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DRC

How Perenco secured another 20-year licence extension, this time onshore

The family-owned company continues to set the pace of DRC's oil development, thanks to contacts both in Kinshasa and close to its operations.

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2022

The IFC comes to the rescue of the Maluku Special Economic Zone

Despite getting fresh backing from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation, the Maluku Special Economic Zone is struggling to take off.

Subscribers only Business 02.02.2022

Dig Oil wins confirmation of $619m arbitration award against DRC in Brussels

Following the United States, the Belgian courts have also ruled in favour of enforcing the decision of a Paris arbitration court in favour of the oil junior Dig Oil against Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2022

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Gitega has deployed hundreds of soldiers in neighbouring DRC's South Kivu province to track down Red-Tabara, a rebel group with Burundian roots. Unlike Uganda's operations against the Allied Democratic Forces further north, which Kinshasa okayed, this operation is taking place in great secrecy.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 31.01.2022

Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

The head of the United Nations Mission in the DRC (Monusco), Bintou Keita. © DRC Presidency/Twitter

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.01.2022

Vivendi Sports still making play for Francophonie games

Vivendi Sports, owned by billionnaire Vincent Bolloré, is trying to reach an agreement with Kinshasa on the terms of a new service contract for the upcoming Jeux de la Francophonie. The deal signed by the games' ex-chairman Didier Tshiyoyo was deemed "illegal" by the legal advisers of his successor Isidore Kwandja.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2022

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

The head of state of Central African Republic (CAR) recently began using jets operated by Angolan company Bestfly, which has seen its clientele of West African leaders grow fast in line with regional diplomatic activity.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.01.2022

Ukrainian entrepreneurs prepare to mine Congolese subsoil

Eager to gain a foothold in mining in the DRC, a group of Ukrainian investors is relying on the influence of Frank Tenday Luaba, a Congolese businessman based in Birmingham, where he is honorary consul.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 26.01.2022

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Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi was caught off guard by Uganda's moves - including on Congolese territory - against rebel forces proliferating in the Great Lakes region. He will seek to regain the initiative when next month he takes over the presidency of a regional security cooperation alliance.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.01.2022

Entrepreneur Idro Taban behind Tshisekedi's $58m armoured vehicle deal

A major contract to renew the president's fleet has been "provisionally" awarded to a company owned by an entrepreneur with many interests in Uganda.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2022

Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

The German-born businessman-geologist has a history of arranging mining deals in the DRC. Now he has joined Tantalex Resources, which is exploring for lithium in Manono, just next to the concessions held by a company he used to work for: AVZ Minerals.

Subscribers only Mining 24.01.2022

Kinshasa orders Afriland to pay treasury millions levied on transporters

The DRC subsidiary of a Cameroonian bank stands accused of illicitly retaining fees that were supposed to finance rail network improvements.

Subscribers only Finance 21.01.2022

Appeal launched in US over child labour in cobalt mines case

As announced, US lawyer Terry Collingsworth has filed an appeal with the federal court of the District of Columbia on behalf of 13 Congolese plaintiffs.

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2022

Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

Even though it has not yet come into force, the Swiss trader's exclusive contract for the marketing of the DRC's artisanal cobalt has been called into question by the arrival of Alphonse Kaputo and Leon Mwine at the head of Gecamines.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 20.01.2022

Spotlight
'Bread king' Saleh Assi devises way around US sanctions

The Lebanese businessman has created a scheme by which he is able to continue business as usual despite being under US sanctions, which are in part on account of his alleged ties with Hezbollah.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 18.01.2022

CapitalKeys' ploy to make Kinshasa pay

After lodging an appeal last June, CapitalKeys is attempting some rather backhanded ways of recovering $16.6m in fees from the DRC.

Subscribers only Business 17.01.2022

Bolloré, Liquid Telecom, DMT to help Lualaba with mining traceability

The Congolese company Sud South has won the contract to manage the future Musompo mining trading centre in Lualaba province. It has forged partnerships with better-known specialist companies to help it carry out its task.

Subscribers only Mining 12.01.2022

Kinshasa bolsters its bid to gain Millenium Challenge Corp aid

The Congolese authorities have contracted Ensight Consulting LLC until the end of September 2022 to support them in their efforts to be eligible for the US Millennium Challenge Corp (MCC) development initiative.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 11.01.2022

In Focus
Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle in a panic over mining deal dispute

For several weeks, a dispute between one of President Felix Tshisekedi's closest advisers and the former chairman of the independent national electoral commission has been causing high-level turbulence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2022

Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

In contrast to mega-projects like the Grand Inga dam, which are struggling to get off the ground, the Congolese authorities are elaborating plans for several dozen mini-power plants.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 07.01.2022

Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

Joseph Kabila may have been pushed to the sidelines, but he is far from done with Congolese politics. He was marginalised when many of his MPs defected to support his successor Félix Tshisekedi. But the former president is trying to regain his footing by overhauling his political party.

Subscribers only Politics 06.01.2022

Joseph Kabila, former president of the DRC.

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DRC

How Perenco secured another 20-year licence extension, this time onshore

The IFC comes to the rescue of the Maluku Special Economic Zone

Dig Oil wins confirmation of $619m arbitration award against DRC in Brussels

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

Vivendi Sports still making play for Francophonie games

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

Ukrainian entrepreneurs prepare to mine Congolese subsoil

Spotlight
Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

Entrepreneur Idro Taban behind Tshisekedi's $58m armoured vehicle deal

Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

Kinshasa orders Afriland to pay treasury millions levied on transporters

Appeal launched in US over child labour in cobalt mines case

Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

Spotlight
'Bread king' Saleh Assi devises way around US sanctions

CapitalKeys' ploy to make Kinshasa pay

Bolloré, Liquid Telecom, DMT to help Lualaba with mining traceability

Kinshasa bolsters its bid to gain Millenium Challenge Corp aid

In Focus
Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle in a panic over mining deal dispute

Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

Kinshasa struggling to make the Jeux de la Francophonie deadline

Miner Central Copper Resources works with Kabila family satellite company

Fortescue gets busy to win Tshisekedi's Grand Inga blessing

Tshisekedi's team prepares diplomatic strategy shift

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DRC

How Perenco secured another 20-year licence extension, this time onshore

The IFC comes to the rescue of the Maluku Special Economic Zone

Dig Oil wins confirmation of $619m arbitration award against DRC in Brussels

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Bintou Keita to stay on as MONUSCO head

Vivendi Sports still making play for Francophonie games

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

Ukrainian entrepreneurs prepare to mine Congolese subsoil

Spotlight Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

Entrepreneur Idro Taban behind Tshisekedi's $58m armoured vehicle deal

Klaus Eckhof circles back to Manono's lithium

Kinshasa orders Afriland to pay treasury millions levied on transporters

Appeal launched in US over child labour in cobalt mines case

Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

Spotlight 'Bread king' Saleh Assi devises way around US sanctions

CapitalKeys' ploy to make Kinshasa pay

Bolloré, Liquid Telecom, DMT to help Lualaba with mining traceability

Kinshasa bolsters its bid to gain Millenium Challenge Corp aid

In Focus Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle in a panic over mining deal dispute

Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

Kinshasa struggling to make the Jeux de la Francophonie deadline

Miner Central Copper Resources works with Kabila family satellite company

Fortescue gets busy to win Tshisekedi's Grand Inga blessing

Tshisekedi's team prepares diplomatic strategy shift

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Spotlight
Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

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'Bread king' Saleh Assi devises way around US sanctions

In Focus
Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle in a panic over mining deal dispute