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Central African Republic
Samba Panza succession line-up

Despite the continued instability in Central African Republic there is no shortage of candidates to succeed interim president Catherine Samba Panza.

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2015

Congo
Sassou Nguesso smarts over OIF snub

The Congolese ambassador to Paris Henri Lopes is still licking his wounds over failing to secure the leadership of La Francophonie.

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2015

Congo
Well runs dry for contractors

With oil prices falling below $50, the Republic of Congo's government is struggling to pay its bills.

Subscribers only Business 21.01.2015

Congo, France
Sasssou’s press freedom posturing

Denis Sassou-Nguesso condemned the attack on freedom of expression in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.01.2015

Gabon
Agatour in the red

Agatour, (Agence Gabonaise de Developpement et de Promotion du Tourisme [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.01.2015

Gabon
Henri-Max Ndong Nzue, Total’s new standard-bearer in Libreville

Henri-Max Ndong Nzue succeeded Frenchman Benoit Chague as head of [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.01.2015

Spotlight | Congo
ENI's friends in Sassou Nguesso country

The Italian major is relentlessly tightening its grip on various sedimentary basins in Congo. In doing so it can count on the assistance of eager supporters in government in Brazzaville and it plans to profit from that support to fatten [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Chad, Niger | NEWCOMERS
NOTCO, new firm to export Agadam's oil

The decision to set up and assign the Niger Oil Transportation Corp (NOTCO) to build and operate the Niger section [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

DRC
Oriental province governor takes Total to task

The provincial authorities deny having unduly favoured a road construction concern to build Total an access route on block 3.

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Gabon
Prime Minister upbraids the ONEP union

According to a letter dated Jan 15 that Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo dispatched, and which Africa Energy Intelligence [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

DRC
Kabila stumbles at starting line in race for electricity

With the 2016 presidential election firmly in mind, Congo president Joseph Kabila is working to speed up the inauguration of his hydro power projects.

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Gabon
Henri Max Ndong Nzue takes over for Total

After operating in Gabon for more than 50 years, Total Gabon has finally gotten around to appointing a Gabonese national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

Cameroon | Junior
Victoria Oil & Gas in a hurry

Signed only a month ago, a two year contract for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2015

DRC
Mining firms fear civil strife in Katanga

President Joseph Kabila’s decision to strip Katanga governor Moise Katumbi of his functions as provincial chief of the PPRD party has triggered tension in Katanga.

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

DRC
Mai Mai fighters figure in mining strategies

A report on the impact of the Dodd-Frank act on eastern Congo issued in December by the Egmont think tank, [...]

Free access Mining 13.01.2015

DRC
Banro waits for windfall from Abu Dhabi leader's family

Gold Holding, an investment fund owned by the family of leader of Abu Dhabi which is now mainly involved in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Gabon | GOLD
Charm offensive on investors in Cape Town

Africa Mining Intelligence understands that the Societe Equatoriale des Mines (SEM) will unveil a series of gold projects at the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

DRC
Profusion of traceability systems in the east

A report by the Belgian think tank Egmont (see above) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

DRC
Mawson West finds funding for Kapulo

In selling a majority of its shares in Britain’s Galena [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Gabon
Gabon to revive Dousseoussou marble quarry

Libreville is seeking an investor to revive the marble quarry [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.01.2015

Congo
Bishop Mbuyu defies Sassou

Louis Portella Mbuyu, the 72-year-old Bishop of Kinkala and chairman of the Republic of Congo’s Episcopal Conference, was the main [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2015

Cameroon, France
Sofema maintains Alpha Jet

Sofema, a French company headed by Guillaume Giscard d’Estaing, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Gabon
SEEG seeks to recover CFA 14 billion

In his official 2015 New Year’s greeting message, President Ali [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Congo
Commisimpex case in court

New hearings took place before the OHADA Arbitration Court in [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

Congo
Julienne Johnson Sassou invests in bricks and mortar

Julienne - "Joujou" - Johnson Sassou, the president of the [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2015

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