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Central Africa

Chad, Niger
CNPC wants to use Doba/Kribi

The Chinese company is going to try to persuade ministers from Chad and Cameroon to allow crude from Agadem to be carried on the pipeline built by Exxon.

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

DRC
Central Basin carved up again

The president’s office ordered the biggest sedimentary basin in Congo-K to be pegged out. The new blocks are far smaller than previous concessions.

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

Central African Republic
CNPC on Grynberg’s old block

The state-owned Chinese group has been working very discreetly on part of the block operated in the past in a high tension zone by the American Jack Grynberg.

Free access Energy 28.02.2012

DRC
BHP ducks out, Pretoria is back

Dim prospects for the aluminum market prompted BHP Billiton in early February to give up its plan to build a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

DRC
Caprikat and Foxwhelp off the starting block

The two companies awarded blocks 1 and 2 on Congo-K's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2012

DRC
Gecamines’ wishful thinking for recovery

Has a new dawn begun for state-owned Generale des Carrieres et des Mines (Gecamines)? The Congo-K copper producer has been [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

DRC
Sinohydro to build a new copper concentrator

Construction work on a new copper concentrator with a capacity of 4,000 tons per month was launched by Sinohydro at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

DRC
Augustin Katumba Mwanke

The death of Augustin Katumba Mwanke, powerful adviser and mentor to president Joseph Kabila, in a plane crash on February [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

DRC
BHP Billiton pullout, a setback for Congo-K

After six years of vigorous lobbying BHP Billiton has finally [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

DRC
Chemaf seeks cash input

The Virji family which runs the Etoile copper/cobalt mine near [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2012

Spotlight | Congo, France
Sassou's Paris charm offensive

In Brazzaville's corridors of power, the Arab Spring and its possible spread to sub-Saharan Africa are of less concern than the Republic of Congo's weaker ties with Paris. Having not been received at the Elysee Palace since July 2010, President [.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2012

DRC
Kabila's disappearing act

Joseph Kabila has hardly been seen since December, raising speculation about his health that West Africa Newsletter can shed some light on.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2012

Chad
Ibni Mahamat Saleh "in memoriam"

Four years after the disappearance of Chad opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, his family are hoping to obtain justice internationally.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2012

Cameroon
Biya receives Remy Ze Meka

Before leaving for Europe on January 31, President Paul Biya [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2012

Congo
Beijing woos ruling PCT

After training the officers of the ruling Parti Congolais du [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2012

Gabon
Richard Attias & Associates go to Gabon

The PR event organiser Richard Attias & Associates will organise [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2012

Congo
Michel Lafon listens to Sassou

Pierre Fery-Zendel, the managing director and administrator of Editions Michel [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2012

Chad
Brahim Al Khalil Hileou

Following the closure of the Djermaya refinery, Chad’s oil minister, Eugene Tabe, was replaced on Jan. 27 by a newcomer [...]