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Central Africa

Gabon
Obangue workers evicted

The Gabonese authorities were clearly intent on flexing their muscles when they wrested control of the Obangue oil field from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2013

Gabon
Pirates plant flag in Libreville

Already handicapped in its efforts to attract new oil companies to Gabon, Libreville is now confronting a potential influx of pirates from Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2013

DRC
Bamanisa in fresh call on Belgians

The governor of Orientale province, Jean Bamanisa, is asking for Belgium’s assistance in new power and mining projects.

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2013

Congo
Coraf

Gabon's Jean-Philippe Amvame, the 44-year-old boss of the trading concern [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2013

Spotlight | DRC
A very rough ride for cassiterite trade

Hit successively by a government ban on mining tin in 2010 and then American restrictions under the Dodd Frank Act in 2011 followed by incursions by the M23 militias in 2012, Congo-K's tin-related industries seem close to collapse. But even [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

DRC
Drought hits at TFM’s cobalt output

Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM), whose main stakeholder is the American group Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), is going to have to reduce deliveries [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

DRC
Alex Van Hoeken

The boss of Kilo Goldmines could be forgiven for feeling optimistic. The Dutch national Alex Van Hoeken recently registered promising [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

DRC
Fair Links to defi ne scope of EITI

According to Africa Mining Intelligence’s sources, the economic and financial [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

DRC
Bottom falls out of cassiterite market

Times are tough for mining operators in North Kivu. According [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

DRC
Gecamines and the World Bank before the courts

The forthcoming inauguration of labour courts that employment and labour [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

DRC
Diamonds: The Banque Centrale du Congo and Belgolaise cleared by magistrate's court

The Tribunal Correctionnel de Bruxelles recently acquitted the Banque Centrale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.07.2013

Cameroon
Marafa makes trouble for ruling RDPC

Imprisoned Marafa Hamidou Yaya Marafa and Iya Mohammed Iya have cast a long shadow over the ruling RDPC in the lead-up to Cameroon’s parliamentary elections.

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2013

Congo
Mbalam ore sparks ire

The highly sought-after Mbalam iron ore field is at the centre of a no-holds-barred struggle between Australian mining company Sundance and the Chinese group Hanlong.

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2013

Gabon
Bongo sees dissidents everywhere

With Gabon's end-of-year local elections looming, President Ali Bongo is still struggling to win over voters in several key provinces.

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2013

Cameroon
RIS poised for legal action against Cameroon

Rotorcraft International Services, (RIS) the security company owned by Franco-Israeli [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.07.2013

Gabon
DIEUDONNÉ ONDOUNGA AWASSI (CNLCEI)

While few Gabonese people are convinced of its effectiveness in [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.07.2013

Gabon
Addax negotiates with Ngoubou

A raft of executives from Addax Petroleum turned up in early July in Libreville for talks with oil minister Etienne [...]