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Glencore close to settling tax dispute with Kinshasa

Congolese tax authorities and Glencore are currently in discussions over the hefty tax adjustment demanded for 2017 and 2018.

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2021

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies. The CEMAC zone appears to be paying the price for playing junior partner over the past decade to UEMOA, its West African twin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

Presidential envoy and mining entrepreneur Luc Gérard Nyafé set to buy Banro's gold

Luc Gérard Nyafé, the ambassador-at-large who runs Auplata, looks to be on the verge of clinching the purchase of the Namoya goldmine that Banro has been trying to offload for months.

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2021

Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

Belgian businessman Lokman Sever, who made a name for himself acting as an intermediary between Turkish groups and African heads of state, has created a new mining entity and a travel agency in the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining, Business Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 19.05.2021

The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Planning for the ninth Jeux de la Francophonie has hit choppy waters in Kinshasa, where the head of the national committee has resigned amid a row with one of his colleagues, a DJ once known as Trouble King who has withdrawn large amounts of cash from illicit accounts held in the name of the games.

Subscribers only Politics 18.05.2021

In Focus
DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan

A miner holding coltan in a mine in Rukunda, Masisi territory, North Kivu province, DRC. © Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Subscribers only Mining 17.05.2021

Huafei Energy Investment keen to get cracking on Kalumba and Kibombo power plants

The private Chinese company Huafei Energy Investment has great expectations for its Kalumba and Kibombo dams, whose combined power could exceed 800 MW.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.05.2021

Inner circles
Hard road ahead for new PM to step out of president's grip

The DRC's new prime minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge will have trouble placing his supporters in government and standing up to the president.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2021

Tshisekedi and EU negotiate training for Congolese army

Shortly before replacing the civilian leadership of two restive provinces with senior army officers, the DRC president asked Brussels for military training assistance.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.05.2021

Spotlight
In the midst of reviewing its deals with Beijing, Kinshasa launches probe into China's N'Djili airport contracts

A new anticorruption watchdog is digging into the details of a Kabila-era deal that tasked Chinese firms Sinohydro and WIETC with renovating N'Djili airport.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.05.2021

RVA awarded the runway contract to Chinese infrastructure giant Sinohydro for a little under $65m in 2012.

Chamber of mines, civil society anxious as generals take charge of two eastern provinces

Given that problems at mines in the east of the country are often linked to the armed forces, the installation of military governments in Nord Kivu and Ituri is a source of concern.

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2021

Gecamines entrusts two sites to Terra Mining, a firm with Israeli, Bulgarian and Ukrainian ties

Terra Mining came to an agreement with Gecamines to determine the potential of two cobalt and copper permits in Haut-Katanga. The company is based in Bulgaria but run by Ukrainian and Israeli businessmen, some of whom are already very active in the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining 10.05.2021

Dig Oil's compensation hopes rise with ministerial appointment of deal's signatories

The South African junior is eagerly awaiting validation of a financial agreement negotiated under the former government last year. Two of its signatories have in the meantime become ministers.

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2021

UK's Adam Smith International settles down in Kinshasa

The London-based consultancy Adam Smith International (ASI) has opened an office in the DRC.

Subscribers only Business 06.05.2021

Spotlight
Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China

The Congolese government is trying to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing during the long reign of former president Joseph Kabila. Some of their terms are now deemed contrary to the national interest.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 05.05.2021

DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kinshasa.

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Arabian Construction Co (ACC), having lost its position as the leading construction contractor in the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, has been redeploying in Africa since last year and recently sent a delegation to Cameroon and later to Brazzaville.

Subscribers only Politics 05.05.2021

Spotlight
Why is Dan Gertler transferring his oil assets to new firms?

The Israeli diamond dealer is trying to counter the effects of US sanctions on his Congolese companies and is hoping to get a new extension on his oil permits.

Subscribers only Energy 04.05.2021

Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

Katanga and national authorities appear powerless to halt the cycle of security forces chasing artisanal diggers from sites owned by frustrated mining firms only for the illegal diggers to move on to other sites.

Subscribers only Mining 03.05.2021

World Bank looks to put $500m into electricity

The World Bank is working on a new programme intended to improve access to electricity and drinking water in the DRC, starting with building off-grid networks in the major cities in the centre of the country.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.05.2021

Electoral commission is squatting in its own Kinshasa HQ

The national electoral commission, already facing a sea of troubles, also has to deal with a legal dispute over its headquarters in the Congolese capital.

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2021

Emmanuel Macron expected in Kinshasa in the autumn

Over a working lunch at the Elysée Palace on April 26, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi discussed the possibility of a visit by Emmanuel Macron to the DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.04.2021

Spotlight
China-DRC middleman Simon Cong goes into copper mining with Gecamines

Influential Chinese businessman Simon Cong, who is close to the Kabila clan and has interests throughout the Congolese economy, is due to start operations soon on a copper mining venture in Haut-Katanga.

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2021

Producers and foreign buyers clash over mineral traceability costs

Concerns over the unequal distribution of the cost of checking the origins of "3T" minerals between upstream operators in the African Great Lakes region and downstream operators outside the region have become increasingly acute as a result of Covid-19 and the increase in world tin prices.

Subscribers only Mining 22.04.2021

Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

Kampala is reluctant to hand Kinshasa the reins of the Regional Oversignt Mechanism set up to help them fight the many armed groups active in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2021

Chamber of mines wants to assess Kabila's code

Just after former head of state Joseph Kabila pulled out of the ruling coalition, the country's chamber of mines is mulling whether to review one of his most significant achievements as president, the 2018 mining code, in order to pinpoint its strengths but also its weaknesses.

Subscribers only Mining 19.04.2021

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Glencore close to settling tax dispute with Kinshasa

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Presidential envoy and mining entrepreneur Luc Gérard Nyafé set to buy Banro's gold

Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

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Illegal miners vs security forces: an exasperating game of cat and mouse

World Bank looks to put $500m into electricity

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Producers and foreign buyers clash over mineral traceability costs

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In the midst of reviewing its deals with Beijing, Kinshasa launches probe into China's N'Djili airport contracts

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