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Opposition divided in Paris

The Congolese diaspora opposed to Sassou Nguesso were very active during the referendum. But now the dust has settled they are looking for a new impetus.

Subscribers only Politics 09.12.2015

West African Cement looks for private investor

With its new cement factory in Mindouli, 135km south of [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.12.2015

Elemental being wooed again

Disappointed in a takeover bid by Hong Kong’s Dingyi Group [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.12.2015

French FN has friends in Brazzaville

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen's recent pronouncements about the Republic of Congo are due to the connections of several FN members with opposition figure Guy Parfait Kolelas.

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2015

Sassou Nguesso hosts lavish wedding feast

The Ivorian jet-set know how to lay on a lavish [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2015

Courville Consultants hired to lobby for Congolese embassy

The Congolese embassy in Washington signed a contract with the [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2015

Sassou secures oil deal with Ouattara

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso's relationship with his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara facilitated a recent deal between PETROCI and MKB.

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2015

Natixis takes risky leap with SNPC

The French bank has invested in the oil trading company at a time when SNPC is struggling to keep afloat.

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2015

Would be successors to Lopes form a line

New candidates have put themselves forward to fill the shoes [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.11.2015

Patrick Herve Obambi, Brazzaville's man at the BSCA

As its managing director, Patrick Herve Obambi defends the interests [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2015

SNPC won't be able to pay back advance funding

The drop in the oil price is going to prevent the national oil company from paying back loans it contracted with banks.

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2015

Ministers seek strategy to fend off oil company pressure

The oil ministers of Gabon and Congo-B, respectively Etienne Ngoubou [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2015

African Potash opts for trading venture ahead of Lake Dinga

With competition heating up increasingly on Congo’s potash market, African Potash has hit upon an original strategy. Unlike its rivals [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.11.2015

Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko has a plan

General Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko, a.k.a. "JMMM", African Union commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s special representative in Central African Republic, has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2015

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Powerful local figures the lone winners from new oil bill

Business chiefs close to the government seem alone in benefiting from the new obligation of majors to reserve 15% of their new oil licences for local companies. Parliament adopted that measure in approving the new bill in May in the [.

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

New acreage on the auction block at last

After more than a year of procrastination (AEI 734), Congo-B [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Mboshi secure Sassou’s constitution referendum

The Congolese security services, headed by relatives of the president or members of his Mboshi ethnic group, are on standby to ensure his referendum on the constitution goes smoothly.

Free access Politics 14.10.2015

Guy Nestor Itoua may temp as Paris embassy chief

Guy Nestor Itoua may take temporary charge of the Republic of Congo’s embassy on rue Paul Valery in Paris if [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2015

Opposition threatens to torpedo Sassou’s referendum

Congo’s opposition is solidly united to stop Denis Sassou Nguesso changing the constitution so that he can run for office again.

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2015

Francois Odzali targets ECAir again

After his partly successful attempt to seize a Boeing plane owned by ECAir, Congolese businessman Francois Odzali recently had the Congolese government’s stake in the airline company seized.

Subscribers only Business 30.09.2015

Jean-Claude Gakosso gives advice to foreign diplomats

Three days after Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s announcement of a referendum on changing the Republic of Congo’s constitution, on September 25 diplomats [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2015

Oil minister Atama down but not exactly out

President Joseph Kabila has decided to reshuffle his cabinet amid a simmering political crisis that has seen some powerful members [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Francois Odzali targets ECAir’s capital

Odzali group boss Francois Odzali, who has been unable to obtain repayment of a €70 million inviolable debt owed him [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2015

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

The relative unpopularity of rival Asian companies helped the French logging company Rougier land a key contract in Central African Republic recently.

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

Commisimpex tries to torpedo AGOA in Brazza

Charles Merin, the vice-president of Washington-based Prime Policy Group, wrote [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

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Congo

Opposition divided in Paris

West African Cement looks for private investor

Elemental being wooed again

French FN has friends in Brazzaville

Sassou Nguesso hosts lavish wedding feast

Courville Consultants hired to lobby for Congolese embassy

Sassou secures oil deal with Ouattara

Natixis takes risky leap with SNPC

Would be successors to Lopes form a line

Patrick Herve Obambi, Brazzaville's man at the BSCA

SNPC won't be able to pay back advance funding

Ministers seek strategy to fend off oil company pressure

African Potash opts for trading venture ahead of Lake Dinga

Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko has a plan

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Powerful local figures the lone winners from new oil bill

New acreage on the auction block at last

Mboshi secure Sassou’s constitution referendum

Guy Nestor Itoua may temp as Paris embassy chief

Opposition threatens to torpedo Sassou’s referendum

Francois Odzali targets ECAir again

Jean-Claude Gakosso gives advice to foreign diplomats

Oil minister Atama down but not exactly out

Francois Odzali targets ECAir’s capital

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Commisimpex tries to torpedo AGOA in Brazza

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Congo

Opposition divided in Paris

West African Cement looks for private investor

Elemental being wooed again

French FN has friends in Brazzaville

Sassou Nguesso hosts lavish wedding feast

Courville Consultants hired to lobby for Congolese embassy

Sassou secures oil deal with Ouattara

Natixis takes risky leap with SNPC

Would be successors to Lopes form a line

Patrick Herve Obambi, Brazzaville's man at the BSCA

SNPC won't be able to pay back advance funding

Ministers seek strategy to fend off oil company pressure

African Potash opts for trading venture ahead of Lake Dinga

Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko has a plan

Spotlight Powerful local figures the lone winners from new oil bill

New acreage on the auction block at last

Mboshi secure Sassou’s constitution referendum

Guy Nestor Itoua may temp as Paris embassy chief

Opposition threatens to torpedo Sassou’s referendum

Francois Odzali targets ECAir again

Jean-Claude Gakosso gives advice to foreign diplomats

Oil minister Atama down but not exactly out

Francois Odzali targets ECAir’s capital

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Commisimpex tries to torpedo AGOA in Brazza

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Powerful local figures the lone winners from new oil bill