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Sassou struggles to buy off opposition

In the past Denis Sassou Nguesso was able to buy off his political rivals but their successors are proving to be less predictable.

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2015

Sassou’s will tested by opposition

The opposition in Brazzaville has rarely been this united, a state of affairs that could affect President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s resolve to change the constitution.

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Felix Ondze, new chief of training at FAC

Keen not to disturb the ethnic balance in the various branches of the Congolese military, the Forces Armees Congolaises (FAC), [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

Faure thanks Sassou

Denis Sassou-Nguesso received his Togolese counterpart Faure Gnassingbe at home [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2015

ECAir further entangled in legal spat

The Congolese air company ECAir is still embroiled in a [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2015

Sylvestre Didier Mavouenzela outsmarts Obambi

In competition with Paul Obambi, a businessman close to President [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2015

Sassou has courts under his thumb

After strengthening his close security and taking tighter control of sectors such as oil, Denis Sassou Nguesso has been busy working to reign in the Republic of Congo’s courts.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2015

Legal wrangle over release of ECAir Boeing jet

The return of a seized ECAir Boeing to Brazzaville looks set to trigger a new flurry of legal complaints from businessman Francois Odzali.

Subscribers only Business 06.05.2015

Henri Lopes takes consolation from Legion d'Honneur medal

After his resounding failure to succeed Abdou Diouf as secretary-general [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2015

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Lobbyists circle round Denis Sassou Nguesso

Christophe de Margerie, the Total chief who died in a plane crash in October last year, was one of the rare captains of industry who did not need intermediaries to gain access to Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2015

Paul-Marie Mpouele rallies opposition against Sassou Nguesso

Paul-Marie Mpoulele, the president of the new Front Republicain pour le Respect de l’Ordre Constitutionnel et pour l’Alternance Democratique (FROCAD), [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2015

Francois Odzali recovers debts via ECAir

As West Africa Newsletter revealed recently, Congolese businessman Francois Odzali, [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.04.2015

ECAir Boeing seized in Paris

A Boeing 757 belonging to Congolese national airline ECAir was prevented from taking off from Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport [...]

Subscribers only 14.04.2015

Eric Allard joins Tantalex as it kicks off production

Former operations manager for MagMinerals between 2006-2010 when the company was engaged in a huge industrial project in Congo, Eric [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Sassou hatches plan to neutralise Kolelas

Brazzaville is plotting to undermine the Pool political base of Parfait Kolelas, the head of the MCDDI party, before the presidential elections in 2016.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2015

Charles Bowao, Sassou’s former eminence grise switches sides

Charles Zacharie Bowao, who served as defence minister from 2009 to 2012 and is a member of the executive committee [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2015

Ernest Denis Souami, the new head of downstream oil

After more than 20 years with Société nationale des pétroles [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.04.2015

Who's behind the mysterious Nigerian junior Pelfaco?

After more than a year of talks, the arrival of the well-connected Nigerian junior Pelfaco on the offshore Sounda Marine [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

What will change under new oil legislation

Approved during a cabinet meeting on March 25, a new oil and gas bill will signal the start to a campaign to promote new exploration acreage. It will also hand fresh powers to SNPC.

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

Ernest Denis Souamy, a president's man in charge of gasoline

The latest cabinet meeting chaired by Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso on March 25 confirmed the appointment of Ernest Denis Souamy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

ENI untroubled by ban on flaring

During a cabinet meeting on March 25, Congo-B’s hydrocarbons minister [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

Probe into nephew strikes at Denis Sassou Nguesso

The recent police search of an appartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine owned by Edgar Nguesso, the nephew of President Denis Sassou Nguesso and a key figure of the Congolese regime, in connection with the “Ill-gotten gains” probe, looks set to shake the regime in

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2015

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Congo

Sassou struggles to buy off opposition

Sassou’s will tested by opposition

Felix Ondze, new chief of training at FAC

Faure thanks Sassou

ECAir further entangled in legal spat

Sylvestre Didier Mavouenzela outsmarts Obambi

Sassou has courts under his thumb

Legal wrangle over release of ECAir Boeing jet

Henri Lopes takes consolation from Legion d'Honneur medal

Spotlight
Lobbyists circle round Denis Sassou Nguesso

Paul-Marie Mpouele rallies opposition against Sassou Nguesso

Francois Odzali recovers debts via ECAir

ECAir Boeing seized in Paris

Eric Allard joins Tantalex as it kicks off production

Sassou hatches plan to neutralise Kolelas

Charles Bowao, Sassou’s former eminence grise switches sides

Ernest Denis Souami, the new head of downstream oil

Who's behind the mysterious Nigerian junior Pelfaco?

What will change under new oil legislation

Ernest Denis Souamy, a president's man in charge of gasoline

ENI untroubled by ban on flaring

Probe into nephew strikes at Denis Sassou Nguesso

Oil industry braces for a dive in 2015

Commisimpex case takes new turn in Abidjan

Laurent Dzaba, Zenga-Mambu boss, in court in Paris

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Congo

Sassou struggles to buy off opposition

Sassou’s will tested by opposition

Felix Ondze, new chief of training at FAC

Faure thanks Sassou

ECAir further entangled in legal spat

Sylvestre Didier Mavouenzela outsmarts Obambi

Sassou has courts under his thumb

Legal wrangle over release of ECAir Boeing jet

Henri Lopes takes consolation from Legion d'Honneur medal

Spotlight Lobbyists circle round Denis Sassou Nguesso

Paul-Marie Mpouele rallies opposition against Sassou Nguesso

Francois Odzali recovers debts via ECAir

ECAir Boeing seized in Paris

Eric Allard joins Tantalex as it kicks off production

Sassou hatches plan to neutralise Kolelas

Charles Bowao, Sassou’s former eminence grise switches sides

Ernest Denis Souami, the new head of downstream oil

Who's behind the mysterious Nigerian junior Pelfaco?

What will change under new oil legislation

Ernest Denis Souamy, a president's man in charge of gasoline

ENI untroubled by ban on flaring

Probe into nephew strikes at Denis Sassou Nguesso

Oil industry braces for a dive in 2015

Commisimpex case takes new turn in Abidjan

Laurent Dzaba, Zenga-Mambu boss, in court in Paris

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Lobbyists circle round Denis Sassou Nguesso