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Central African Republic
Adam negotiates with Deby

Michel Djotodia's resignation as interim president was the object of negotiations that saw strongman Nourredine Adam obtain Nicolas Tiangaye's ouster.

Subscribers only Politics 15.01.2014

Chad
Simba loses its acreage

The three licenses owned by the Canadian company have been cancelled by Chad’s government.

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Cameroon
Grynberg back in play

Forced to pay the arrears he owed to Victoria, the American oilman can now claim the right to return to the Logbaba project and enjoy the fallout from new developments.

Free access Energy 14.01.2014

DRC
Kalpataru wins good marks

The Indian concern Kalpataru is making fast headway in building a transmission line between the Inga dam and Kinshasa. That puts it in a good stead to win other contracts.

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Chad
Mahamat Nasser Hassan

Chad’s former oil minister, Mahamat Nasser Hassan, will leave N’Djamena in coming weeks to become ambassador to Washington. Nasser, who [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

DRC
Virunga still a hot issue

It won’t be until November that the findings of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

DRC | Muanda
Blaise Mbatshi

Blaise Mbatshi, son of a legislator in the Congolese Parliament, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Cameroon
Guessing game at Binga for W. African Minerals

The West African Minerals Corporation (WAMC) is due to publish a first estimate of its maiden resource at the Binga [...]

Free access Mining 07.01.2014

Congo
Equatorial Resources’ target for 2014

By the end of 2013 Equatorial Resources had made headway with a certain number of the key points in its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

DRC
Tommy Lo Seen Chong

Boss of several trust companies and holding concerns, including Intercontinental Trust based in Mauritius, Singapore, Seychelles and South Africa, businessman [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

DRC
Deep drilling in Kipushi

Ivanhoe Mines is scheduled to begin a diamond drilling campaign [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

DRC
MIBA: Kabwelulu plays Father Christmas

Visiting MBuju-Mayi on Christmas eve with national assets minister Louise [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.01.2014

Insiders | Congo
Jean-Jacques Bouya, management by clan of key economic sectors

Despite having a non-military background and no direct involvement in the oil industry, Jean-Jacques Bouya has become a highly influential [...]

Subscribers only 06.01.2014

Gabon
The firms denied in deep offshore

Two Western majors put in very low financial bids to operate in Gabon’s deep offshore and, as a consequence, were spurned by Libreville.

Free access Energy 31.12.2013

DRC
Inga 1 and Inga 2 bog down

With talks on the Inga 3 dam stepping up, restoration of the two existing dams is continuing to run into snags.

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Gabon
Oil bill to wait until 2015

The first drafts of Gabon’s new oil and gas code [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Gabon | Port-Gentil
Denis Chatelan

Denis Chatelan, managing director of Perenco in Gabon, has come [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

DRC | Kinshasa
Rajiv Shah

Rajiv Shah, administrator of USAID, visited the Inga dam site [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Cameroon
Reprieve for Grynberg

It was undoubtedly the first arbitration case won by the American firm RSM headed by Jack Grynberg who’s certainly no novice when it comes to legal proceedings.

Subscribers only Energy 31.12.2013

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Michel Djotodia's mission impossible

Incapable of mastering a situation that seems to have been beyond his control since he took power in March, Michel Djotodia, Central African Republic's interim president, could end up jeopardizing the prospect of a smooth transition towards elections in 2015.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Congo
All over for Marcel Ntsourou

In custody after a military-style raid ordered by Sassou Nguesso, Marcel Ntsourou, the former number two of the Congolese intelligence services had spoken out against the regime a bit too loudly.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Cameroon
Marcel Niat Njifendji's VIP pose

Surrounded by large numbers of security staff, the new chairman [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Congo
Planetic wins contract in Pointe-Noire

Planetic, which was founded in 2009 by Benjamin d'Hardemare, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.12.2013

Cameroon
Herakles Farms Cameroon under scrutiny

The US company Herakles Farms Cameroon has come under attack [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.12.2013

Gabon
MADELEINE BERRE (CPG)

Madeleine Berre, 46, the director of the Gabonese subsidiary of [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.12.2013

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