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DRC

No let-up for Kinshasa as CapitalKeys continues to chase its $16.6 million

The US lobbying firm CapitalKeys is appealing against an unfavourable court ruling in its dispute with the DRC's central bank.

Subscribers only Business 22.07.2021

Taxpayers fork out handsomely for National Assembly office salaries

Amid raging debate over what is seen as the exorbitant cost of state institutions, the National Assembly refuses to comment on the remuneration of the members of its office

Subscribers only Politics 21.07.2021

The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Tata-Raphaël Stadium being remodeled. © Facebook/Jeux de la francophonie

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.07.2021

Glencore's US problems with its Katanga Mining subsidiary are finally over

The class action law suit in New Jersey between Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining (which operates the DRC's Kamoto copper-cobalt mine) and a group of its minority shareholders closed on June 25.

Subscribers only Mining 19.07.2021

After knocking out Gertler, Pol Huart forges iron links with former MIBA boss

Now that a DRC court has affirmed the Belgian mining engineer's rights over three exploration permits contested by a Dan Gertler-linked company, he has teamed up with mining veteran Trudon Katende Muya to see what's in the ground there.

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2021

Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

Didier Budimbu, the new hydrocarbons minister. © Twitter/@DidierBudimbu

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2021

Lufungula starts new mining venture after losing the governorship of Tshopo

Louis-Marie Walle Lufungula, who was forced out of his position as governor for having refused to join the political alliance headed by President Félix Tshisekedi, has set up his own mining company with members of his family.

Subscribers only Mining 13.07.2021

Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

The president is expected to revoke the 2018 settlement with South African oil firm Dig Oil and go back to court.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2021

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

The Russian foreign ministry cherishes its relations with the International Civil Defence Organisation, whose member states are due to gather in Abidjan in October.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.07.2021

Corneille Nangaa prevails against Rawbank in US sanctions dispute

The agricultural business interests of the national electoral commission's chairman had suffered under the measures taken by Washington.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 09.07.2021

Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo, président de la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) de RDC.

Emery Mukendi's death sparks inheritance feud between family and Elite Law Firm

The winding up of the late Congolese lawyer Emery Mukendi's law firm has triggered a battle both in and out of court in the US and the DRC between his family and Elite Law Firm, an entity founded by several of his former partners.

Subscribers only Mining 08.07.2021

Lawyer Emery Mukendi Wafwana, who died in June 2020.

Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

Having fallen from grace just like their mentor Joseph Kabila, who owns vast swathes of farmland throughout the country, several senior members of the ex-president's regime have been able to fall back on their investments in agriculture.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.07.2021

MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

A report on the Congolese parliament's finances highlights the real cost of its members' wages, totalling some $45m for 2020. It also counters the criticism of house speaker Jeannine Mabunda at the time of her dismissal in December.

Subscribers only Politics 07.07.2021

Jeanine Mabunda, in the 8th of October 2020,when she was leading the DRC's National Assembly.

In Focus
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Texan financier and committed Christian John Montgomery devotes part of his investment company Bridgeway's profits to hunting down and forcing surrender on members of the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group active on the border between the DRC and Uganda aligned to the Islamic State.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 05.07.2021

Democratic Republic of Congo military personnel (FARDC) patrol against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) rebels near Beni in North-Kivu province, December 31, 2013.

Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

Dott Services, the Ugandan group which is building a strategically important road between the DRC and Uganda, has also acquired a number of equally strategically important mining sites. Prospecting is now under way on the sites, which are located in Maniema province and are rich in "3Ts".

Subscribers only Mining 30.06.2021

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DRC

No let-up for Kinshasa as CapitalKeys continues to chase its $16.6 million

Taxpayers fork out handsomely for National Assembly office salaries

The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Glencore's US problems with its Katanga Mining subsidiary are finally over

After knocking out Gertler, Pol Huart forges iron links with former MIBA boss

Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

Lufungula starts new mining venture after losing the governorship of Tshopo

Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

Corneille Nangaa prevails against Rawbank in US sanctions dispute

Emery Mukendi's death sparks inheritance feud between family and Elite Law Firm

Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

In Focus
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Tshisekedi furious about Zambia-DRC road delay

Spotlight
Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Inner circles
The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

Ex-Senate vice president Edouard Mokolo runs into trouble with French taxman

Paris star lawyer Antoine Vey defends ex-warlord Roger Lumbala

Katumbi splashes out to cosy up to Biden administration

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DRC

No let-up for Kinshasa as CapitalKeys continues to chase its $16.6 million

Taxpayers fork out handsomely for National Assembly office salaries

The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Glencore's US problems with its Katanga Mining subsidiary are finally over

After knocking out Gertler, Pol Huart forges iron links with former MIBA boss

Oil minister makes incognito visit to Paris to sound out Total on blocks 1 & 2

Lufungula starts new mining venture after losing the governorship of Tshopo

Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

Moscow uses civil defence as lever of influence

Corneille Nangaa prevails against Rawbank in US sanctions dispute

Emery Mukendi's death sparks inheritance feud between family and Elite Law Firm

Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

In Focus Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Tshisekedi furious about Zambia-DRC road delay

Spotlight Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Inner circles The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

Ex-Senate vice president Edouard Mokolo runs into trouble with French taxman

Paris star lawyer Antoine Vey defends ex-warlord Roger Lumbala

Katumbi splashes out to cosy up to Biden administration

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In Focus
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Spotlight
Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

Inner circles
The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors