DRC

Kinshasa modifies Cuvette Centrale oil block perimeters

Félix Tshisekedi's presidency has just redrawn the boundaries of oil deposit zones in the forest area around the Congo river. The goal is to put a halt to encroachment on protected areas and put these deposits on the market.

Westwin Elements looks beyond DRC for mining needs

Led by KaLeigh Long, a former political consultant with close ties to evangelical Republican circles, the US company focuses on nickel refining and is currently sourcing outside the African country, contrary to its initial ambitions.

The New Guard
DRC, Libya, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

DRCDana Mopulunga, at the forefront of medtech

LibyaHusam el-Gomati, vocal critic of corruption

KenyaMagdalene Chesoli, changing perceptions towards disability

War in the east: the main mediators meet in Doha

Representatives of the US, France and Togo are headed to Qatar, where discussions are underway on a pre-peace agreement. In a declaration of principles signed on 25 April in Washington, Kinshasa and Kigali gave themselves a week to chalk out a deal that could put an end to the conflict.

AU pre-selection process for last two commissioners reopened

After shortlisting a candidate from Burundi, African foreign ministers have reopened the selection process for the last two commissioners of the pan-African organisation, who must come from the central African region.

Belgian foreign minister tours Great Lakes region

Maxime Prévot will be visiting Uganda, Burundi and the DRC, but not Rwanda.

ECCAS countries seek investors in Houston

The promoters of the Central African Pipeline System will showcase their project at the Central Africa Business Energy Forum to be held on 8 May in Texas.

Potential mining deal with Abu Dhabi taking shape

Emirati company International Resources Holding pursuing low-key discussions with Gécamines on granting of strategic mining permit in the Katanga province of Lualaba.

Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

Noting the lack of interest from the majors, the council of ministers has endorsed the hydrocarbon ministry's proposal to entrust Albertine Graben's oil assets to the state-owned company Sonahydroc.

CEMAC ministries to meet in Paris to discuss stability challenges

At the invitation of French Minister of Economy Éric Lombard, the ministries of finance and economy of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa will meet on 17 April in France to assess stability in the region.

Togo's Faure Gnassingbé faces the thorny issue of mediation in eastern DR Congo

Urged by Luanda to regain control of the DRC conflict on the African Union's behalf, the Togolese president took stock of the situation in Kinshasa and Kigali.

The discreet activism of Nande leaders in Kampala

The M23's territorial expansion in North Kivu is causing a stir among the Nande community, who are looking to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's government for support.

Central Africa up in arms over AU panel of eminent Africans

Diplomats from the region have strongly contested the rejection of the 13 candidates for the last two commissioner posts to be filled at the African Union. This has sparked an unprecedented conflict within the pan-African organisation.