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Mercuria enrages Glencore and Trafigura

After offering pre-financing arrangements to Brazzaville, Swiss trader Mercuria is preparing for a big strike this summer.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2019

What was behind SNPC boss Raoul Ominga's trip to Geneva?

The SNPC managing director Raoul Ominga spent several days of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2019

Raoul Ominga keeping a tight lip about details of SNPC upstream branch bombshell

SNPC boss Raoul Ominga invited all his colleagues in charge [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2019

Denis Sassou N'Guesso turns screw on Bollore

The Congolese government is stepping up pressure on Canal+, the TV channel owned by Vivendi which is still facing a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2019

Trans Air Congo overtaken by Equaflight and Emeraude en route to Pointe-Noire

TAC, which features on the EU blacklist, has now lost its European diplomatic clientele as well as its oil company business. And its rivals are taking advantage on the lucrative connection to Pointe-Noire.

Subscribers only Business 12.06.2019

Brazzaville returns to the Moscow fold

In the wake of Denis Sassou N'Guesso's visit to Moscow [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 12.06.2019

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With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

As finance minister Calixte Nganongo scrambles to restore Congo-B's economic stability with plans to restructure debt that will help unlock IMF aid, the country's finances continue to go from bad to worse. Mercuria to the rescue?

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

SNPC and Ebata bring in new unknown players to develop MKB

Output at the producing MKB field will hit the roof if we are to believe the managers of the oil services firm that has been picked to join the project.

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

Marine XII: Lukoil and New Age get down to business

Russia's Lukoil will be sending a team of senior managers [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

Cuvette: Wilfrid Etoka (SARPD) lands key Ngoki win

The consortium Petroleum Exploration & Production Africa (PEPA) formed by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.06.2019

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Airports spark intense international rivalries

At a time when many African capitals are constructing new airports to ease congestion around urban centres, such projects are giving rise to intense rivalry between new and established powers on the continent, all against a backdrop of growing sub-regional [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

Extension of Diori-Hamani airport in Niamey, built and run by Turkish group Summa.

Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Having received an award from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on 20 May for her 'contribution to the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.05.2019

Jose Veiga hits back against Asperbras

The ex-boss of the Congolese subsidiary of the Brazilian construction and food firm Asperbras, 56-year-old Jose Veiga, is intending to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.05.2019

Oscar Otoka to chair La Congolaise des routes

Not in the best of health and criticised for his [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

Mercuria opens purse strings to save Marine XI deal

The Geneva-based trading house is pulling out all the stops to pick up the concession previously operated by Soco.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

Denis Sassou Nguesso's oil team troops off to Moscow for Lukoil's pipeline

When Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso met the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin on May 23 to discuss defence [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

Debt: IMF, Lazard freres and DSK wary of Beijing's progress with Trafigura

In a letter sent to prime minister Clement Mouamba on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

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Denis Sassou Nguesso goes military shopping with Comrade Vladimir Putin

Having reached agreement with Beijing in late April over the restructuring of a debt of some $3 billion, Denis Sassou Nguesso is now cultivating his relations with Russia. This is a return to his roots for a leader who has [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 15.05.2019

Valdimir Putin and Congo-B President Denis Sassou Nguesso during a meeting in Russia.

Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

The Turkish construction firm is scheduling its projects to overlap with Erdogan's official trips.

Subscribers only Business 15.05.2019

Pierre Ngolo sees PCT leadership as presidential stepping stone

65-year-old Pierre Ngolo, who has been president of the Senate since November 2017, fully intends to retain his post as [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2019

Honore Noel Yandouma, next head of the Treasury?

The post of head of the Treasury, held by Denis Sassou Nguesso's nephew-in-law Albert Ngondo since 1997, looks set to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2019

Denis Sassou Nguesso goes after foreign operators

Now that an accord has been reached between the International [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Following the deaths on 10 May of two French soldiers [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2019

Naming the oilfields Sassou has regained control over ENI

Minister of hydrocarbons Jean-Marc Thystere Tchicaya and minister of finance [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

APPO headquarters: Sassou still sidling up to Buhari and Kachikwu

President Denis Sassou Nguesso is more than ever determined to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

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Mercuria enrages Glencore and Trafigura

What was behind SNPC boss Raoul Ominga's trip to Geneva?

Raoul Ominga keeping a tight lip about details of SNPC upstream branch bombshell

Denis Sassou N'Guesso turns screw on Bollore

Trans Air Congo overtaken by Equaflight and Emeraude en route to Pointe-Noire

Brazzaville returns to the Moscow fold

Spotlight
With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

SNPC and Ebata bring in new unknown players to develop MKB

Marine XII: Lukoil and New Age get down to business

Cuvette: Wilfrid Etoka (SARPD) lands key Ngoki win

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Jose Veiga hits back against Asperbras

Oscar Otoka to chair La Congolaise des routes

Mercuria opens purse strings to save Marine XI deal

Denis Sassou Nguesso's oil team troops off to Moscow for Lukoil's pipeline

Debt: IMF, Lazard freres and DSK wary of Beijing's progress with Trafigura

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Denis Sassou Nguesso goes military shopping with Comrade Vladimir Putin

Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

Pierre Ngolo sees PCT leadership as presidential stepping stone

Honore Noel Yandouma, next head of the Treasury?

Denis Sassou Nguesso goes after foreign operators

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Naming the oilfields Sassou has regained control over ENI

APPO headquarters: Sassou still sidling up to Buhari and Kachikwu

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Mercuria enrages Glencore and Trafigura

What was behind SNPC boss Raoul Ominga's trip to Geneva?

Raoul Ominga keeping a tight lip about details of SNPC upstream branch bombshell

Denis Sassou N'Guesso turns screw on Bollore

Trans Air Congo overtaken by Equaflight and Emeraude en route to Pointe-Noire

Brazzaville returns to the Moscow fold

Spotlight With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

SNPC and Ebata bring in new unknown players to develop MKB

Marine XII: Lukoil and New Age get down to business

Cuvette: Wilfrid Etoka (SARPD) lands key Ngoki win

Spotlight Airports spark intense international rivalries

Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Jose Veiga hits back against Asperbras

Oscar Otoka to chair La Congolaise des routes

Mercuria opens purse strings to save Marine XI deal

Denis Sassou Nguesso's oil team troops off to Moscow for Lukoil's pipeline

Debt: IMF, Lazard freres and DSK wary of Beijing's progress with Trafigura

Spotlight Denis Sassou Nguesso goes military shopping with Comrade Vladimir Putin

Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

Pierre Ngolo sees PCT leadership as presidential stepping stone

Honore Noel Yandouma, next head of the Treasury?

Denis Sassou Nguesso goes after foreign operators

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Naming the oilfields Sassou has regained control over ENI

APPO headquarters: Sassou still sidling up to Buhari and Kachikwu

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With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

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Denis Sassou Nguesso goes military shopping with Comrade Vladimir Putin