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DRC
New suitors join queue for block 4

The short list of eventual buyers of Congo-K’s block 4 has already been drawn up but new companies are continuing to bid for it. And one has strong local backers.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Cameroon, Nigeria
NNPC/SNH

Oil issues dominated deliberations during the second meeting of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

DRC
Virunga blocks exploration

In a letter sent on March 14 to a raft [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

DRC
High voltage line between Goma & Beni approved

The Energie des Grands Lacs (EGL), Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

DRC
Tullow throws in towel

After struggling for five years for the restitution of its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

Congo
Empire Solutions

The lobbying concern of the former executive director of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2011

DRC
ENRC putting its money on copper market

In the wake of its widely publicized acquisitions over the past two years in Katanga and Zambia's copper belt, ENRC [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

Central African Republic
Mining cooperatives put out call for partners

The Cooperative Agro-Miniere Centrafricaine (CAMCA) has just identified gold traces on its three exploration permits in the Lobaye region, namely [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

DRC, Morocco | COPPER
Friction between Costamin and Managem

Managem’s former partners in Democratic Republic of Congo are disputing its rights on the Pumpi copper-cobalt project in Congo-K. In [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

DRC
Colin Bird

Colin Bird has popped up again on the copper scene, but this time in Democratic Republic of Congo. The 66-year-old [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

Cameroon | Yaounde
Call on Seoul to invest in gems

The joint venture Cameroon and Korea Mining Inc (C&K Mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.03.2011

Congo
Sassou tackles unrest

More and more concerned about the revolutions in the Arab world, the head of state is making his presence felt.

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

Cameroon
Biya’s reshuffle woes

The Prince of Etoudi thought he would use his stay in Switzerland to settle on his new government. But that was not to be.

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

Gabon
Ali Bongo’s party divided

Ali Bongo is engaged in a merciless war against his friend-turned-rival Andre Mba Obame. But that is not enough to dispel the tensions within his party.

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

DRC, Rwanda
Kagame at Kabila's side

The death of several Rwandans during the attack on the residence of Joseph Kabila convinced Paul Kagame to postpone his planned trip to France.

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

Congo
Edith Bongo in memoriam

The body of Gabon's late first lady Edith Bongo, who [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

Cameroon
Keeping an eye on Bakassi

Paul Biya has created a new Department of National Security [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

Congo
Sassou answers back

The Congolese security services are on alert, following the Kinshasa [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2011

Cameroon
Basile Atangana Kouna (Camwater)

Managing director of publicly-owned Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation, Basile Atangana [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.03.2011

DRC
Gulbenkian tests the waters

In travelling to Congo-K with a major Portuguese business delegation last week, Micael Gulbenkian, grandson of the legendary trader Calouste [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

Cameroon
When will Logbaba’s gas flow?

The British firm Victoria Oil & Gas is still impatiently waiting for a green light to start marketing its gas.

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

Chad
SHT to start trading

Chad president Idriss Deby Itno is expected to authorize the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

DRC
Renaissance Capital

Through its South African subsidiary Renaissance BJM Securities, the Russian [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

Cameroon | Yaounde
Henry Odein Ajumogobia

Henry Odein Ajumogobia, the Nigerian foreign minister, is trying to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

DRC
George Forrest

The president of George Forrest International (GFI), which owns the Compagnie Miniere du Sud Katanga and the Groupement du Terril [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.03.2011

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