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Cameroon
SNH hires Ivorian newcomer to rescue Coco Marine

Cameroon's national oil company Société nationale des hydrocarbures (SNH) has picked Panafrican Energy Services Group (PESG) as the successful bidder [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2020

Congo
Marine XI: Mercuria E&P Congo settles in at last

Genevan trading house Mercuria's local branch Mercuria E&P Congo, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2020

Gabon
Monaco Resources puts up fight for cargo-handling dividends

The pan-African holding company Monaco Resources is battling to get hold of the profitable Libreville airport baggage and cargo-handling revenue.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 12.02.2020

Spotlight | Africa, DRC
How Erik Prince is building his niche on the continent

The American private security tycoon Erik Prince. — The American private security tycoon Erik Prince.© Melissa GOLDEN/REDUX-REA

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

DRC
Gécamines wages attack on Pengxin over Shituru copper

In its vast partnership audit launched in 2018 (AMI 431), Gécamines has unearthed details it felt warranted the filing of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

DRC
Och-Ziff scolded for being too nosey over Africo's Kalukundi affairs

Eastern District of New York magistrate Lois Bloom will not be allowing OZ Africa to seek documents to identify all [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

DRC
Yves Kabongo one step further towards total copper supply chain

As he continues to make headway at his copper processing unit in Lubumbashi, Yves Kabongo has also founded a trading unit for this highly sought-after battery metal.

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

DRC
Coronavirus already taking toll on Katanga mining

Drastic measures were taken in late January in the DRC's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Chad, Turkey
Ankara gives its military allies a boost with mining

Turkey is keen to build new alliances in the Sahel [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Congo
No-show on Sapro's second iron ore cargo

Congolese miner Sapro Mayoko has failed to deliver the second [...]

Subscribers only Mining 11.02.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Eiffage to build Tembo Power's renewable energy plants?

The French construction giant is in talks with the Mauritius-registered electricity producer, which plans to start work this year on several power stations in Lualaba province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 10.02.2020

Cameroon
Yaoundé to take delivery of two Bollinger patrol boats from the US

According to our sources, Washington is planning to offer Cameroon two 110 feet (34 metre) Island-class patrol boats built by [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.02.2020

Washington will offer Cameroon two former Bollinger patrol boats from the US Coast Guard.

Central African Republic
Moscow scores early victory over Washington in election year

Despite Washington's opposition, Moscow has secured a window in the UN arms embargo in order to supply further equipment to the Central African army and is already manoeuvring to get Touadéra re-elected.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.02.2020

DRC
Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

Over the last month, the Tshisekedi government has revoked the diplomatic passports of several Kabila allies. First in the firing was the ex-ANR chief, Kaalev Mutond.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Central Africa, West Africa
Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

The French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, was in Washington from 27 to 28 January in the hope of persuading [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.02.2020

Cameroon
Makonnen Asmaron digs his heels in at Paul Biya stadium

The boss of the civil engineering firm Piccini, the Italian-Eritrean businessman Makonnen Asmaron, remains unwilling to relinquish the project to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Gabon
Family connections take sting out of Scorpion crackdown

Despite the rearguard actions of lawyers representing the ex-presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, who has been in detention [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Congo
Air Sassou grounded at Dubai airport

Much used by Congo's presidential family, the plane belonging to the Congolese oligarch Moussengo Alilo is currently grounded in Dubai, where it owes €1.7 million in arrears.

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Gabon
State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Last week, Olam and the fund manager AP Moller Capital, an offshoot of the Danish container logistics company AP Moller-Maersk, [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Gabon
Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

Appointed on 31 January as the head of the Office des ports et rades du Gabon, 54-year-old Apollinare Alassa has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Cameroon
Maurice Kamto nurtures his ties with Washington

Present in Paris since early January, the Cameroonian opposition politician [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.02.2020

Central Africa, West Africa
Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

Three generals are currently on the shortlist to take over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Congo
IMF states its conditions on oil debts

In advance of its re-examination of the second instalment of [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan
NJ Ayuk's African Energy Chamber dreams big

The African Energy Chamber is bent on becoming the leading bridge between the public and private sector on the continent and has a plan of attack to do just that.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

DRC
Mobutu man Kabuya Lumuna poised for oil sector comeback with Luanda?

The former president of the Congolese commission on continental shelf which worked on an extension to DRC's maritime rights is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

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