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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.

Subscribers only Politics 16.05.2023

Itoua to reorganise and move Ministry of Hydrocarbons

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

Subscribers only Energy 09.05.2023

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

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

Subscribers only Politics 05.05.2023

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. Consequently, CEMAC's ability to get down to important business is compromised.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 01.05.2023

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Soldiers of the East African Community (EAC) regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.© Alain Uaykani / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance 26.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only 25.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only 21.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Politics 11.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only 05.04.2023

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ENI's $5bn '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.

Subscribers only Energy 04.04.2023

Claire Bodonyi set to be new French ambassador to Brazzaville

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

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.04.2023

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.

Subscribers only Energy 03.04.2023

Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons.

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.

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.2023

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

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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.

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Congo

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

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

Spotlight
ENI's $5bn '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

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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

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Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

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

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Sassou reshuffles his legal task force

Codimex banned from public contracts for two years

Denis Sassou Nguesso gets in on forest summit act

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

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

Spotlight ENI's $5bn '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

Spotlight 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

Spotlight Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

ECCAS-CEMAC merger project in limbo

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

Spotlight Sassou reshuffles his legal task force

Codimex banned from public contracts for two years

Denis Sassou Nguesso gets in on forest summit act

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ENI's $5bn 'Marine XII' LNG project in Congo electrifies politicians and subcontractors alike

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Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

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Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

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Sassou reshuffles his legal task force