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Central African Republic
Grynberg trial in December

Francois Bozize’s and Sylvain Ndoutingai’s defamation case against the U.S. oil company RSM Production Corp will come to court next month.

Subscribers only Politics 10.11.2010

Gabon
Bongo’s Beninese guru works magic

Sherpa, special advisor and guru to Ali Bongo, Maixent Accrombessi’s influence over the head of state is growing every day.

Subscribers only Politics 10.11.2010

Gabon
Obame, the itinerant opponent

Ali Bongo’s fierce opponent Andre Mba Obame, a former friend who now heads the Union Nationale, is busy developing his network of contacts in Africa and further afield.

Subscribers only Politics 10.11.2010

Congo
Ikouebe's diplomatic manoeuvres

Congo's window on the world, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is controlled by Sassou Nguesso. However Foreign Minister Basile Ikouebe has been busy placing his people in key positions.

Subscribers only Politics 10.11.2010

Central Africa
Kavernel Media gives political pointers to Patasse

Ange Felix Patasse, "AFP", the former president who is standing [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2010

Congo
Bouygues in Congo B diplomatic row

French construction group Bouygues, which has been contracted to extend [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2010

Gabon
PLYSOROL saved in Gabon

Ghassan Bital, the Lebanese businessman who has taken over ailing [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2010

Spotlight | Gabon
Ali Bongo’s Quiet Oil Revolution

While Gabonese president Ali Bongo generally follows the guidelines laid out by his late father, Omar Bongo, he has made a clean break when it comes to oil by setting up a national petroleum company and ordering the oil ministry [.

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

DRC
All-Out Push for Inga 3

Kinshasa has given itself two months to find a company capable of financing, building and operating the huge Inga 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

DRC
Kalpataru to Link Inga to Kinshasa

France’s Bouygues group and the Indian concern Kalpataru vied for a contract to build a transmission line between the Inga dam and Congo’s capital. The Indians won.

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

Cameroon
SNH

By year's end, Cameroon's Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures is expected [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

DRC
Kinshasa Appeals to HRT

The managing director of Brazil’s HRT company, Marcio Rocha Mello, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

DRC
Ruzizi 3 at Last Under Discussion

After being put off on several occasions (AEI 632/636). a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

Gabon | Cape Town
Julien Nkoghe Bekale

Julien Nkoghe Bekale, the oil and mines minister of Gabon, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

Central Africa
Giuseppe Ciccarelli

Italian engineer Giuseppe Ciccarelli is fast becoming a man to be reckoned with in central Africa. Advising the juniors Caprikat [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

Gabon
Ali Bongo Kick-Starts Chinese Manganese Project

Upset by the China National Machinery & Equipment group’s clamp on its sweeping program to mine Belinga’s iron ore, Gabonese [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.11.2010

Congo
Cobra's succession under discussion

The influential members of the Congolese president's Mboshi ethnic group recently held a meeting to discuss different scenarios for his succession.

Subscribers only Politics 27.10.2010

Gabon
Ali dreams of total power

A year after his investiture on October 16, Ali Bongo is going on the offensive and plans to modify the constitution to better suit his purposes.

Subscribers only Politics 27.10.2010

Chad
AQIM comes up against Toubou ex-rebels

The arrest of suspected members of the terrorist organisation by Chad's MDJT demonstrates the ex-rebellion's hostility towards radical Islamists.

Subscribers only Politics 27.10.2010

Congo
Free French anniversary

Preparations are underway to mark the 70th anniversary of Brazzaville [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.10.2010

Gabon
Ali goes to Japan

Gabon’s president Ali Bongo and first lady Sylvia Bongo will [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.10.2010

Gabon
CESAR EKOMIE-AFENE (NSIA-Gabon)

General manager for the past five years of the Nouvelle [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2010

Cameroon
Yaounde in Bond Issue

The Banque Centrale du Cameroon will shortly issue treasury bonds [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

DRC | Kinshasa
Headway on Congo-K/Cabinda Interconnection

The governor of Lower Congo province, Simon Mbatshi Batshia, is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

Cameroon | Yaounde
Bounce in Victoria Oil & Gas' Reserves

After drilling six wells on its license, the British junior [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2010

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