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Central Africa

Gabon
Total & ENI on the offensive

European majors initially excluded from the bidding round in Gabon’s deep offshore are now back in the picture. Admitted at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Gabon
Work slow to take off on Obangue

Production stuttered to a stop when work on Obangue was handed over from Gabon Oil Co to Addax.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

DRC
Miners still come to Inga’s rescue

The problem of silt and sand in canals leading to the Inga 1& 2 dams could be resolved with the help of mining firms.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Chad
Ngote Gali Koutou

Chad president Idriss Deby has appointed Ngote Gali Koutou as his new chief-of-staff. Since 2011 Koutou had served as deputy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Gabon
Desire Guedon

In Gabon’s latest government reshuffle in late January, the country’s oil minister, Etienne Ngoubou, was shorn of his electricity brief, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

DRC
Perenco tangles with army

According to our sources, the Congolese army recently sent staff [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Cameroon
Sterling throws caution to the winds on Ntem

Exploration is to resume on the Ntem offshore concession which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Cameroon
...and Dana presses ahead on Bakassi

Although the majority of people in the region consider themselves [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

DRC
New delay for Katende

Construction of the 64 MW hydro power dam at Katende [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Cameroon
RSM still in arbitration mode

Although the RSM Production firm owned by U.S. national Jack [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

DRC
Joseph Bienvenu Mabondo

Joseph Bienvenu Mabondo, chief of human resources for Perenco RDC, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Gabon
Manganese: Comilog no longer alone

Thanks to the arrival of new operators in the key sector of manganese, Gabon should well succeed in producing a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2014

Gabon
Bechtel holds all the infrastructure cards

Even if the Belinga iron ore project has yet to find a new operator following the official withdrawal of China's [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2014

DRC
Diamond mining set to start at Tshibwe

The firm Societe Anhui Congo d'Investissement Minier (SACIM) is preparing to start extracting diamonds at the Tshibwe deposit. SACIM is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2014

DRC
Conflict between MIBA and East Kasai governor

With diamond output collapsing last year in Democratic Republic of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.02.2014

Spotlight | Gabon
New generation elbows out elders

The electoral calendar determines the political timetable in Gabon. Profiting from the recent round of local elections, President Ali Bongo has taken a scalpel to the teams that are supposed to carry out his orders.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Central African Republic
Sassou, queen-maker in Bangui

Although he will not attend her inauguration on January 23, Denis Sassou Nguesso had a decisive role in Catherine Samba-Panza's appointment as Central African Republic's interim president. With Paris and Washington's blessing.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Congo
Blaise's woes worry Sassou

Sassou Nguesso is concerned there could be massive defections from the PCT similar to the ones that have recently hit Burkina Faso's ruling party.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Congo
Africanews to launch in Brazzaville

Euronews has announced it will launch a new pan-African all [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.01.2014

Gabon
Heenan Blaikie advises Gabon

Canadian Heenan Blaikie's Paris office of advised the Gabonese government [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.01.2014

Burundi
Bujumbura the donor’s darling

With one of the smallest electrification rates on the continent, Burundi is being offered major-league assistance by multilateral donors. That makes it a paradise for consultants and builders.

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

DRC
François Xavier de Donnea

A former Belgian cooperation and defense minister and now chairman of the Belgian parliament's external relations committee, Francois Xavier de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

Cameroon
Victoria & RSM make up

In the wake of an arbitration proceeding that restored its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

DRC
Francois Perrodo

Francois Perrodo, chairman and son of the founder of Perenco, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

DRC
Crispin Atama

Crispin Atama, Congo-K's oil minister, received officials from Perenco in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.01.2014

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