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Chad
Oil and petroleum ministers wait for chance to trip up ExxonMobil over Doba sale to Savannah

The deal between the two oil groups may not go smoothly without a small gesture from the US major to the public treasury.

Subscribers only Energy Running Story - Chad post-Idriss Deby 08.07.2021

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

Lawyer Emery Mukendi Wafwana, who died in June 2020. © @emw110705/Twitter

Subscribers only Mining 08.07.2021

DRC
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

Chad, Sahel
Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Deby and French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the state funeral of late Chadian president Idriss Deby in N'Djamena, Chad, 23 April 2021. © Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running Story - The Sahel security crisis 07.07.2021

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

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

Subscribers only Politics 07.07.2021

Chad
Why Delonex is talking with ex-Tullow Oil boss

Paul McDade needs to secure a first asset on the double so that he can launch his new company in style.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2021

Central African Republic
Lebanese firms battle over passport contract

Al Madina, which makes ID cards and other documents for Central African Republic citizens, wants to snatch the biometric passport contract held since 20210 by compatriot Africard.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.07.2021

In Focus | DRC, United States
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.

Cameroon
Ambassadors in limbo in Yaoundé as they await accreditation from Paul Biya

The number of foreign embassies waiting for accreditation from Cameroon president Paul Biya keeps growing, much to the dismay of those concerned.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2021

Cameroon
Opposition leader Maurice Kamto denied entry to France

French authorities have rejected Cameroonian opposition leader and poet Maurice Kamto's visa application to attend a literary event near Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.07.2021

Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto.

DRC
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

Gabon
Going, going, gone: yet another presidential plane changes hands

A Bombardier Global Jet frequently chartered by the presidency has been bought by Turkish interests. It's the third such aircraft sale in recent months.

Subscribers only Business 30.06.2021

Cameroon
Actis's electricity supplier Eneo negotiates second round of debt settlement

Eneo, Cameroon's top electricity supplier, is in talks with the government over payment of a second tranche of arrears owed it by the state.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.06.2021

Central African Republic
As Russian influence grows, EU mulls aid suspension, following Paris's lead

As Russian paramilitary group Wagner continues to extend its influence in the Central African Republic, the European Union is considering suspending payment of an upcoming €30m tranche of budget aid to the government.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.06.2021

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

Frenchman Pascal Beveraggi is giving one last chance to the DRC to react before beginning arbitration proceedings over his case against Congolese politician Moïse Katumbi. He is looking for support among France's political class and media.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2021

Congo
Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Congo's new hydrocarbon's minister Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua has issued his first accreditation to the firm Atlantique Pétrochimie, the BFDI subsidiary that is supposed to be constructing the Pointe-Noire refinery. But since the laying of the cornerstone in February, the works have been at a standstill.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2021

Cameroon
Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

The Cameroonian navy has embarked on a search for patrol boats after its attempt to acquire two Bollinger vessels from Washington was blocked as a sanction for abuses committed by the army in the country's English-speaking region.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 25.06.2021

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

The president's plans to revise all the contracts the DRC has signed with China were largely inspired by the United States.

Subscribers only Mining 25.06.2021

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (left) during a meeting with Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration's Secretary of State in Washington, on 3 March 2020.

Congo
Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

Yuzal has become the main air service provider for the Congolese presidency, while at the same time bringing a lot of business into the country.

Subscribers only Business 23.06.2021

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

Congolese intelligence services had good reason to be suspicious about Alexander Zingman's relationship with the ex-president.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2021

Alexander Zingman, seated next to Joseph Kabila.

Central Africa
Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

The US chain is mainly active on Africa's east coast and until now has had no business in central Africa. Now it's putting up a luxury hotel in Cameroon.

Subscribers only Business 22.06.2021

Congo
New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Appointed prime minister on 12 May Anatole Collinet Makosso is considering going to Paris in the coming weeks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.06.2021

Prime minister of Congo, Anatole Collinet Makosso.

Cameroon
The International Fotso Family Feud

Be it in Paris, Yaoundé or Casablanca, Cameroonian oligarch Victor Fotso's numerous beneficiaries are peppering the courts with battle after battle.

Subscribers only Business 21.06.2021

Congo
New EU ambassador for Brazzaville

The Portuguese diplomat Raul Mateus Paula, the European Union's ambassador to the Republic of Congo since 2018, will be packing his bags this summer. He is set to be replaced by the Italian Giacomo Durazzo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.06.2021

Congo
WNR proposes legal heavyweight from Dentons for Marine XI arbitration with Brazzaville

Engaged in proceedings against the Congolese state at the international arbitration tribunal ICSID since 12 May, World Natural Resources has already chosen its judge to sit on the panel.

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.2021

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Chad
Oil and petroleum ministers wait for chance to trip up ExxonMobil over Doba sale to Savannah

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

DRC
Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

Chad, Sahel
Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

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

Chad
Why Delonex is talking with ex-Tullow Oil boss

Central African Republic
Lebanese firms battle over passport contract

In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Cameroon
Ambassadors in limbo in Yaoundé as they await accreditation from Paul Biya

Cameroon
Opposition leader Maurice Kamto denied entry to France

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

Gabon
Going, going, gone: yet another presidential plane changes hands

Cameroon
Actis's electricity supplier Eneo negotiates second round of debt settlement

Central African Republic
As Russian influence grows, EU mulls aid suspension, following Paris's lead

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

Congo
Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Cameroon
Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Congo
Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

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

Central Africa
Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Congo
New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Cameroon
The International Fotso Family Feud

Congo
New EU ambassador for Brazzaville

Congo
WNR proposes legal heavyweight from Dentons for Marine XI arbitration with Brazzaville

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Central Africa

Chad Oil and petroleum ministers wait for chance to trip up ExxonMobil over Doba sale to Savannah

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

DRC Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

Chad, Sahel Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

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

Chad Why Delonex is talking with ex-Tullow Oil boss

Central African Republic Lebanese firms battle over passport contract

In Focus | DRC, United States Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Cameroon Ambassadors in limbo in Yaoundé as they await accreditation from Paul Biya

Cameroon Opposition leader Maurice Kamto denied entry to France

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

Gabon Going, going, gone: yet another presidential plane changes hands

Cameroon Actis's electricity supplier Eneo negotiates second round of debt settlement

Central African Republic As Russian influence grows, EU mulls aid suspension, following Paris's lead

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

Congo Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Cameroon Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

China, DRC, United States How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Congo Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

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

Central Africa Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Congo New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Cameroon The International Fotso Family Feud

Congo New EU ambassador for Brazzaville

Congo WNR proposes legal heavyweight from Dentons for Marine XI arbitration with Brazzaville

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Chad
Oil and petroleum ministers wait for chance to trip up ExxonMobil over Doba sale to Savannah

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

DRC
Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

Chad, Sahel
Chad feels let down by EU and France as it battles on the Sahel and Libyan fronts

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

Chad
Why Delonex is talking with ex-Tullow Oil boss

Central African Republic
Lebanese firms battle over passport contract

In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Cameroon
Ambassadors in limbo in Yaoundé as they await accreditation from Paul Biya

Cameroon
Opposition leader Maurice Kamto denied entry to France

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

Gabon
Going, going, gone: yet another presidential plane changes hands

Cameroon
Actis's electricity supplier Eneo negotiates second round of debt settlement

Central African Republic
As Russian influence grows, EU mulls aid suspension, following Paris's lead

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

Congo
Minister Itoua keeps faith in China's BFDI over faltering Pointe-Noire refinery project

Cameroon
Yaoundé in market for patrol boats after Washington deal falls through

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Congo
Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

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

Central Africa
Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Congo
New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Cameroon
The International Fotso Family Feud

Congo
New EU ambassador for Brazzaville

Congo
WNR proposes legal heavyweight from Dentons for Marine XI arbitration with Brazzaville