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Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso

Ivory Coast
All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

The great and the good of Ivory Coast and beyond are showing a keen interest in how Yolande Tanoh-Bakayoko is consolidating her late husband's nebulous Ivorian and European investments.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.06.2021

Yolande Tanoh-Bakayoko, the widow of the late Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko.

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, who was appointed on 12 May, is close to both first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso and the president's youngest son, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2021

Congo's new prime minister, Anatole Collinet Makosso.

Congo
Post-election battle to replace PM

Prime Minister Clément Mouamba's government resigned on 16 April, just after Denis Sassou Nguesso was sworn in for a fourth and final presidential term. Key members of the head of state's inner circle are now pushing candidates to replace Mouamba, even though the administration might not change until next year.

Subscribers only Business 23.04.2021

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso at the polling station on 21 March 2021.

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

President Denis Sassou Nguesso's re-election on 21 March for what will surely be his last term has stirred the ambitions of his close entourage, though no one dares admit to it.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2021

The Minister of Planning and Public Works, Jean-Jacques Bouya, also a cousin of President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Congo
Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

The Congolese president has put his inner circle to work to defend his mixed record and to justify his decision to run again in March for a fourth term as head of state.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2021

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Congo, Gabon
From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Already ostracised by Gabon's presidential family, Ali Bongo's half-brother and Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Omar Denis Jr Bongo also has to deal with the mistrust, or even outright hostility, of people close to Congo's president.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2021

Congo
Can Zenith boss Andrea Cattaneo charm his way back to Tilapia licence?

Italian businessman Andrea Cattaneo has pulled out all the stops to take possession of Zenith's prized licence, the Tilapia oilfield.

Subscribers only Energy 05.01.2021

Andrea Cattaneo, president and founder of Zenith Energy, during his meeting with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso in October 2020.

Congo, Ivory Coast
New lease of life for Marc Sendanki, discreet ex-middleman for Gunvor in West Africa

These days, Marc Honda Sendanki is giving the Russian firm Litasco the benefit of his extensive networks in the region.

Subscribers only Energy 12.10.2020

Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

On frosty terms with Ali Bongo and going through a rocky patch with Félix Tshisekedi, the Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso has been tightening his ties with his Rwandan opposite number Paul Kagame. Several emissaries are acting as go-betweens.

Subscribers only Politics 02.07.2020

Congo
The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

Because Congo's exasperated creditors keep a constant eye on it, the country's presidential Falcon 7X has flown furtively for months. Alas, an oversight allowed Mohsen Hojeij, who says Congo owes him vast sums of money, to take possession of the jet on 6 June.

Subscribers only Business 11.06.2020

A Falcon 7X aircraft in the factory of French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Merignac near Bordeaux.

Congo
President Sassou's kin back rival runners for Brazzaville mayor

Several members of the first family have their own favourite for the capital's top job.

Subscribers only Politics 21.05.2020

Congo
ICC spreads the word via telecommunications

Boasting many well-connected figures among its flock, the evangelical Impact centre chrétien exercises not only a spiritual influence but also a decidedly more temporal influence on the telecoms sector.

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Vangsy Goma auctions off his assets

The vehicle-for-hire firm Africab founded by Vangsy Goma, the grandson [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2020

DRC
Maxime Gandzion goes into consulting in Kinshasa

Already established in Brazzaville, MG Consulting, the firm founded by the businessman Maxime Gandzion, recently opened an outpost in Kinshasa. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.10.2019

Congo
How Antoinette Sassou Nguesso avoided humiliation

It should have been at Congo's embassy at the United Nations in New York on the fringes of the general [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.10.2019

Africa, Congo, United Nations
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Having received an award from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on 20 May for her 'contribution to the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.05.2019

Congo, Turkey
Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

The Turkish construction firm is scheduling its projects to overlap with Erdogan's official trips.

Subscribers only Business 15.05.2019

Congo, DRC
Felix Tshisekedi steps carefully in Brazzaville

In a sign of a certain reserve felt towards Denis Sassou Nguesso, the new president of Congo-K, Felix Tshisekedi (aka [...]

Free access Diplomacy 13.02.2019

Congo
Valere Eteka Yemet, the new CNDH boss

Taken to task over the human rights situation in his country, Denis Sassou Nguesso has revived the Commission nationale des [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.01.2019

Congo
Rosalie Matondo, the protégée of Sassou Nguesso

Appointed in May 2016 as the minister of forest economy, sustainable development and the environment (the latter department was reallocated [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2018

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Antoinette Sassou-Nguesso

Ivory Coast
All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo
Post-election battle to replace PM

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

Congo
Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

Congo, Gabon
From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Congo
Can Zenith boss Andrea Cattaneo charm his way back to Tilapia licence?

Congo, Ivory Coast
New lease of life for Marc Sendanki, discreet ex-middleman for Gunvor in West Africa

Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Congo
The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

Congo
President Sassou's kin back rival runners for Brazzaville mayor

Congo
ICC spreads the word via telecommunications

Ivory Coast
Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Vangsy Goma auctions off his assets

DRC
Maxime Gandzion goes into consulting in Kinshasa

Congo
How Antoinette Sassou Nguesso avoided humiliation

Africa, Congo, United Nations
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Congo, Turkey
Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

Congo, DRC
Felix Tshisekedi steps carefully in Brazzaville

Congo
Valere Eteka Yemet, the new CNDH boss

Congo
Rosalie Matondo, the protégée of Sassou Nguesso

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Ivory Coast
All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo
Post-election battle to replace PM

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

Congo
Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

Congo, Gabon
From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Congo
Can Zenith boss Andrea Cattaneo charm his way back to Tilapia licence?

Congo, Ivory Coast
New lease of life for Marc Sendanki, discreet ex-middleman for Gunvor in West Africa

Congo
Sassou cosies up ever closer to Kagame

Congo
The unwanted ping that could cost Sassou Nguesso his presidential jet

Congo
President Sassou's kin back rival runners for Brazzaville mayor

Congo
ICC spreads the word via telecommunications

Ivory Coast
Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Vangsy Goma auctions off his assets

DRC
Maxime Gandzion goes into consulting in Kinshasa

Congo
How Antoinette Sassou Nguesso avoided humiliation

Africa, Congo, United Nations
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso steps up a grade

Congo, Turkey
Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

Congo, DRC
Felix Tshisekedi steps carefully in Brazzaville

Congo
Valere Eteka Yemet, the new CNDH boss

Congo
Rosalie Matondo, the protégée of Sassou Nguesso