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Congo
Sassou reins in the North

Concerned about opposition from within his regime, President Sassou Nguesso is cracking down on any hint of dissention in his own support base.

Subscribers only Politics 05.06.2013

Gabon
Media coverage prompts spat with Paris

President Ali Bongo is unhappy about French media coverage of Gabon's affairs and has snubbed Paris in return.

Subscribers only Politics 05.06.2013

Gabon
Bongo falls out with Gabon's Corsicans

Like other French business people who were once pally with Omar Bongo, the head of the construction, casino and airline group Kabi is on poor terms with Ali Bongo.

Subscribers only Politics 05.06.2013

Gabon
Bongo gets VIP treatment in Paris

Ali Bongo finally agreed to attend a lunch at the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.06.2013

Gabon
Addax v Gabon: tribunal appointed

Swiss legal expert Pierre-Yves Tschanz has been appointed to chair [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.06.2013

Congo
Unicon sky-high in Congo-B

While awaiting Guinean President Alpha Conde’s inauguration of the new [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.06.2013

Gabon
Exxon, Chevon & Noble are wary

Gabon’s president is working flat out to attract American oil firms to the country’s deep offshore. But with little success so far.

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

DRC
Total mulls strategy on block 3

Despite environmental issues linked to the Virunga national park and security concerns, Total is continuing to press ahead with exploration in eastern Congo-K.

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

DRC
Strong push for Inga 3

During a closed-door meeting with donors in Paris on May 19, Congo-K’s electricity minister, Bruno Kapandji Kalala, made a strong [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

Gabon
Ngoubou issues veiled threat

The president of the Union Petroliere Gabonaise, Jacqueline Binoumba, recently [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

Document | Chad
Griffiths & CAC state their case

The oil consultant of Canada’s Griffiths Energy, FTI Consulting, has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

Cameroon
Perenco finances its FSO

Perenco has put together a $100 million loan for the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.06.2013

Spotlight | DRC
Mines minister Kabwelulu in firing line

Mines minister Martin Kabwelulu seems to have walked straight into a storm. The object of a motion of censure by an opposition legislator, Germain Kamdinga, in early May, Kabwelulu will find himself in the crosshairs of many other MPs in [.

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

DRC
Ivanplats sticks to target regardless of cost

African Minerals Barbados Limited (AMBL), a joint venture in which Ivanplats, a Toronto-listed firm that holds 95% alongside the Congolese [...]

Free access Mining 28.05.2013

Central African Republic | DIAMONDS
Djono Ahaba to visit South Africa in early June

Herbert Gontran Djono Ahaba has had a pretty difficult month of May. The Central African Republic’s minister of mines, oil, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

DRC | Kinshasa
Gold: Chinese told to stop

The Cooperative Miniere de Developpement (COMID), a Chinese firm that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.05.2013

Spotlight | Gabon
Emerging nation, or not

On one hand there is the macro-economic Gabon, whose numbers seem to tell that longed-for African success story: The economy is expected to grow 5.5% in 2013, slower than 7.2% in 2012 but a significant improvement on the annual 2% [.

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2013

Congo
Sassou focuses on 2016

Capitalising on the good publicity of his role in Operation Serval, Denis Sassou Nguesso now has more leeway to wangle the constitutional change that would enable him to run for office again.

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2013

Congo
Sassou on edge

Agents of the Republic of Congo’s National Security Council, headed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2013

Congo
JOSE VEIGA (Asperbras)

Jose Veiga was appointed the managing director of Asperbras Congo [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.05.2013

DRC
Buffet’s son joins Virunga project

The son of the renowned American billionaire has agreed to help finance power stations in the natural reserve in eastern Congo-K and Rwanda.

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Nicolas Michel

According to our sources, the United Nations mediator in the territorial dispute over ownership of the potentially oil-rich Mbanie islet [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Cameroon
Verdict soon for RSM

An arbitration tribunal which is due to decide on a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

Chad
Canaccord Genuity

In December 2011 when Griffiths Energy International, which is active [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

DRC | Kinshasa
Francois Misser

Francois Misser, a journalist specializing in Africa's Great Lakes region, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2013

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