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DRC
Henri Maire

A former member of the U.N. panel on the illicit exploitation of Congo-Kinshasa's natural resources, Henri Maire, a Swiss mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2002

DRC
Unrest in Eastern Kasai

Sengamines achieved rather disappointing results in eastern Kasai in 2001 where its Boya diamond deposit produced 194,000 carats that fetched [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2002

Chad
A Flap at World Bank

In the wake of a highly critical – and still confidential – report by the World Bank's Inspection Panel the institution is conducting a review of the way the oil pipeline project between Dola and Kribi is being managed.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Central Africa
Central Africa Still Favored Stamping Ground

Although it is diversifying, the small French company Perenco is boosting its output in Gabon and in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Central African Republic
Antonio Deinde Fernandez

Representative of Central African Republic at the United Nations since 1997, Antonio Deinde Fernandez, a businessman of Nigerian origin, is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

Congo
The World Bank's Strategy for Oil

A $5 million loan approved by the World Bank in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2002

DRC
Kala Mpinga

Son of former prime minister Kasenda Mpinga who was killed in an air crash in unexplained circumstances, Kala Mpinga has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2002

DRC
Gabriel Masudi

A Congolese businessman who emigrated to Tanzania in 1993 and then to Canada, Gabriel Masudi is the person behind Costamin [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2002

Document | Central African Republic
Vaaldiam Bets the Works on Diamonds

The lone company to explore for kimberlite diamonds in Central African Republic at present, Canada's Vaaldiam Resources has just signed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2002

DRC
Costamin Waits for New Mining Legislation

When Congo's parliament gets around to adopting new mining legislation at the end of this year it could give an [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.02.2002

Sao Tome and Principe
Dod Fraser

Former head of the Chase Manhattan Bank's global oil & gas division, Dod Fraser is to work as consultant to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2002

Congo
Finian O'Sullivan

Founder and boss of the British firm Burren Energy which has specialized up to now in the Central Asian republics, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2002

Congo
$5 Million to Audit SNPC

As Africa Energy Intelligence predicted last August (AEI 304), the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2002

Cameroon
Oil Reforms

Cameroon has promised the International Monetary Fund that it will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2002

Chad
Hearing on Doba in U.S. Congress

Initially planned for Sept. 11 and immediately cancelled following the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2002

Congo
Fiscal Squeeze on Oil in the Offing?

Bruno Itoua, boss of Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo, is putting pressure on foreign oil companies in a bid to increase the government's share in the cake.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2002

Congo | MAUREL & PROM
Going Whole Hog on Oil

Long a diversified company – it dealt in farm goods, real estate and the like – the firm Maurel & Prom run by the Credit Lyonnais bank's former financial wizard, Jean-Francois Henin, has thrown itself exclusively into the energy sector.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2002

Congo
Maurice Mavoungou

Head of protocol under president Pascal Lissouba, Maurice Mavoungou was appointed chief of the gas subsidiary of Societe Nationale des [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2002

Gabon
SEEG the Jewel in Vivendi's Crown?

Officials from Vivendi who are having so much trouble in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2002

DRC
Israelis Still Dominate Market

Latest statistics from the Congolese government's mining exports department indicate that three trading companies – two of them Israeli – [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2002

Angola, DRC
Luanda Calls for Compensation

Africa Mining Intelligence has been informed by Congo's mines ministry that Angola's deputy mines minister, Carlos Sumbula, called for damages [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2002

DRC
Emery Kalamba

Enthroned by his father as the ?King of Bashilenges? which encompasses most of the ethnic communities in Western Kasai, Emery [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2002

DRC
Kumba States Interest in Kipushi

The Kumba concern (formerly Iscor) has moved into higher gear in its investment strategy in Democratic Republic of Congo. Its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2002

Gabon
Richard-Auguste Onouviet

Gabon's new mines and oil minister, Richard-Auguste Onouviet, is a protégé of Georges Rawiri, speaker of Gabon's Senate and long-time [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2002

Central African Republic, Chad
Community To Mediate

During a meeting of the Economic and Monetary Community of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.01.2002

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