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PR consultant Coumba Dioukhané.© Coumba Dioukhané/Twitter

Newcomer joins Brazzaville's PR wars

Since the spring, Coumba Dioukhané has been in charge of communications for Congolese prime minister Anatole Collinet Makosso

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.05.2022

Trump Tower in New York, USA.© Justin Lane/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Brazzaville wins a battle in protracted Trump Tower war

Lawyers for Congo creditor Mohsen Hojeij have spent years trying to seize an apartment in the New York skyscraper. But the city's district court delivered an adverse ruling earlier this month.

Subscribers only Business 23.05.2022

Andely turns his attention to the debt of public sector companies

Congolese Finance Minister Rigobert Roger Andely.© Ministry of Finance of Congo/Twitter

Free access Politics Running Story - Debt diplomacy 18.05.2022

Conservation NGO The Nature Conservancy sets its sights on Brazzaville

During his trip to Washington from 19 to 22 April, Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso was not only busy with economic and security issues, he also met with the management of The Nature Conservancy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.05.2022

Norwegian law firm Selmer to defend Petronor execs targeted by US justice department

The Norwegian junior Petronor is under scrutiny. Following Norway, the United States has also launched an investigation into the conditions under which it bought an oil block in Congo.

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2022

ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

With the ICSID tribunals now constituted, Equatorial Resources and Midus Holdings' proceedings against the Congolese state will soon begin. Two other proceedings have been initiated before the ICC.

Subscribers only Mining 04.05.2022

Bongo and Sassou Nguesso vie for papal visit

The two central African presidents are lobbying the Vatican to convince Pope Francis to visit their respective countries next year. But so far, the head of the Catholic Church has yet to confirm any trip.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.04.2022

Gabonese president Ali Bongo visited the Vatican on 28 April 2022.

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 28.04.2022

Kigali solidifies investments in Brazzaville

There was a great deal of buzz about Rwandan President Paul Kagame's April 11 to 13 visit to Brazzaville during which he met with Denis Sassou Nguesso. His visit led to the signature of eight economic cooperation agreements.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2022

Nguessos' Miami penthouse case definitively closed

The Southern District Court of Florida last month approved a financial settlement negotiated by the United States to close the case over the terms of Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso's 2012 purchase of a luxury Miami home on behalf of his wife, Nathalie Bumba-Pembe

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2022

Who has Prime Minister Makosso's ear?

Appointed prime minister in May 2021, Anatole Collinet Makosso has surrounded himself with a staff of around 30, most of whom came from his predecessor's cabinet. Since his arrival, he has had a very limited hand in appointing his main advisers.

Subscribers only Politics 19.04.2022

Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso.

After Paris, PM Makosso flies off to Washington then London

Congolese PM Anatole Collinet Makosso, having hosted the Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame in Brazzaville at the start of the week, in the company of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, is now on a trip to Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2022

Sassou dampens gas export ambitions of ENI and its cumbersome partner Lukoil

The Italian major wants to things to move quickly on its LNG export project in Congo and has already secured the legal changes needed to export gas from the Marine XII permit it owns with Russia's Lukoil.

Subscribers only Energy 12.04.2022

In iron ore conflict, Australian Supreme Court allows Sundance access to ex-partner's files

The Australian iron ore company still seems reluctant to file suit against its former partner AustSino over suspected foul play regarding the Nabeba-Mbalam iron project that straddles the Cameroon and Congo. It has, however, won a key battle to help make a decision.

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2022

Big names jostle for Pointe-Noire nominations for legislative elections

Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, who is originally from Pointe-Noire, tried to take advantage of the July legislative elections nominations to place relatives there and extend his still weak political influence. However, his attempt was in vain.

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2022

Chirac's former justice minister Perben tours African palaces

Dominique Perben, who was a government minister throughout Jacques Chirac's presidency from 1995 to 2007, has been in Central Africa for over a week.

Subscribers only Business 01.04.2022

Kagame expected in Brazzaville for talks with Sassou

Rwandan president Paul Kagame is expected in Brazzaville on 10 April to meet with his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 29.03.2022

Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

This winter, the president of Congo named close to 14 new generals. The national security apparatus is, of course, one of the most strategic playing boards for becoming Denis Sassou Nguesso's successor.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 17.03.2022

Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Raoul Ominga, the beleaguered boss of state-owned SNPC, has once again foiled all predictions by getting himself reappointed as the head of the oil firm that serves as the Congolese regime's cash machine.

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.2022

Raoul Ominga, the head of the state company SNPC.

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

Swiss trader Trafigura, which is increasing its supply agreements in the DRC and Zambia, is keen to trump its competitors by having a copper transport route to Angola. Together with Mota-Engil and Vecturis, it has responded to the call for tenders to manage the rail corridor between Kolwezi and Lobito.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity Traders 09.03.2022

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

The institution headed by former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo has set its 2022 spending programme at 94bn CFA francs. This looks like an increase on the previous year but, in fact, the failure of member states to pay their contributions will lead to a drastic reduction in its operating costs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2022

The extraordinary meeting was called by CEMAC chairman, former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo.

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders, Business 03.03.2022

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2022

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders, Business 24.02.2022

35°Nord to champion Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso in London

Specialist Africa communications company 35°Nord - which was bought at the end of last year by the lobbying and consultancy firm Avisa Partners - will hold an event in London on 8-10 March for the benefit of Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, the Congolese Minister for International Cooperation.

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2022

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Newcomer joins Brazzaville's PR wars

Brazzaville wins a battle in protracted Trump Tower war

Andely turns his attention to the debt of public sector companies

Conservation NGO The Nature Conservancy sets its sights on Brazzaville

Norwegian law firm Selmer to defend Petronor execs targeted by US justice department

ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

Bongo and Sassou Nguesso vie for papal visit

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Kigali solidifies investments in Brazzaville

Nguessos' Miami penthouse case definitively closed

Who has Prime Minister Makosso's ear?

After Paris, PM Makosso flies off to Washington then London

Sassou dampens gas export ambitions of ENI and its cumbersome partner Lukoil

In iron ore conflict, Australian Supreme Court allows Sundance access to ex-partner's files

Big names jostle for Pointe-Noire nominations for legislative elections

Chirac's former justice minister Perben tours African palaces

Kagame expected in Brazzaville for talks with Sassou

Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

35°Nord to champion Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso in London

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Newcomer joins Brazzaville's PR wars

Brazzaville wins a battle in protracted Trump Tower war

Andely turns his attention to the debt of public sector companies

Conservation NGO The Nature Conservancy sets its sights on Brazzaville

Norwegian law firm Selmer to defend Petronor execs targeted by US justice department

ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

Bongo and Sassou Nguesso vie for papal visit

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Kigali solidifies investments in Brazzaville

Nguessos' Miami penthouse case definitively closed

Who has Prime Minister Makosso's ear?

After Paris, PM Makosso flies off to Washington then London

Sassou dampens gas export ambitions of ENI and its cumbersome partner Lukoil

In iron ore conflict, Australian Supreme Court allows Sundance access to ex-partner's files

Big names jostle for Pointe-Noire nominations for legislative elections

Chirac's former justice minister Perben tours African palaces

Kagame expected in Brazzaville for talks with Sassou

Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

35°Nord to champion Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso in London

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