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Pre-trial procedure over Sassou Nguesso clan's Miami penthouse begins

A US court has begun pre-trial proceedings into an investigation over the purchase of a luxury Miami penthouse by Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso's wife.

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.2021

Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso. © @SassouCG/Twitter

Subscribers only Politics Running story - Debt diplomacy 04.03.2021

Nigerian minister Sylva scolds defiant African OPEC members

Equatorial Guinea's Hydrocarbons Minister Gabriel Obiang Lima and OPEC envoy Timipre Sylva, 18 February 2021. © Ministry of Mines and Hidrocarbons of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea/Twitter

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2021

Shadow of Glencore hangs over Sassou's re-election bid

The incumbent Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso is ardently hoping that he can round off his campaign for a fourth term in office with news that the IMF is going to resume its financial support for the country. But there is still a major sticking point in the negotiations with the Bretton Woods institution: the debt owed by the Congolese state to the trading giant Glencore.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 18.02.2021

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Hydrocarbons boss lambasts Zenith Energy over Tilapia

The media indiscretions of Zenith Energy, which is seeking to land the Tilapia permit, have provoked the ire of Congo's head of hydrocarbons Teresa Goma.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2021

Mercuria seeks deal on SNPC oil cargoes with Lucien Ebata's Orion

Orion chairman Lucien Ebata. © Lucien Ebata/LinkedIn

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2021

Sassou Nguesso backs massively ambitious refinery at Pointe-Noire

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has approved the construction of a modular refinery with the extravagant aim of producing 50,000 bpd. The wildly ambitious project is financed by a debt-ridden Chinese businessman.

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.2021

Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

The Congolese president has put his inner circle to work to defend his mixed record and to justify his decision to run again in March for a fourth term as head of state.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2021

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Already ostracised by Gabon's presidential family, Ali Bongo's half-brother and Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Omar Denis Jr Bongo also has to deal with the mistrust, or even outright hostility, of people close to Congo's president.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2021

Sassou receives a fillip from Turkish billionaire Ali Metin Kazanci as he bids for re-election

As Denis Sassou NGuesso seeks a fourth term as president, Aksa Enerji, a firm owned by a Turkish oligarch close to Ankara's ruling party, is speeding up its plans to increase electricity supply to Pointe-Noire, a city that has traditionally been hostile to the Congolese leader.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 04.02.2021

Ultra Green Corp brightens hopes of ailing solar panel firm

After years of struggle, Congolaise des Panneaux Solaires (Copasol) hopes to have found a lifeline through its partnership with the US company Ultra Green Corp. A 40-MW solar farm is in the pipeline.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 01.02.2021

Relations between Sassou and Lourenço become ever more poisonous

Presidential advisors in Angola now suspect Congo of colluding with the separatist Frente de Libertação do Estado de Cabinda (FLEC).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

ENI speeds up its asset disposals to Thystere Tchicaya and Sassou's dismay

Italian major ENI is pursuing its drive to rid itself of its smaller assets in Congo, leaving those in charge of the country's oil policy and the SNPC with difficult decisions to make.

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2021

Sassou's Falcon jet not up for sale before summer

With the Paris Court of Cassation due to hand down a ruling in early February, the Falcon 7X jet belonging to the Congolese president's office looks like it will not be going on sale before July.

Subscribers only Business 29.01.2021

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

To secure the licence, in the last days of the Trump administration, that allows him to conduct business for one year despite being subject to sanctions, the mining tycoon Dan Gerlter called on a new team of consultants.

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2021

Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Under pressure from the IMF, which for the past 18 months has been blocking the second tranche of the $448.6m loan it approved in 2019, Congo is trying to revive talks with traders who have extended oil-backed loans to the country.

Subscribers only Business 20.01.2021

Zenith loses Gabonese trump card Boumbendjé, sees Mberi alliance falter

The Canadian company has been pulling out all the stops in Congo to get its Tilapia license renewed. But while it has been focused on this priority, its plans in Gabon are faltering.

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2021

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

The African Development Bank has published a brutal assessment of way the Economic Community of Central African States, its partner on numerous infrastructure projects, is being run.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 19.01.2021

Thierry Lauriol and Kevin Grossmann will defend Congo against Sundance and Equatorial

The Congolese state has chosen French lawyers Thierry Lauriol of law firm Jeantet and Kevin Grossmann to represent it in its dispute with the two mining companies, which are seeking compensation after having been deprived of their iron ore mining permits.

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2021

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Congo

Pre-trial procedure over Sassou Nguesso clan's Miami penthouse begins

Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

Nigerian minister Sylva scolds defiant African OPEC members

Shadow of Glencore hangs over Sassou's re-election bid

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Hydrocarbons boss lambasts Zenith Energy over Tilapia

Mercuria seeks deal on SNPC oil cargoes with Lucien Ebata's Orion

Sassou Nguesso backs massively ambitious refinery at Pointe-Noire

Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Sassou receives a fillip from Turkish billionaire Ali Metin Kazanci as he bids for re-election

Ultra Green Corp brightens hopes of ailing solar panel firm

Relations between Sassou and Lourenço become ever more poisonous

ENI speeds up its asset disposals to Thystere Tchicaya and Sassou's dismay

Sassou's Falcon jet not up for sale before summer

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Zenith loses Gabonese trump card Boumbendjé, sees Mberi alliance falter

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Thierry Lauriol and Kevin Grossmann will defend Congo against Sundance and Equatorial

Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

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Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

BGFI boss Henri-Claude Oyima's 'club' format a mixed success

Can Zenith boss Andrea Cattaneo charm his way back to Tilapia licence?

Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

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Congo

Pre-trial procedure over Sassou Nguesso clan's Miami penthouse begins

Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

Nigerian minister Sylva scolds defiant African OPEC members

Shadow of Glencore hangs over Sassou's re-election bid

Document Hydrocarbons boss lambasts Zenith Energy over Tilapia

Mercuria seeks deal on SNPC oil cargoes with Lucien Ebata's Orion

Sassou Nguesso backs massively ambitious refinery at Pointe-Noire

Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Sassou receives a fillip from Turkish billionaire Ali Metin Kazanci as he bids for re-election

Ultra Green Corp brightens hopes of ailing solar panel firm

Relations between Sassou and Lourenço become ever more poisonous

ENI speeds up its asset disposals to Thystere Tchicaya and Sassou's dismay

Sassou's Falcon jet not up for sale before summer

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Zenith loses Gabonese trump card Boumbendjé, sees Mberi alliance falter

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Thierry Lauriol and Kevin Grossmann will defend Congo against Sundance and Equatorial

Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Spotlight Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

BGFI boss Henri-Claude Oyima's 'club' format a mixed success

Can Zenith boss Andrea Cattaneo charm his way back to Tilapia licence?

Costs audit could be end of 15-year free run for ENI, Total and Perenco

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Hydrocarbons boss lambasts Zenith Energy over Tilapia

Spotlight
Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon