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Central Africa

Congo, DRC
Felix Tshisekedi steps carefully in Brazzaville

In a sign of a certain reserve felt towards Denis Sassou Nguesso, the new president of Congo-K, Felix Tshisekedi (aka [...]

Free access Diplomacy 13.02.2019

Gabon
The blunder that prompted a government reshuffle

Due to be sworn in on 13 February in Rabat, the new mines minister Tondy Ondo Mba owes his new position to an error of judgement by his predecessor, Christian Magnagna. The latest revelations.

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

Gabon
Ali Bongo rubber stamps mayoral appointments

Still convalescing in Morocco, Ali Bongo has left it up to his lieutenants to appoint new personnel following October's general election.

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

DRC, United States
Felix Tshisekedi launches Trump charm offensive

Barely installed as president, Felix Tshisekedi has already retained the services of US lobbying firms. In late January, the new [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

Angola, DRC, Kenya
Felix Tshisekedi's private jet

For his first trip outside Congo-K on 5 and 6 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.02.2019

Gabon, Kenya, United Nations
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga to head up UNON

The 59-year-old Gabonese diplomat Parfait Onanga-Anyanga is tipped to take [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.02.2019

Spotlight | Congo
Marine XI: Goma pressures Coastal/Soco while Mercuria lies ready to pounce

The Congolese director of hydrocarbons Teresa Goma has given the three Marine XI partners - Africa Oil & Gas Corp (AOGC), WNR and Soco - until February 15 to secure an operator or the state could soon look for another [.

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

DRC
How Dig Oil landed ticket for Cuvette Centrale in the final hour

According to our sources, Dig Oil is understood to have snapped up blocks 8, 23 and 24 of the Cuvette [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Chad
Caracal Energy: Glencore could pack its bags for good after Cameroon's quasi-withdrawal

The giant commodity trader Glencore, which entered the oil and gas arena in 2013 with the purchase of Canadian group [...]

Free access Energy 12.02.2019

Chad
Deby's alliance with the UAE powered by the sun

Days after stepping into his role as minister of petroleum and energy (see here), Mahamat Hamid Koua signed a memorandum [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

DRC
Blocked from key files, Tshisekedi asserts grip of electricity

Forced to sit on the bench over security matters, which the outgoing President Joseph Kabila should continue to oversee (WAN [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Congo
Debt negotiations: Lucien Ebata's fall from grace

Two years after being named "special advisor on foreign funding", the former trader Lucien Ebata has lost his place as the country's main go-between with lenders.

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Chad
Mahamat Koua quickly snatchs back oil seat from Hinda pal

Appointed minister of petroleum on January 21, Aziza Mariam Al Bachir was only in the seat for a short week [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

DRC
Tshisekedi unveils first oil commando unit in Luanda

For his first overseas trip as head of state - [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2019

Gabon
[Exclusive] What happened to the putschists arrested on January 7 in Libreville

The four soldiers arrested after the January 7 putsch attempt in Libreville (WAN 791; WAN 792) were transferred during the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.02.2019

DRC
Tiger finetuned operations to turn around falling output at Kipoi

The cash-bare Tiger Resources is pulling out all the stops to bump up copper output in Kipoi.

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

DRC
Olive Mudekereza rides into parliament on anti-Banro wave

His work to improve the living conditions of South Kivu's small-scale miners could very well have helped entrepreneur Mudekereza Namegabe, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

DRC
Battle for right to operate Shamika's former concessions

Tensions have been on a knife's edge since January at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

Cameroon
Yaounde digs into cobalt and nickel in Lomie

Wanting to catch the wave of surging demand for battery [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

DRC
Agere Global helps mines-focused lawyer Emery Mukendi take on the world

A heavyweight of Congo's mining industry, where he represented both [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2019

DRC
Indaba 2019: Felix Tshisekedi short of mining representatives

Taking place as it is just a few weeks after the election of Felix Tshisekedi as president of Congo-K, the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2019

France, Gabon
Bongo family property searched in Avenue Foch

Examining magistrate Dominique Blanc, who started work on the "Ill-Gotten Gains" affair last year, has lost no time. Blanc, who [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.01.2019

DRC
Martin Fayulu keeps up pressure

Although he ultimately decided to turn up to the National Assembly with his fellow MPs from the Lamuka coalition, Martin [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.01.2019

DRC
Felix Tshisekedi meets with Kabila's security chiefs

Barely elected as president, Felix Tshisekedi has provoked the first [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.2019

Congo
Hassan Attie's tower due by year's end

The boss of the construction firm Burotop Iris, Hassan Attie, [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.01.2019

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