diplomacy 06/05/2020

How Denis Gokana became Nguesso's unchallenged oil supremo

Denis Gokana, adviser to Denis Sassou Nguesso on oil matters, has succeeded in building powerful contact networks, enabling him to eclipse the exploration and production competition. [...]

Oil & gas 28/04/2020

Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

Two consultancy firms commissioned internally by ENI have examined the links between Petroserve and Marie-Madeleine Ingoba, the wife of the company's CEO, Claudio Descalzi. Here are their conclusions. [...]

Politics 27/04/2020

Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

The pandemic has provoked tensions even in the president's stronghold and has emboldened those eyeing the post-Sassou era. [...]

Spotlight Oil & gas 23/04/2020

How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

The family-run junior oil company Perenco has shut out the competition by bringing out the big guns to win the contract for the Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II fields, with former SNPC boss Denis Gokana lending a helping hand. [...]

Oil & gas 21/04/2020

Why NJ Ayuk chose Leoncio Amada Nze as Africa Energy Chamber chief's point man in Malabo

The African Energy Chamber is expanding its team to mediate between the private sector and governments. [...]

Politics 01/04/2020

ICC spreads the word via telecommunications

Boasting many well-connected figures among its flock, the evangelical Impact centre chrétien exercises not only a spiritual influence but also a decidedly more temporal influence on the telecoms sector. [...]