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Chad
Rome plans to open an embassy in N'Djamena

Continuing to strengthen its diplomatic network in the Sahel, Rome has agreed to open an embassy in N'Djamena. The official opening is scheduled for 2024.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running Story - Chad post-Idriss Deby 04.07.2023

Cameroon
Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Cameroon's National Assembly is going through yet another financial imbroglio, this time over the funding of the 18th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.07.2023

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang ordered to pay €1.8m to French taxman

The Paris court of appeal has upheld a ruling over unpaid taxes against the Equatorial-Guinean vice president, whom the French tax authorities have accused of undervaluing a prestigious property in the French capital that has since been seized as part of the ill-gotten gains affair.

Free access Politics 30.06.2023

Gabon
Ali Bongo lines up Airbus helicopters ahead of polls

Livré récemment à la Garde républicaine gabonaise, unité chargée de la protection du président Ali Bongo, un hélicoptère Airbus doit permettre de faciliter les déplacements de l'état-major.

Subscribers only Defence 30.06.2023

Congo
Sassou battles to hang on to his presidential jet

The Bordeaux court of appeal is to rule today on whether the Congolese president's plane, seized in 2020 by Commisimpex, can be auctioned off. It is one of Congo's last chances of recovering the aircraft.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2023

DRC
J5 Co helps mark 20th anniversary of African first ladies NGO

La dernière édition du raout annuel de l'Organisation des premières dames d'Afrique pour le développement (OPDAD), qui s'est tenue le 17 juin à Kinshasa, a été préparée par l'agence française J5 Co.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 29.06.2023

Cameroon, Chad
Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Cameroon and Chad are on the verge of agreeing to have Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures significantly increase its stake in Cameroon Oil Transportation Co. Plans to apply SNH's compromise with Savannah Energy seem to be slipping away.

Subscribers only Energy 28.06.2023

Cameroon President Paul Biya (left) and his counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby.

Congo
Congolese lawyer Tchikaya takes on Russia's defence versus Ukraine at ICC

International law specialist Jean-Charles Tchikaya, who belongs to the Bordeaux bar, is now representing Russia at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He will plead Moscow's case against Ukraine's claims that it is guilty of genocide.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 28.06.2023

Cameroon, Rwanda
Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) failed to convince the Rwandan army to buy its Anka attack drones. Undeterred, the Turkish defence manufacturer is pursuing its sales offensive in Central Africa, starting with Cameroon.

Subscribers only Defence 27.06.2023

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Backed by mines minister Calistus Gentry Fuh, the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel mining project is back on track. Sinohydro's engineers are set to be back at work at the future mine in four months' time, while Phoenix Mining is in talks with traders and refineries in Europe and North America.

Subscribers only Mining 27.06.2023

DRC
Ecobank caught up in battle between Pascal Beveraggi and Moise Katumbi

Two senior Ecobank DRC executives have been arrested in connection with the dispute between Octavia, a company owned by French businessman Pascal Beveraggi, and Astalia Investment, controlled by Moise Katumbi.

Subscribers only Finance 27.06.2023

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Douglas Carpenter, EU ambassador to Bangui, recently took a flight operated by Minair. That firm's parent company is the Central African mining company Badica, whose assets were frozen by the EU between 2015 and 2021 following UN sanctions, which have since been lifted.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.06.2023

Chad
French court maintains freeze on FACT rebel leader assets

A Paris administrative court has rejected a bid to unfreeze the assets of Mahamat Mahdi Ali, the leader of Chad's Front pour l'Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad (FACT) rebel group.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2023

Inner Circle | DRC
M23 leader Bisimwa's wide-ranging network of influence

With the situation on the military front once again tense, the M23 rebel movement led by Bertrand Bisimwa can rely on a solid network of support in the Great Lakes region, particularly in Kampala and Kigali.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.06.2023

Congolese M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa in Bunagana in August 2013.

DRC
Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Around 1,000 private soldiers are now helping the DRC armed forces fight the M23 rebels in North Kivu.

Subscribers only Defence 23.06.2023

Congo
Sassou's packed Parisian schedule

On the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso is due to meet a number of French business leaders on 23 June.

Subscribers only Business 23.06.2023

Central African Republic
Touadéra picks team of loyalists to run referendum campaign

The CAR president is hoping his team of stalwart advisers can help push for a constitutional change that would allow him to run for a third term. Those running the campaign include the influential Sani Yalo, financier of the presidential party, and property tycoon Prisca Mamadou.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2023

Central African Republic president Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Libreville on 2 March 2023.

Cameroon
Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

Cameroon's health minister Malachie last month organised the first meeting calling for Paul Biya to stand for re-election, two years before the next polls are due. This was a cunning manoeuvre by the prominent politician from the Far North region.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2023

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

As it struggles to balance its books despite record revenues last year, Kinshasa is looking to the mining sector to help it improve its finances. The government is using every means at its disposal, including a tax on exceptional profits and an increase in Chinese companies' royalty payments.

Subscribers only Mining 21.06.2023

President of the DRC Felix Tshisekedi, 4 February 2023.

Congo
Congo forests on agenda of NGO meeting at Elysée Palace

On the sidelines of this week's Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, France's Elysée Palace is due on Thursday to host a meeting with conservation NGOs about the forests of the Congo Basin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.06.2023

Central Africa
World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

World Bank VP Ousmane Diagana has hired French technical cooperation agency Expertise France's deputy CEO Rima Le Coguic. She is expected to join the institution's West and Central Africa division over the next few weeks.

Subscribers only Finance 20.06.2023

Congo
SocGen extends Brazzaville's right of pre-emption over SG Congo sale to 17 July

The Société Générale is eager to ease tensions over the sale of its Congolese subsidiary SG Congo to Vista Bank, owned by the Burkinabe banker Simon Tiemtore, and has given Brazzaville until 17 July to exercise its right of pre-emption over its 93.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 20.06.2023

In Focus | DRC
Environment minister Eve Bazaiba at loggerheads with Congo's forestry barons

Under pressure from international backers, environment minister Bazaiba is trying to spruce up DRC's forestry sector, long left to its own devices. A dozen Chinese, Congolese and European companies are in breach of existing regulations.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 19.06.2023

Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba, Congolese General Gabriel Amisi and Mongala Governor César Limbaya.

DRC
UN report: Islamic State funding for ADF comes via South Africa and Kenya

A report by a United Nations group of experts reveals part of the funding circuit used by the Islamic State to support the armed group the Allied Democratic Forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.06.2023

DRC
UN report: experts again criticise Kigali's ongoing support for M23

Breaking news published on 18/06/23, 21.00 - A new publication by the UN group of experts on DRC has concluded that Kigali has continued to back M23 rebels in DR Congo, despite condemnations from Western governments over its involvement with the armed group.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.06.2023

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Chad
Rome plans to open an embassy in N'Djamena

Cameroon
Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang ordered to pay €1.8m to French taxman

Gabon
Ali Bongo lines up Airbus helicopters ahead of polls

Congo
Sassou battles to hang on to his presidential jet

DRC
J5 Co helps mark 20th anniversary of African first ladies NGO

Cameroon, Chad
Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Congo
Congolese lawyer Tchikaya takes on Russia's defence versus Ukraine at ICC

Cameroon, Rwanda
Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

DRC
Ecobank caught up in battle between Pascal Beveraggi and Moise Katumbi

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Chad
French court maintains freeze on FACT rebel leader assets

Inner Circle | DRC
M23 leader Bisimwa's wide-ranging network of influence

DRC
Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Congo
Sassou's packed Parisian schedule

Central African Republic
Touadéra picks team of loyalists to run referendum campaign

Cameroon
Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

Congo
Congo forests on agenda of NGO meeting at Elysée Palace

Central Africa
World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

Congo
SocGen extends Brazzaville's right of pre-emption over SG Congo sale to 17 July

In Focus | DRC
Environment minister Eve Bazaiba at loggerheads with Congo's forestry barons

DRC
UN report: Islamic State funding for ADF comes via South Africa and Kenya

DRC
UN report: experts again criticise Kigali's ongoing support for M23

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Central Africa

Chad Rome plans to open an embassy in N'Djamena

Cameroon Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Equatorial Guinea Teodorin Obiang ordered to pay €1.8m to French taxman

Gabon Ali Bongo lines up Airbus helicopters ahead of polls

Congo Sassou battles to hang on to his presidential jet

DRC J5 Co helps mark 20th anniversary of African first ladies NGO

Cameroon, Chad Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Congo Congolese lawyer Tchikaya takes on Russia's defence versus Ukraine at ICC

Cameroon, Rwanda Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

Cameroon Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

DRC Ecobank caught up in battle between Pascal Beveraggi and Moise Katumbi

Central African Republic EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Chad French court maintains freeze on FACT rebel leader assets

Inner Circle | DRC M23 leader Bisimwa's wide-ranging network of influence

DRC Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Congo Sassou's packed Parisian schedule

Central African Republic Touadéra picks team of loyalists to run referendum campaign

Cameroon Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

Congo Congo forests on agenda of NGO meeting at Elysée Palace

Central Africa World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

Congo SocGen extends Brazzaville's right of pre-emption over SG Congo sale to 17 July

In Focus | DRC Environment minister Eve Bazaiba at loggerheads with Congo's forestry barons

DRC UN report: Islamic State funding for ADF comes via South Africa and Kenya

DRC UN report: experts again criticise Kigali's ongoing support for M23

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Chad
Rome plans to open an embassy in N'Djamena

Cameroon
Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang ordered to pay €1.8m to French taxman

Gabon
Ali Bongo lines up Airbus helicopters ahead of polls

Congo
Sassou battles to hang on to his presidential jet

DRC
J5 Co helps mark 20th anniversary of African first ladies NGO

Cameroon, Chad
Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Congo
Congolese lawyer Tchikaya takes on Russia's defence versus Ukraine at ICC

Cameroon, Rwanda
Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

DRC
Ecobank caught up in battle between Pascal Beveraggi and Moise Katumbi

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Chad
French court maintains freeze on FACT rebel leader assets

Inner Circle | DRC
M23 leader Bisimwa's wide-ranging network of influence

DRC
Horatiu Potra boosts his private military contingent in Goma

Congo
Sassou's packed Parisian schedule

Central African Republic
Touadéra picks team of loyalists to run referendum campaign

Cameroon
Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa turns to the mining companies for fresh funds

Congo
Congo forests on agenda of NGO meeting at Elysée Palace

Central Africa
World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

Congo
SocGen extends Brazzaville's right of pre-emption over SG Congo sale to 17 July

In Focus | DRC
Environment minister Eve Bazaiba at loggerheads with Congo's forestry barons

DRC
UN report: Islamic State funding for ADF comes via South Africa and Kenya

DRC
UN report: experts again criticise Kigali's ongoing support for M23