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Central Africa

Gabon
Bongo adds new staff to boost election chances

The Gabonese president has taken on some new members of staff to help boost his chances in the forthcoming elections.

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

Chad
AU votes for President Idriss Deby

The African Union (AU) is so sure that incumbent Idriss [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

Central African Republic
William Perkins freezes Desire Kolingba’s assets

PR chief William Perkins got down to business after a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

Congo
Frederic Pons editor of Geopolitique Africaine

French journalist Frederic Pons, formerly of Valeurs Actuelles, has been [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

Angola, Sao Tome and Principe
The people behind the mysterious Sinoangol firm

Sinoangol, a joint venture between state-owned Chinese and Angolan groups, is making discreet headway in Sao Tome’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Gabon, Nigeria
Addax rules out layoffs to make life easier for everybody

Africa Energy Intelligence has learned that Yi Zhang, the managing director of Addax Petroleum (Sinopec group) has finally decided to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Cameroon
Victoria Oil & Gas goes whole hog to boost revenue

The local subsidiary of Britain’s Victoria Oil & Gas, Gaz du Cameroun, has landed new sales contracts as it plans [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Cameroon
Morocco’s Platinum Power plants its flag

After two full years of talks with the Cameroonian authorities, Morocco’s Platinum Power is about to open an office in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Gabon
Engandji wins the top job at Gabon Oil Co

Named as administrator of state-controlled Gabon Oil Co (GOC) last [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Gabon
Energy Minister sees loyalty as prime virtue when hiring

In setting up his staff, Gabon’s new energy minister, Guy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

DRC
Randgold explores but frets about new mining code

Production at the Kibali gold mine in 2015 ought to have topped the 600,000 oz mark that had previously been [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
CNMC bolsters its positions

China's CNMC already plans to build two plants in Katanga and has other projects up his sleeve.

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
Yet another batch of new bosses at state-controlled MIBA

The MIBA (Societe Miniere de Bakwanga) moves from one management crisis to another. On Jan. 12, portfolio minister Louise Munga [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Burundi
Nyangoma set on revising contracts

The opposition in Burundi wants current mining contracts to be modified. Leonard Nyangoma, chairman of the CNARED coalition (it stands [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
Diamonds: Wang Bin throws in towel

A farm-out contract for diamonds on the Sankura River between [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
Audits loom large for contracts

Some 28 measures were adopted by the government on Jan. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
Kalehe’s small scale miners summoned to meeting

Delphin Birimbi, chairman of a civil society organization in Kalehe [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

DRC
Mukungwe families bury the hatchet

A meeting organized by Banro Corp at the end of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2016

Gabon
Afric Aviation: new chapter in dispute between Etouke, Regourd

An audit of Alfred-Pierre Etouke's management of the company commissioned by his French partner Alain Regourd has thrown damaging light on the case.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2016

Congo
Candidates vie to head ARPCE

Candidates are lining up to succeed Yves Castanou as head of the Republic of Congo’s strategic telecommunications regulatory body ARPCE.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2016

Congo, Gabon
Bongo Jr works on 'granddad' Sassou's campaign

Omar Denis Jr Bongo, the 22-year-old son of the late Omar Bongo and Edith Lucie Sassou Nguesso, has been hired [...]

Subscribers only 27.01.2016

Chad
Lol Mahamat Choua, the invisible candidate

It seems unlikely that Lol Mahamat Choua will give President Idriss Deby much of a run for his money in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.01.2016

Gabon
Allegiance Airways Gabon acquired by Sidonie Ouwe

Sidonie Flore Ouwe, 44, who became the chairwoman of Gabon’s [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2016

Congo
Canal Plus launches digital terrestrial channel

Hot on the heels of the all-news channel Africanews, on [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2016

Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo’s agriculture VIP

Singaporean food and industry giant Olam, headed by Gagan Gupta, [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2016

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