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Cameroon
Thumbs up from Biya for Victoria

The British company has won the official support of Cameroon’s president and the regime’s dignitaries for its development work on the Logbaba field.

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.2013

China, DRC
Trading dams for minerals

The governor of West Kasai province, Alex Kande, and the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.11.2013

DRC
Triomf zeros in on Lower Congo phosphates

A newcomer in Congo-K’s phosphates, the South African firm Triomf which specializes in the branch, plans to set up a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.11.2013

DRC
Crucial turning point for Mawson West

A small producer of copper in Congo-K since 2010, Australia's Mawson West, listed in Toronto and partly owned by MMG [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.11.2013

DRC
EITI: Congo-K threatened with ban

The Democratic Republic of Congo could be on the verge [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.11.2013

Cameroon
Biya to visit English-speaking zone

Paul Biya is due to visit the English-speaking south-west in December to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cameroon's reunification.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2013

Congo
Charm offensive on Moscow

Denis Sassou Nguesso has tasked his 'super-minister' Jean-Jacques Bouya with wooing the Russians.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2013

Gabon
Ali takes local elections in hand

Several investigations into how Gabonese see the PDG party have led Ali Bongo to take personal charge of preparations for the local elections.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2013

Angola, Congo
Luanda snubs Brazzaville

Republic of Congo's foreign Minister Basile Ikouébé and security minister [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2013

Gabon
2G delivers ultimatum to Libreville

Lawyers acting for Goran Gogov, the head of architecture firm [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.11.2013

Gabon
Alain-Claude Kouakoua (Mika Services)

Alain-Claude Kouakoua, the 53-year-old deputy chairman of Gabon's Chamber of [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.11.2013

Gabon
GOC

Companies that won blocks in Gabon's deep offshore in an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

DRC
Stormy debate on electricity bill

A bill enshrining new electricity legislation that was approved by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Gabon
Sinopec bets on Accrombessi

According to our sources, a delegation of officials from the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Gabon | Libreville
Elenilto in offshore play

The Israeli group Elenilto headed by Jacob Engel is pushing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Cameroon | Douala
Sterling still stalled on Ntem

Although Sterling Energy is switching strategy and selling off some [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Cameroon
Arbitration in RSM case

Engaged in arbitration since this summer (AEI 701), the American [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2013

Burundi
Bujumbura to act as industry watchdog

Mining companies operating in Burundi like Flemish Investment Burundi, Rainbow International and Burundi Mining Metallurgy can breathe a sigh of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.11.2013

DRC
Jeremy Mack Dumba

National coordinator of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Jeremy Mack Dumba, a professor in development economy at the Cheikh [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.11.2013

DRC
Where are SCIM's diamonds?

The management of diamond producer Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA), the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.11.2013

DRC
Dan Gertler to bid for KCC’s 20%

According to sources in London, the Fleurette group owned by [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.11.2013

Congo
Sassou redraws his security circle

Sasssou Nguesso has recalled several high-ranking officers who worked with him when he came to power in 1997 to improve presidential palace security.

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2013

Gabon
Ali beefs up PR for local elections

Feverish in the run-up to the local elections in November, Ali Bongo has brought in his half-sister to bolster his PR team.

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2013

Congo
AFD gets busy in Congo-B

The AFD is set to ramp up its activities in [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.10.2013

Congo
Commisimpex still fighting Brazzaville

Lawyers representing Mohsen Hojeij's Commisimpex are working flat out to [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.10.2013

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