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So Brazzaville is broke? Riyadh rides to the rescue

A corporate jet arrived on Tuesday morning in Brazzaville with a Saudi delegation that included officials from the foreign ministry [...]

Subscribers only 20.07.2017

Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

The oil capital remains a weathervane for the president's electoral chances.

Subscribers only Politics 12.07.2017

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

Idriss Deby is still the boss in Bangui (WAN 756). Although he personally invited Faustin Archange Touadera to N'Djamena on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.07.2017

Christ Bonaventure, Sassou's man in Luanda

Christ Bonaventure Engobo, the 70-year-old deputy secretary general of the Conseil National de Securite (CNS, secret services) headed by Jean-Dominique [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.07.2017

Michel Kouka-Mapengo helps Pierre Oba refresh mining sector

In late May, Pierre Oba, Congo-B's minister of mines and geology, found a new head of cabinet, Michel Kouka-Mapengo, to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.07.2017

UNDP upgrades gold diggers' equipment

As part of its programme to support sustainable development in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.07.2017

Sassou plays it cool with his opponents

The president plans to use the forthcoming legislative ballot as a way to win over his few remaining adversaries.

Subscribers only Politics 28.06.2017

Court battle goes against Bharti Airtel

The telecommunications company was ordered to pay major compensation in its dispute with Daniel Mbere.

Subscribers only Business 28.06.2017

Ngatse Mbouala in tug of war with Okemba

Recognizable from his long white beard that seems to cover half of his face, the commander of Congo-B's Garde Republicaine [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.06.2017

Former Benin president Boni Yayi comes to SNPC's rescue

Riddled with debt, the SNPC hopes to barter oil for goods with Saudi Arabia and is counting on former Benin president Thomas Boni Yayi, very active in the Gulf, in lending a helping hand.

Subscribers only Energy 27.06.2017

Former Benin president Thomas Boni Yayi.

Och-Ziff affair puts Steve Lowden on the back foot

Founder of New Age (African Global Energy) in 2007, American national Steve Lowden has now found himself forced to step [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.06.2017

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

Unwavering in the face of conflict in the Pool region, the president has placed most of his children and other relatives on the list for upcoming elections.

Subscribers only Politics 14.06.2017

Economy a slow motion train wreck

When it goes hand in hand with poor corporate management the conflict in the Pool area has taken a toll on the country's economy.

Free access Business 14.06.2017

Nitou-Samba, mouthpiece for "Pastor Ntoumi" in France

An associate in France - and Europe - of Frederic Bintsamou, a k a Pasteur Ntoumi, Gaston Nitou-Samba was contacted [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.06.2017

Unicongo beside itself

The long-standing French-born president of the Unicongo (Union Patronale et [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.06.2017

Faced with management problems and strapped for cash, Denis Gokana has overhauled the Africa Oil & Gas Corp (AOGC), his company that is headquartered in the University Hospital neighborhood in Brazzaville.

Subscribers only Business 14.06.2017

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Iskandar Safa’s oil package

Burdened by debt that has its oil production tied up for the next five years (AEI 778), Congo-B has found an unexpected saviour in Iskandar Safa. The Lebanese industrialist and owner of Constructions mecaniques de Normandie (CMN), has offered to [.

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2017

Option to relocate locals near Sintoukola mine under scrutiny

Hoping the country can become a hub for Africa’s potash production (AMI 375), the Congo-B administration has been bending over [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.06.2017

Sassou to decide Mokoko's fate before legislative elections

Congo-B's president wants to haul his main adversary into court before the election even though the evidence against him isn't all that strong.

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Denis Christel Nguesso places his man in top police post

The struggle for influence is still in full swing at the presidential palace between Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, who's the deputy [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Stella Sassou Nguesso dons feminist mantle

A municipal counsellor in Brazzaville, 43-year-old Stella Sassou Nguesso, one of the younger daughters of president Denis Sassou-Nguesso, has been [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2017

Mouamba tiptoes into presidential territory

Previously confined to economic issues since he was named in 2016, the prime minister is now having his say in other key areas.

Subscribers only Politics 17.05.2017

Herve Mahicka keeps up the fight against Sassou

Former campaign manager for general Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko, who has been jailed in Brazzaville for "attacking state security", Herve Machika, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.05.2017

Would-be successors nipping at Sassou Nguesso's heels

Two relatives of Congo-B's president are competing with one another as if to prepare for the future.

Subscribers only Politics 03.05.2017

Wilfrid Nguesso under the gun in ill-gotten gains affair

Under formal investigation in the so named Ill-Gotten Gains case in France, like other members of Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s family, 52-year-old [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.05.2017

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Congo

So Brazzaville is broke? Riyadh rides to the rescue

Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

Christ Bonaventure, Sassou's man in Luanda

Michel Kouka-Mapengo helps Pierre Oba refresh mining sector

UNDP upgrades gold diggers' equipment

Sassou plays it cool with his opponents

Court battle goes against Bharti Airtel

Ngatse Mbouala in tug of war with Okemba

Former Benin president Boni Yayi comes to SNPC's rescue

Och-Ziff affair puts Steve Lowden on the back foot

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

Economy a slow motion train wreck

Nitou-Samba, mouthpiece for "Pastor Ntoumi" in France

Unicongo beside itself

Shakeup at AOGC

Spotlight
Iskandar Safa’s oil package

Option to relocate locals near Sintoukola mine under scrutiny

Sassou to decide Mokoko's fate before legislative elections

Denis Christel Nguesso places his man in top police post

Stella Sassou Nguesso dons feminist mantle

Mouamba tiptoes into presidential territory

Herve Mahicka keeps up the fight against Sassou

Would-be successors nipping at Sassou Nguesso's heels

Wilfrid Nguesso under the gun in ill-gotten gains affair

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Congo

So Brazzaville is broke? Riyadh rides to the rescue

Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

Christ Bonaventure, Sassou's man in Luanda

Michel Kouka-Mapengo helps Pierre Oba refresh mining sector

UNDP upgrades gold diggers' equipment

Sassou plays it cool with his opponents

Court battle goes against Bharti Airtel

Ngatse Mbouala in tug of war with Okemba

Former Benin president Boni Yayi comes to SNPC's rescue

Och-Ziff affair puts Steve Lowden on the back foot

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

Economy a slow motion train wreck

Nitou-Samba, mouthpiece for "Pastor Ntoumi" in France

Unicongo beside itself

Shakeup at AOGC

Spotlight Iskandar Safa’s oil package

Option to relocate locals near Sintoukola mine under scrutiny

Sassou to decide Mokoko's fate before legislative elections

Denis Christel Nguesso places his man in top police post

Stella Sassou Nguesso dons feminist mantle

Mouamba tiptoes into presidential territory

Herve Mahicka keeps up the fight against Sassou

Would-be successors nipping at Sassou Nguesso's heels

Wilfrid Nguesso under the gun in ill-gotten gains affair

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Spotlight
Iskandar Safa’s oil package