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Central Africa

Congo
First well drilled in central basin

A well is to drilled in coming months on Congo-B’s side of the central basin that many view as the last frontier in Central Africa.

Free access Energy 13.05.2014

Burundi
AZ Petroleum waves goodbye

The Nigerian company has decided to relinquish its block after doing no significant work on it. But its neighbours aren’t all that active, either.

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.2014

DRC
Gertler in electricity play

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, who is very close to Congolese president Joseph Kabila, is seeking to diversify his operations in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.2014

DRC, Nigeria
Kapandji touts Inga 3 at Abuja

The Inga 3 project came up for discussion during the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.2014

DRC
The woes of Katende dam

A strike that began three months ago at the railway [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.05.2014

Congo
Elemental bounces back after Dingyi fiasco

Elemental Minerals, an explorer which owns the Sintoukola potash project in Congo-B, hasn’t wasted much time since a $160 takeover [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2014

DRC
Diggers holding up Trafigura at Lupoto

A subsidiary of the Dutch trading company Trafigura, Luna Mining, is still waiting for the Congolese authorities to clear illicit [...]

Free access Mining 06.05.2014

Central African Republic
Noureddine Adam

Former minister in charge of security and public order under ex-president Michel Djotodia, Noureddine Adam has been activating his connections [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2014

Belgium, DRC
Claudine Thimanga

Belgian economists Stefaan Marysse and Claudine Thimanga from the Centre de Recherche et d’Expertise sur l’Afrique Centrale (CREAC) in Brussels [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2014

DRC | KINSHASA
CNMC Huachin spreads its wings

The governor of Katanga province, Moise Katumbi, last month inaugurated [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2014

Gabon
Assmang targets Gabon's iron ore

A South African producer of iron, chrome and manganese, Assmang, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2014

DRC
Kinshasa

George Arthur Forrest, chairman of Groupe Forrest International (GFI) who [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2014

Central African Republic
Samba-Panza still struggling

Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza has not managed to restore order in Bangui. Insecurity remains the major concern.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2014

Congo
Ambassadors on a shoe-string

In the Republic of Congo, growing numbers of up-and-coming young diplomats would rather stay at home than be posted to impoverishment abroad.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2014

Gabon
Jean Ping on warpath

Ali Bongo's regime is coming under attack at home as well as abroad - from Jean Ping, the former African Union commission chief who is mobilising opposition to Bongo in Libreville.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2014

Angola, Congo
"Zedu" snubs Sassou

Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s planned visit to Angola on April 23 was [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2014

Congo
PEPA poised to drill in Congo-B

The new Congolese oil company Petroleum Exploration & Production Africa [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2014

Congo
AOGC obtains stakes in several Congo-B oil fields

Africa Oil and Gas Corporation (AOGC), headed by Denis Gokana [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2014

Congo
Serge Ikiemi (MCO Bank)

After managing Western Union branches in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire, [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2014

DRC
Kabila set on 2015 start for Inga

Although the World Bank’s representative in Kinshasa, Eustache Ouayoro, said in March that ground wouldn’t be broken for Inga 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2014

Chad | Ndjamena
Former Borno state governor in oil talks

According to our sources, the chairman of SAS Petroleum and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2014

Gabon
Sales tax furore

The Union Petroliere Gabonaise (UPOEGA), a local association that represents [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2014

Angola, Equatorial Guinea
Paul Hastings

An investigation into bribes paid by SBM Offshore in Angola [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2014

Angola, Chad | Luanda
Idriss Deby

Idriss Deby, president of Chad, travelled to Angola in April [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2014

DRC | Goma
Crispin Atama

Crispin Atama, Congo-K’s oil minister, is working to persuade public [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.04.2014

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