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Central Africa

Cameroon, Congo, Gabon
Miners-BEAC faceoff on banking reform for early October

Representatives of mining and oil & gas operations in Gabon, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

Spotlight | Cameroon
Globeleq keen to keep earning from Kribi and Dibamba power plants

The recent restructuring of Cameroon's electricity sector has led to talks between British producer Globeleq and local counterparts.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 30.09.2019

DRC
Who backs Belgian prince Emmanuel de Merode's hydro projects?

It's not only traditional donor institutions that back Emmanuel de Merode's power plants in North Kivu: billionaires, film stars, diplomats and an energy expert also help keep the electricity flowing.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 30.09.2019

Angola, DRC
Felix Tshisekedi's security pact with Joao Lourenco

Obliged to accommodate his predecessor Joseph Kabila at home, the Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi is trying to strengthen his hand abroad through a rapprochement with Angola, which was always on very distant terms with Kabila.

Free access Politics 25.09.2019

France, Gabon
Dominique Blanc keeps ill-gotten gains inquiry alive

Officially, the investigation into the Bongo family's property assets in France (the so-called ‘ill-gotten gains' inquiry) was closed by Judge [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Cameroon
Eric Chinje turns private consultant

The only journalist to have interviewed President Paul Biya on national television, Eric Chinje recently set up his own consulting [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Central Africa, West Africa
Guess what of September 25, 2019

Visa | Bilateral meeting | Security caps | Home visit

Free access Guess what ? 25.09.2019

Gabon
Arbitration ruling goes against Real Madrid's ex-treasurer and Eurofinsa

Contracted in 2012 to build the RN 1 and renovate the Omar Bongo stadium, the Spanish construction firm Eurofinsa has lost its compensation claim at the ICC in Paris.

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Chad
Ex-rebel Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim joins Idriss Deby's team

The former defence minister turned rebel, Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim, has been appointed as a special advisor to President Idriss Deby. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Congo
War of the cousins around Denis Sassou Nguesso

Holed up in his native stronghold of Oyo in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Chad
Parliamentary elections: a fresh nightmare for Idriss Deby

The Chadian president is putting constant pressure on the Commission [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.09.2019

Central Africa
Madrid becomes Deutsche Bank's African bridgehead

Headed by Ignacio Ramiro, Deutsche Bank's structured financing team based [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Cameroon
Who will partner TIL at port of Douala?

Having won the contract for the container terminal concession at [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Spotlight | Angola, Nigeria
How Shell tucked in behind Somoil for Angolan comeback

To cover the missing funds for the development of its block 2/05, Somoil, an Angolan junior oil company founded during Eduardo Dos Santos's era by the former vice president Manuel Vicente and minister of petroleum at the time Desiderio da [.