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Congo
New Age's stake in Marine XII turning heads

Several heavyweight oil industry players have their eyes on the 25% stake the junior would like to have off its hands.

Subscribers only Energy 09.04.2019

DRC
India happy to power Tshisekedi's electricity projects

The three loans granted to the Congolese government by India's state-owned bank EximBank (Export-Import Bank of India) last month for [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 09.04.2019

Gabon
New hydrocarbons code delays penalise bid round

In the thick of its roadshow to promote 35 new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.04.2019

DRC
AfDB comes to Tshisekedi's aid with electricity sector at half-mast

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed its first big [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 09.04.2019

Gabon
The inside story on the sacking of Maixent Accrombessi

The meetings followed each other until late into the night at the presidential palace on Friday March 29. The dilemma [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.04.2019

Congo
ENI offers gas to help miners ward off energy crisis

The Italian major is planning to offer mining firms a share of its ambitious future gas production from its Congo-B blocks.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 02.04.2019

DRC
France out in force at DRC Mining Week

Convinced that there are opportunities to be had for French [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2019

DRC
Gecamines and Sodimico agents threaten sit-in over human rights abuse

On March 27, employees of Gecamines, Societe de developpement industriel [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2019

DRC
Minexco, still going strong in copper and cobalt

After securing a first footing in Manono with a lithium [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2019

DRC
Equity Drilling, more Katanga-compatible than ever with Serge Ngandu on board

To boost business in the former Katanga province, the Guernsey-based [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.04.2019

DRC, United States
Who's going to Washington with Tshisekedi?

For his first official visit to the United States since becoming president, scheduled for April 2-7, Felix Tshisekedi, will travel [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2019

France, Gabon
Financial prosecutor's office takes up Santullo case

Gabon recently opened up a new front in Paris in its legal dispute with Sericom, founded by the late Guido Santullo. An investigation.

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2019

Congo, France
Bernard Kouchner lends Sassou a helping hand

The former French minister Bernard Kouchner has been approached to reform the Congolese health service, just as he was previously in Gabon by Omar Bongo.

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2019

Congo
Sassou to the rescue of his advisor Obili

Taken by surprise by the arrest of Wilfrid Magloire Obili, a legal advisor to Denis Sassou Nguesso, on 14 March [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2019

DRC
UN responds to Felix Tshisekedi's appeal

The Security Council of the United Nations is poised to reach an agreement to keep MONUSCO forces in place until [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2019

Congo, Israel
Sassou Nguesso trades forests for concrete

Faced with a liquidity crisis, Brazzaville has been issuing forest permits to ensure that a number of construction projects continue.

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2019

DRC, United States
Francois Nkuna Balumuene paves way for Tshisekedi's visit

Appointed as Congo-K's ambassador to the United States by Joseph Kabila back in 2015, Francois Nkuna Balumuene recently signed a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2019

Gabon
Sylver Aboubakar Minko-Mi-Nseme, Ali Bongo's man in Rabat

In late February, Gabon's ambassador to Togo, the 51-year-old Muslim Sylver Aboubakar Minko-Mi-Nseme, was appointed as the ambassador to Morocco, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2019

DRC, France
Jean-Yves Le Drian due in Kinshasa soon

The French minister of Europe and foreign affairs, Jean-Yves Le [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.03.2019

Cameroon
The uncertain fate of Africa 24

Parties interested in taking over Afrimedia, the owner of the [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2019

France, Gabon
Julien Nkoghe Bekale on charm offensive in Paris

Amid economic stagnation and French companies deserting the country (or [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2019

Congo
S&P rating agency gives mixed assessment

Despite ‘persistent institutional and economic risks', S&P Global confirmed in [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2019

Congo
Valentin Ambende Nguesso manages his uncle's assets

The nephew of Denis Sassou Nguesso, Valentin Ambende Nguesso aka [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2019

DRC
Tshisekedi plays new oil card, Adalbert Jules Makutu

One of the earliest supporters of the President Felix Tshisekedi's UDPS party, Adalbert Jules Makutu has been appointed to head [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.03.2019

Congo, Gabon
Jean-Philippe Amvame's sweeping spring cleaning at Philia

According to our sources, nearly the entire Genevan office of trading house Philia Consulting has been sacked. In late February, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.03.2019

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