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Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande, chief of staff in the DRC president's office.© DRC presidency

Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Since he replaced Vital Kamerhe, interim presidential chief of staff Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande has been relying on military intelligence to sort through the state's "sovereign" contract commitments, especially those involving identity papers.

Subscribers only Business 18.06.2020

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Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Newly established in the DRC, the insurance subsidiary of Frontier Services Group, headed by private security magnate Erik Prince has won a contract from Chinese conglomerate CNMC, which has extensive interests in the Copperbelt.

Subscribers only Mining 16.06.2020

Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

Subscribers only Politics 16.06.2020

Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

During Vital Kamerhe's trial, the lawyer representing the state (as civil party to the case) Coco Kayudi, made mention of the existence of a property in France belonging to Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff.

Subscribers only Politics 15.06.2020

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

As the main donor behind the project to construct a bridge between the two capitals, the African Development Bank is turning its attention first to the access routes to the site.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.06.2020

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DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

Subscribers only Politics 11.06.2020

June is Sahel month for French diplomats

What with the presidency of the UN Security Council, the renewal of MINUSMA's mandate and the Coalition for the Sahel in June, and the G5 Sahel summit in early July in Mauritania, the Sahel region is set to keep French diplomats very busy during the next few weeks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.06.2020

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

Vital Kamerhe's French lawyer has finallyy brought the matter of his incarceration before the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Subscribers only Politics 10.06.2020

Vital Kamerhe served as Félix Tshisekedi's chief of staff.

Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Having taken on Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein in the courts and defended Playboy against the White House, the American lawyer Theodore Boutrous has now been retained by the computer maker Dell in a case involving alleged forced labour in Congolese mines.

Subscribers only Mining 08.06.2020

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Gagan Gupta's French troops

Though now active in Africa via the three Arise mega-funds, Indian-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam still relies on French advisors to help guide its path.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2020

Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

Behind the first deputy speaker of parliament Jean-Marc Kabund's sacking on 25 May lies Kabila's anger at the interim UDPS chairman.

Subscribers only Politics 04.06.2020

Jean-Marc Kabund, interim chairman of President Félix Tshisekiedi's party, the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social.

Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

Congolese businessman Kennesy Brouwers, who is active in the mining sector, has set up a cryptoasset investment company called SQ IXS. Several other operators see virtual currencies as an alternative source of financing, though without much result to date.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining, Business 03.06.2020

Security Council to probe Sahel army abuses

The United Nations Security Council has set itself a tall task for its 5 June meeting: overview the G5 Sahel States but also look into accusations of abuse against several of the coalition's national armed forces.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 03.06.2020

Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg joins the accused in class action against Katanga Mining

Katanga Mining shareholders have extended their class action against the company to members of the management team at its parent company, Glencore. Until now, it had only been suing the former CEO and finance officers at Katanga Mining itself.

Subscribers only Mining 01.06.2020

BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which pulled out of the Inga III dam project in 2012, might be making a comeback.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 01.06.2020

Billionaire Konstantin Malofeev turns his attentions to Africa

After getting involved in the pro-Russian Donbass region of Ukraine, the Russian tycoon Konstantin Malofeev has taken an interest in Africa. He has donated two kit-set laboratories to the DRC to help the country fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2020

Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

Virtually unknown on the African continent, Hungarian construction firm Duna Aszfalt is looking for local partners to complete construction of a road between DRC and Zambia, originally started by an associate of Moïse Katumbi.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2020

Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

India's Agrawal clan, which originally specialised in pharmaceuticals, has recruited former executives from the giant Copperbelt mining groups to run its new prospecting activities in DRC and Uganda. The work is to be carried out by Samta.

Subscribers only Mining 26.05.2020

World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

Some 60 cases of rape and sexual violence were recorded by local residents during the renovation of the road between Goma and Bukavu. The World Bank, which is financing the project, continues its work of identifying and compensating victims.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.05.2020

DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DP World and the DRC government have mutually agreed to add another 18 months to the deadline for the signature of an amendment to the Banana port contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.05.2020

Former Africo shareholders hold firm on valuation of Kalukundi copper in Och-Ziff case

In a document filed with a court in New York, Africo's former shareholders argue that Och-Ziff's estimate of the amount it owes them following its takeover of the Kalukundi copper deposit is too low. They cast doubt, too, on the valuation of the site made by the American government, which is supposed to be their ally in the affair.

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2020

Richard Ngatia tries to redeem himself through Equity Bank's Kinshasa initiatives

Chamber of Commerce head Richard Ngatia is trying to get back into the president's good books by backing Kenyan enterprises in the DRC.

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2020

Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Despite making strenuous efforts, Parnasse, the consulting company of former French IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, failed to win the consulting contract it was chasing in DRC. It was beaten to it by Baker McKenzie, where Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, used to work.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2020

How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

The state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction (CCEC) made good use of local businessman Edo Kasongo's networks to land a contract to upgrade 128-km stretch of road in Haut-Katanga province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.05.2020

Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

In a letter sent out to the country's top officials, the Congolese minister of mines Willy Kitobo Samsoni expresses his frustration with the number of contracts cancelled or put on ice by copper producers Eurasian Resources Group and Chemaf because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2020

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Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Spotlight
Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Spotlight
DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

June is Sahel month for French diplomats

Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Inner Circle
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

Security Council to probe Sahel army abuses

Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg joins the accused in class action against Katanga Mining

BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Billionaire Konstantin Malofeev turns his attentions to Africa

Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

Former Africo shareholders hold firm on valuation of Kalukundi copper in Och-Ziff case

Richard Ngatia tries to redeem himself through Equity Bank's Kinshasa initiatives

Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

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Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Spotlight Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Spotlight DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

June is Sahel month for French diplomats

Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Inner Circle Gagan Gupta's French troops

Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

Congo's Kennesy Brouwers joins the virtual gold rush

Security Council to probe Sahel army abuses

Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg joins the accused in class action against Katanga Mining

BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Billionaire Konstantin Malofeev turns his attentions to Africa

Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

Samta recruits former Vedanta and Chemaf experts to lead its copper and cobalt prospecting drive

World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

Former Africo shareholders hold firm on valuation of Kalukundi copper in Och-Ziff case

Richard Ngatia tries to redeem himself through Equity Bank's Kinshasa initiatives

Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

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Erik Prince wins key security contract from Chinese mining giant CNMC

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DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

Inner Circle
Gagan Gupta's French troops