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DRC
Tshisekedi launches final attack against Dan Gertler

The Israeli businessman is now entirely surrounded after losing all support in the US, Israel and Kinshasa. The Congolese president is preparing to strike a blow by enquiring about lawyers to take legal action against Gertler's companies operating in the DRC. [...]

Published on 18/10/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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After pondering over the matter for several months, the State Department has just selected Mike Hammer's replacement as US ambassador to the DR Congo, Africa Intelligence can reveal.

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Tshisekedi caught between Dan Gertler and Washington

On the one hand, the mining magnate Dan Gertler is plying pressure on Kinshasa to enact the compromise he signed last month as fast as possible, while on the other, the US wants Felix Tshisekedi's government to re-evaluate the terms of the agreement it deems very unfavourable.

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Dan Gertler struggles to implement settlement signed with government

Having negotiated and signed a settlement with the government of the DRC in less than a month, businessman Dan Gertler is being prevented from honouring it by financial, legal and political obstacles.

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Dan Gertler (left) at the signing of the agreement with the Congolese government on 24 February 2022.

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Gertler clinches deal to shelter from Tshisekedi's legal action

Breaking news, published on 20/02/22, at 19h45 - To put an end to the legal action Kinshasa has been planning to launch against him over the past months, mining magnate Dan Gertler has struck a compromise financial deal covering all claims against him.

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Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle in a panic over mining deal dispute

For several weeks, a dispute between one of President Felix Tshisekedi's closest advisers and the former chairman of the independent national electoral commission has been causing high-level turbulence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2022

DRC
DRC picks star arbitrator for conflict with Dan Gertler's Caprikat and Foxwhelp

The Israeli tycoon has been forced to accept arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, the outcome of which could cost him several hundred million dollars. The name of the tribunal's president has not yet been disclosed, but the arbitrators appointed by each party are now known.

Subscribers only Energy 20.12.2021

DRC
French legal duo to represent Kinshasa in legal battles against Gertler and Dig Oil

French counsel Olivier Pardo and ex-justice minister Rachida Dati have been chosen by the DRC to litigate against Israeli magnate Dan Gertler and South African oil outfit Dig Oil.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.11.2021

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Tshisekedi heads to Israel to talk security and business

The Congolese president is due to visit Israel from 24 to 27 October. His first visit to the Holy Land will be dominated by security and political issues.

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Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference.

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The unseen hands at play in US ruling against DRC in Dig Oil award

Following a US court ruling, the DRC may see up to $619m of its US assets seized by oil junior Dig Oil. Africa Intelligence has had access to documents that reveal the determining behind-the-scenes role played by several Congolese ministers in this legal fiasco.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 27.09.2021

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Israel's Delek Drilling shows interest in Lake Albert permits once owned by Dan Gertler

The blocks, which were held until recently by businessman Dan Gertler have awakened the appetites of several oil companies with money to spend. A takeover by Israel's Delek Drilling would fit in neatly, however, with the company's diversification strategy.

Free access Energy 23.09.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, who is not on good terms with the US authorities and has lost his protectors in Tel Aviv, remains a player in DRC whom the Tshisekedi administration is reluctant to push out.

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DRC
Financial watchdog digs into Gécamines-Evelyne contract

The General Inspectorate of Finance, whose boss, Jules Alingente, answers directly to the president, is investigating a deal struck between the state-owned miner and Evelyne Investissement, a firm set up by French national Elie Yohann Berros.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 07.09.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fixes Gertler and associates in his sights over oil dispute with Angola

The Congolese president has entrusted his hydrocarbons minister Didier Budimbu with the highly sensitive mission of elucidating the circumstances in which Dan Gertler's firm Nessergy obtained a permit to explore for oil in waters shared by the DRC and Angola back in 2006.

Subscribers only Energy 30.07.2021

Spotlight | DRC
White House remains pro-Tshisekedi despite best efforts of Katumbi's lobbyists

Though Moïse Katumbi's American lobbyists in Washington have been actively seeking to undermine relations between the Biden and Tshisekedi administrations, the US and its hyper-active ambassador in Kinshasa, Mike Hammer, remain staunchly behind the Congolese leader.

Free access Diplomacy 22.07.2021

DRC
After knocking out Gertler, Pol Huart forges iron links with former MIBA boss

Now that a DRC court has affirmed the Belgian mining engineer's rights over three exploration permits contested by a Dan Gertler-linked company, he has teamed up with mining veteran Trudon Katende Muya to see what's in the ground there.

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2021

In Focus | DRC
Mossad director Yossi Cohen's very personal diplomacy

President Félix Tshisekedi's overreaction to Belarusian businessman Alexander Zingman's visit to the country last month stems from an earlier, largely unreported, episode: three trips to Kinshasa made by Yossi Cohen, head of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.04.2021

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