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Congo

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

Spotlight
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

Hemla not sure to invest on MKB

Hemla Congo (enterprise created by Norway’s Hemla and its Emirati [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.05.2017

Sassou gets his media to sing in harmony

Intent on burnishing his image after the messy presidential election last year, Congo-B’s president has encouraged three rival communications outfits to extol his virtues

Subscribers only Politics 19.04.2017

Eminence Conseil, a lobbyist making its way in Brazzaville

A public relations-cum-events organizer in Congo-B, Eminence Conseil, put on [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.04.2017

Wilfrid Etoka, Sassou's new favourite

The Congolese businessman Claude Wilfrid Etoke, known as "Willy Etoka" [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.04.2017

After Total’s blocks, Hemla seeks offshore contract with SNPC

According to our sources, Norwegian company Hemla and its Emirati partner Petromal have been looking to move into Congolese project [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.04.2017

Joe Ariti dives back into iron

Australian Joe Ariti, whose company Genmin Group was granted a prospecting permit in late March for the Mbinda iron ore [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.04.2017

Pierre Oba dreams of becoming potash heavyweight in Africa

Brazzaville’s minister of mines and geology, Pierre Oba, who awarded [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.04.2017

Sassou's embassies on life support

The country's new ambassadors are about to take up post in ramshackle embassies.

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2017

Total and Socotram face off over fees

The two companies are fighting over the issue and the prime minister is playing referee.

Subscribers only Business 29.03.2017

Mouendzi new boss of loading agency

A former administrative and financial boss of the American oil [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.03.2017

AAOG draws its friends close to take over Tilapia

To make its float on the London AIM on March [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Avima Iron Ore transports iron through Gabon

Rather than investing in infrastructure in the Congo, Avima Irone One, Avima’s iron mine operator, would like to evacuate the ore via Gabon to the north.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 21.03.2017

Duel between Mokoki and Bouya over transportation takes nasty turn

A power struggle between two influential ministers is undermining government action.

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2017

Ngakala to seek would-be MPs liked by president's son

Secretary-general of the ruling Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT), Michel Ngakala is to head the panel that chooses the party's [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2017

Orion co-founder accused of money laundering

Philippe Chironi, who was convicted of laundering Congolese public funds, has appealed as he waits for another hearing in Switzerland.

Subscribers only Energy 14.03.2017

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Congo

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

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

Hemla not sure to invest on MKB

Sassou gets his media to sing in harmony

Eminence Conseil, a lobbyist making its way in Brazzaville

Wilfrid Etoka, Sassou's new favourite

After Total’s blocks, Hemla seeks offshore contract with SNPC

Joe Ariti dives back into iron

Pierre Oba dreams of becoming potash heavyweight in Africa

Sassou's embassies on life support

Total and Socotram face off over fees

Mouendzi new boss of loading agency

AAOG draws its friends close to take over Tilapia

Avima Iron Ore transports iron through Gabon

Duel between Mokoki and Bouya over transportation takes nasty turn

Ngakala to seek would-be MPs liked by president's son

Orion co-founder accused of money laundering

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Congo

Sassou faces election as happy head of the household

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

Hemla not sure to invest on MKB

Sassou gets his media to sing in harmony

Eminence Conseil, a lobbyist making its way in Brazzaville

Wilfrid Etoka, Sassou's new favourite

After Total’s blocks, Hemla seeks offshore contract with SNPC

Joe Ariti dives back into iron

Pierre Oba dreams of becoming potash heavyweight in Africa

Sassou's embassies on life support

Total and Socotram face off over fees

Mouendzi new boss of loading agency

AAOG draws its friends close to take over Tilapia

Avima Iron Ore transports iron through Gabon

Duel between Mokoki and Bouya over transportation takes nasty turn

Ngakala to seek would-be MPs liked by president's son

Orion co-founder accused of money laundering

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Iskandar Safa’s oil package