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Sassou Nguesso consults Biya on Chollet dam

Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso recently called his counterpart in Cameroon Paul Biya in an attempt to make progress on the Chollet dam project.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 01.09.2021

Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

DRC prime minister Anatole Collinet Makosso with the French minister of state for tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.© Twitter account Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

The Nguessos escape a trial over their former Miami penthouse but say goodbye to $1,9m

After a year-long legal battle, Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso's wife has concluded a financial settlement which will put an end to the investigation into her husband's purchase of a luxury apartment in Miami. Nearly 90% of the proceeds of the sale of the property will stay in the hands of the US authorities, however.

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2021

Inner Circle
Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Congo Minister of Mines, Pierre Oba.© Jemal Countess / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP

Subscribers only Mining Running Story - Withdrawn iron ore permits 20.08.2021

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Croisement SA CEO Arouna Nikiema© FNA Foundation

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.08.2021

Spotlight
Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Equatorial Guinea has become a matter of concern for the CEMAC, whose heads of state are gathering for an IMF summit in Yaoundé today.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2021

AAOG struggles to reset after Tilapia sale, Zenith in unknown territory

The UK British mining junior is looking for new opportunities after selling its Congo branch AAOG Congo, operator of its only asset, the Tilapia oilfield. Meanwhile, the field's new owner has not been able to renew the license.

Subscribers only Energy 17.08.2021

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

The offshoot of King Mohammed VI's holding company Al Mada is handing over all of its car dealerships in the DRC, Gabon and soon Congo to Sada Motors, a newcomer controlled by a Congolese MP with ties to Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Business 17.08.2021

The Congolese deputy and businessman Alexis Ndinga.

Shareholder row breaks out amid iron war between Congo Mining and Brazzaville

Congo Mining's majority shareholder is threatening Brazzaville for unilaterally withdrawing its iron licence, but partly blames the problem on its minority partners in the project.

Subscribers only Mining 17.08.2021

Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

After the replacement of hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma, the oil sector is more than ever concentrated in the hands of the president's ethnic group.

Subscribers only Energy 16.08.2021

Congo's hydrocarbons minister Jean-Richard Bruno Itoua.

Sassou set to mediate in Freemason crisis

The succession tussle at the Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire (GLCI) is continuing to divide the country's Freemasons. The Congolese president, who is influential in this milieu, is gearing up to mediate in the coming days.

Subscribers only Politics 30.07.2021

Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

As one of the winners in the government reshuffle of May, for the last two months the minister of international cooperation and son of the president, Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, has been busy meeting with diplomats and foreign companies, never missing an opportunity to publicise his ministerial activities.

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2021

Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, Minister of International Cooperation since May 2021.

Sassou recycles ex-economy minister and reduces Anderly's influence with new task force

The Congolese president recently set up a new task force to tackle "political, economic and social" issues in Brazzaville. Headed by the former minister of the economy, it may however find itself in conflict with the team of the new finance minister.

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2021

Gilbert Ondongo, former minister of the economy, head of the new task force.

$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Its subsidiary Congo Iron initiated arbitration against Congo in March over its unilateral withdrawal from its Nabeba iron project, and in late June the parent company Australian Sundance followed suit and has requested that the two actions be judged together.

Subscribers only Mining 22.07.2021

Fracking by SNPC and Orion could boost Block MKB output

The block that currently only produces 400 bpd could get new lease of life thanks to work carried out in recent months by the national oil company.

Subscribers only Energy 20.07.2021

Nguesso couple still to reach deal with US judicial authorities over Miami condo

To avoid having to go to court over their acquisition of a luxurious residence in Florida in 2012, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso and his wife have been trying for three months to negotiate a settlement with the US judicial authorities.

Free access Energy 16.07.2021

Itoua, now crowned as oil minister, seeks to settle scores

Newly-appointed Bruno Itoua is going all out to sideline any officials who are deemed unloyal to him.

Subscribers only Energy 15.07.2021

The new hydrocarbons minister Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua.

Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

On 15 July, Denis Sassou N'Guesso is due to receive a visit from Libyan Presidential Council president Mohamed el-Menfi. The two-day visit has been prepared by French parallel diplomacy specialist Jean-Yves Ollivier, who is a friend of the Congolese president.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.07.2021

ABEDA rescues Makoulou Tréchot industrial estate

In a sign of an acceleration of discussions on signing a financing agreement between Brazzaville and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA), the Congolese authorities are in the process of setting up a structure dedicated to monitoring the projects financed by this institution within the Ministry of Regional Planning, Infrastructure and Road Maintenance.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 13.07.2021

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

The Russian foreign ministry cherishes its relations with the International Civil Defence Organisation, whose member states are due to gather in Abidjan in October.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.07.2021

IMF's Congo summer

On 8 July, International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive director for Congo Aivo Handriatiana Andrianarivelo, will end a 6-day trip to Brazzaville, only days before the institution launches a remote mission for Congo from 14 to 21 July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.07.2021

Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Congo's new hydrocarbon's minister Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua has issued his first accreditation to the firm Atlantique Pétrochimie, the BFDI subsidiary that is supposed to be constructing the Pointe-Noire refinery. But since the laying of the cornerstone in February, the works have been at a standstill.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2021

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Congo

Sassou Nguesso consults Biya on Chollet dam

Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

The Nguessos escape a trial over their former Miami penthouse but say goodbye to $1,9m

Inner Circle
Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Spotlight
Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

AAOG struggles to reset after Tilapia sale, Zenith in unknown territory

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Shareholder row breaks out amid iron war between Congo Mining and Brazzaville

Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

Sassou set to mediate in Freemason crisis

Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

Sassou recycles ex-economy minister and reduces Anderly's influence with new task force

$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Fracking by SNPC and Orion could boost Block MKB output

Nguesso couple still to reach deal with US judicial authorities over Miami condo

Itoua, now crowned as oil minister, seeks to settle scores

Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

ABEDA rescues Makoulou Tréchot industrial estate

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

IMF's Congo summer

Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

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Congo

Sassou Nguesso consults Biya on Chollet dam

Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

The Nguessos escape a trial over their former Miami penthouse but say goodbye to $1,9m

Inner Circle Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Spotlight Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

AAOG struggles to reset after Tilapia sale, Zenith in unknown territory

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Shareholder row breaks out amid iron war between Congo Mining and Brazzaville

Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

Sassou set to mediate in Freemason crisis

Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

Sassou recycles ex-economy minister and reduces Anderly's influence with new task force

$8.76 billion arbitration: Sundance opens a second iron ore battlefront against Brazzaville

Fracking by SNPC and Orion could boost Block MKB output

Nguesso couple still to reach deal with US judicial authorities over Miami condo

Itoua, now crowned as oil minister, seeks to settle scores

Jean-Yves Ollivier strives to help Sassou N'Guesso get back into Libyan affairs

ABEDA rescues Makoulou Tréchot industrial estate

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

IMF's Congo summer

Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

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Inner Circle
Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Spotlight
Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms