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Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

The Dubai-based Indian bank has pledged to raise €5.6bn from Emirati financial institutions in support of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa, while multilateral donors remain reserved.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 06.12.2023

Central African Republic
Total and state settle their financial scores

Total Centrafrique, the largest company in the country, had not been paying taxes. At the same time, the government had been racking up debt with the group bought by corporate banker Enguerrand Rochefort.

Subscribers only Energy 05.12.2023

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

The Anglo-French oil company has told the Kinshasa government that it is withdrawing from a call for tenders to explore two onshore blocks in Kongo-Central, having found them to have "insufficient" potential.

Subscribers only Energy 05.12.2023

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, on 20 February 2022. © Arsene Mpiana/AFP

Inner circles | DRC
Tshisekedi fashions army command to wage war in east

The president's office has been working in recent years to build an army loyal to the government, capable both of opposing the M23 rebels and of snuffing out any threat of sedition.

Subscribers only Defence 01.12.2023

Josep Borrell, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs. © Julien Warnand/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

DRC
EU cancels its DRC election observation mission

Breaking news published on 28/11/23 at 2.00 pm GMT - Following several days of deadlock with Kinshasa, the European Union has decided to withdraw its team of 42 electoral experts, sent to the country ahead of the presidential election on 20 December. Behind the scenes, a handful of EU member states are seeking to have that decision reversed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2023

Kenyan president William Ruto, Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi and Congolese Head of State Félix Tshisekedi. © Studio Pachamama//Thomas Peter/Frederick Florin/AFP//Jeff Schear///Getty Images via AFP//Caroline Thirion/Belga via AFP//Siripak Pason/istock//Images of Africa Photobank/Gordzam/Alamy

In Focus | DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Since Félix Tshisekedi came to power in 2019 in the DRC, the Kenyan political class and private sector have been trying to make inroads there. These efforts have been slow to bear fruit, as relations between the two countries remain strained.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 27.11.2023

Cameroon
Martinez Zogo trial: Biya fast-tracks investigation

Cameroon's foreign intelligence chief, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, believed he had obtained an order for release on 1 December but remains in custody. That was despite a nudge from Cameroon's president, who refused to replace Eko Eko during his detention, to help the investigation progress.

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.2023

DRC
Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

The concession contract for the Ango-Ango pipelines, a key infrastructure for the supply of petroleum products to west DRC, ends in 2025 and is already sparking interest from several actors.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2023

DRC
International TV series in pipeline

The Italian screenwriters Maddalena Ravagli and Leonardo Fasoli (Django, Gomorra, ZeroZeroZero) are currently putting the finishing touches to an international television series whose main plot centres around the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Subscribers only Business 01.12.2023

DRC
Belgian ambassador's low-profile meeting with Joseph Kabila

On her first official visit to the country in late November, Belgium's ambassador to the DRC, Roxane de Bilderling, travelled to Lubumbashi and met with former president Joseph Kabila.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.12.2023

Cameroon
EY's internecine struggle heads to court

Joseph Pagop Noupoué's dismissal as head of Ernst & Young's Cameroon subsidiary continues to cause turmoil. Two factions are vying for control of the company - and taking legal action to get it.

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2023

Central African Republic
US nationals increasingly hassled at Bangui airport

Since October, on several occasions, US nationals have been stopped by border police at Bangui-M'Poko airport upon attempting to enter the Central African Republic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.11.2023

Gabon
Dubai to be Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's next international stop-off

Less than three weeks after visiting Saudi Arabia to take [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2023

DRC
Samcrete loses part of Kasai road contract after its 'disastrous' work

Infrastructure Minister Alexis Gisaro Muvunyi has castigated the Egyptian firm, which was in fact unable to move forward due to authorities blocking its construction equipment in the port of Matadi. Two other companies are expected to quickly take over the construction of a 45km stretch of road.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.11.2023

DRC
Pierre Weill polishes Félix Tshisekedi's image with French MPs

With just one month to go before the Congolese presidential election on 20 December, President Félix Tshisekedi, who is standing for a second term, is busy trying to improve his reputation in France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.11.2023

Spotlight | DRC
FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23

Despite the support of nearly 1,000 foreign instructors, the mobilisation of armed groups and the imminent deployment of Chinese drones, Kinshasa has so far proved incapable of coordinating operations against the M23 rebels in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Defence 24.11.2023

Goma, capital of North Kivu province, DRC, on 21 October 2023.

Congo
Pierre Oba's battle with Australian miners drags on

The Congolese minister of mines is dealing with three separate arbitration proceedings over the withdrawal in late 2020 of the mining permits of Sundance Resources, Avima Iron Ore and Equatorial Resources.

Subscribers only Mining 24.11.2023

Republic of Congo minister of mines and geology Pierre Oba in New York on 26 May 2015.

Chad
N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

With Chad requiring additional humanitarian aid to cope with the fallout from the war in neighbouring Sudan, Saleh Kebzabo’s government has been actively lobbying donors.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.11.2023

Cameroon
Family feud lurks behind National Assembly rivalry

Despite being sacked by decree on 9 November, Boukar Abdourahim, the outgoing chief of staff of National Assembly speaker Cavayé Yeguié Djibril, is stubbornly clinging on to his seat.

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2023

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
From Brazzaville to Libreville, behind the scenes of French Grand Orient leader's Africa tour

Guillaume Trichard make his first tour of Africa this month as Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France, flying from Yaoundé to Brazzaville, and on to Libreville. While he was very vocal about much of the trip, he kept quiet about his meetings with Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 22.11.2023

Guillaume Trichard, Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France (GODF) in Paris on 1 September 2023.

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Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Central Africa

Central Africa
Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

Central African Republic
Total and state settle their financial scores

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

Inner circles | DRC
Tshisekedi fashions army command to wage war in east

DRC
EU cancels its DRC election observation mission

In Focus | DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Cameroon
Martinez Zogo trial: Biya fast-tracks investigation

DRC
Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

DRC
International TV series in pipeline

DRC
Belgian ambassador's low-profile meeting with Joseph Kabila

Cameroon
EY's internecine struggle heads to court

Central African Republic
US nationals increasingly hassled at Bangui airport

Gabon
Dubai to be Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's next international stop-off

DRC
Samcrete loses part of Kasai road contract after its 'disastrous' work

DRC
Pierre Weill polishes Félix Tshisekedi's image with French MPs

Spotlight | DRC
FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23

Congo
Pierre Oba's battle with Australian miners drags on

Chad
N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

Cameroon
Family feud lurks behind National Assembly rivalry

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
From Brazzaville to Libreville, behind the scenes of French Grand Orient leader's Africa tour

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Algeria The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

DRC, Kenya Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

William Ruto's new order

Central Africa

Central Africa Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

Central African Republic Total and state settle their financial scores

DRC Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

Inner circles | DRC Tshisekedi fashions army command to wage war in east

DRC EU cancels its DRC election observation mission

In Focus | DRC, Kenya Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Cameroon Martinez Zogo trial: Biya fast-tracks investigation

DRC Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

DRC International TV series in pipeline

DRC Belgian ambassador's low-profile meeting with Joseph Kabila

Cameroon EY's internecine struggle heads to court

Central African Republic US nationals increasingly hassled at Bangui airport

Gabon Dubai to be Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's next international stop-off

DRC Samcrete loses part of Kasai road contract after its 'disastrous' work

DRC Pierre Weill polishes Félix Tshisekedi's image with French MPs

Spotlight | DRC FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23

Congo Pierre Oba's battle with Australian miners drags on

Chad N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

Cameroon Family feud lurks behind National Assembly rivalry

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon From Brazzaville to Libreville, behind the scenes of French Grand Orient leader's Africa tour

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Central Africa
Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

Central African Republic
Total and state settle their financial scores

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

Inner circles | DRC
Tshisekedi fashions army command to wage war in east

DRC
EU cancels its DRC election observation mission

In Focus | DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Cameroon
Martinez Zogo trial: Biya fast-tracks investigation

DRC
Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

DRC
International TV series in pipeline

DRC
Belgian ambassador's low-profile meeting with Joseph Kabila

Cameroon
EY's internecine struggle heads to court

Central African Republic
US nationals increasingly hassled at Bangui airport

Gabon
Dubai to be Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's next international stop-off

DRC
Samcrete loses part of Kasai road contract after its 'disastrous' work

DRC
Pierre Weill polishes Félix Tshisekedi's image with French MPs

Spotlight | DRC
FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23

Congo
Pierre Oba's battle with Australian miners drags on

Chad
N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

Cameroon
Family feud lurks behind National Assembly rivalry

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
From Brazzaville to Libreville, behind the scenes of French Grand Orient leader's Africa tour