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Anatole Collinet Makosso

Congo
PM Makosso yet to appoint new team four months into the job

Anatole Collinet Makosso has still not named his new staff, more than four months after taking office. The only notable appointment he has made is that of his secretary general, poached from foreign minister Jean-Claude Gakosso, who in the process loses one of his most valuable men.

Subscribers only Politics 29.09.2021

Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso (left) is still working primarily with the team formed by his predecessor, Clément Mouamba (right).

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou N'Guesso's ultra-discreet personal emissary

The Congolese president's personal representative for international affairs, Françoise Joly, is currently on a trip to France.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 22.09.2021

Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Congolese presidential adviser Francoise Joly, during their meeting in Moscow on 1 March 2021.

Central Africa, Chad, Congo
Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

A creditor of both N'Djamena and Brazzaville, the oil trading giant is facing two very different situations. In Chad, which is seeking debt relief under the terms of the G20's "common framework", Glencore will have to accept the terms negotiated by the country's sovereign creditors.

Subscribers only Politics 08.09.2021

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

Congo's president is currently in Switzerland, where he has been undergoing medical checks for the past two weeks. In his absence, rumours about the leader's succession have been spreading thick and fast.

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2021

Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May, 2021.

Congo
Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

The Congolese prime minister has been in Paris since August 24, on what is his first international trip, where he has been heading a large delegation that has been meeting with French officials and the business community.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.08.2021

DRC prime minister Anatole Collinet Makosso with the French minister of state for tourism Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.

Inner circles | Congo
Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

The seeking of around $40bn from the Congolese state by four companies in compensation for the recent cancellation of their iron mining permits has placed the country's mining industry's movers and shakers in the spotlight, not least the powerful minister of mines Pierre Oba who is an essential cog in President Denis Sassou Nguesso's machine.

Subscribers only Mining 20.08.2021

Spotlight | Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Equatorial Guinea has become a matter of concern for the CEMAC, whose heads of state are gathering for an IMF summit in Yaoundé today.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2021

Congo
Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

After the replacement of hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma, the oil sector is more than ever concentrated in the hands of the president's ethnic group.

Subscribers only Energy 16.08.2021

Congo's hydrocarbons minister Jean-Richard Bruno Itoua.

Congo
IMF's Congo summer

On 8 July, International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive director for Congo Aivo Handriatiana Andrianarivelo, will end a 6-day trip to Brazzaville, only days before the institution launches a remote mission for Congo from 14 to 21 July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.07.2021

Congo
New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Appointed prime minister on 12 May Anatole Collinet Makosso is considering going to Paris in the coming weeks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.06.2021

Prime minister of Congo, Anatole Collinet Makosso.

Congo
Roger-Rigobert Andely reprises his role as debt-slayer

Once again, the new finance minister, beloved by lenders and international partners, is putting on his fireman's uniform for Denis Sassou Nguesso, at a time when IMF talks are on the rocks. Whether he can pull off his magic a second time, however, remains to be seen.

Subscribers only Politics 04.06.2021

The new Congolese Minister of Finance Roger-Rigobert Andely.

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Anatole Collinet Makosso

Congo
PM Makosso yet to appoint new team four months into the job

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou N'Guesso's ultra-discreet personal emissary

Central Africa, Chad, Congo
Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

Congo
Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

Inner circles | Congo
Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Spotlight | Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Congo
Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

Congo
IMF's Congo summer

Congo
New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Congo
Roger-Rigobert Andely reprises his role as debt-slayer

Congo
Interior minister said to be victim of €400,000 bank scam

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo
Post-Sassou era on everyone's thoughts but not lips

Congo
Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

Congo
Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

Congo
Pointe-Noire's two-man mayoral race

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Anatole Collinet Makosso

Congo PM Makosso yet to appoint new team four months into the job

Congo Françoise Joly, Sassou N'Guesso's ultra-discreet personal emissary

Central Africa, Chad, Congo Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

Congo Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

Inner circles | Congo Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Spotlight | Central Africa Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Congo Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

Congo IMF's Congo summer

Congo New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Congo Roger-Rigobert Andely reprises his role as debt-slayer

Congo Interior minister said to be victim of €400,000 bank scam

Congo A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo Post-Sassou era on everyone's thoughts but not lips

Congo Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

Congo Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

Congo Pointe-Noire's two-man mayoral race

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Congo
PM Makosso yet to appoint new team four months into the job

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou N'Guesso's ultra-discreet personal emissary

Central Africa, Chad, Congo
Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

Congo
Prime Minister Makosso, Sassou IV's champion in Paris

Inner circles | Congo
Mines minister and Sassou favourite Pierre Oba besieged by irate investors

Spotlight | Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea turns to IMF as bankruptcy looms

Congo
Bruno Itoua consolidates grip on oil ministry

Congo
IMF's Congo summer

Congo
New PM Anatole Collinet Makosso might visit Paris on first foreign trip

Congo
Roger-Rigobert Andely reprises his role as debt-slayer

Congo
Interior minister said to be victim of €400,000 bank scam

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo
Post-Sassou era on everyone's thoughts but not lips

Congo
Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

Congo
Pointe-Noire, the barometer of pro- and anti-Sassou opinion

Congo
Pointe-Noire's two-man mayoral race