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Congo, Turkey
The $200m debt threatening the Brazzaville-Ankara connection

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“Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa”

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

The Kintélé International Conference Centre in Brazzaville. © Grand Hotel Kintele

Congo has still not paid its bill for the construction of the monumental conference centre built in Brazzaville by the Turkish group Summa in 2017 - and the matter is poisoning relations between Ankara and Brazzaville. [...]

Published on 24/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Spotlight | Congo
Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

Turkish firms, led by construction group Summa, are getting back to work in Congo after a hiatus of several months due to Brazzaville's unpaid debts. Businessman Maxime Gandzion, an adviser to President Sassou, is at the heart of the rapprochement.

Free access Energy, Business 08.03.2023

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets Florent Ntsiba, Congolese Minister of State and Director of the Presidential Cabinet, on 15 February 2023 in Ankara, Turkiye.

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Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso loses ground in Brazzaville

Despite considerable self-promotion efforts, the international cooperation minister is struggling to find his place within a government where he has managed to irk several ministers. His public-private partnership law has just been rejected by his father, the Congolese president, who keeps him at a safe distance from presidential affairs.

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Ankara launches new African media strategy at May event

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to organise an event at the end of May for African media groups.

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Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso plans national airline relaunch

The Minister of International Cooperation signed a strategic partnership with the South African company Allegiance Capital at the beginning of January in order to relaunch ECAir. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso has won over the Minister for Major Works, Jean-Jacques Bouya.

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From left: Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya, Eric Kenneth Mouritzen and Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso.

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Congo, Turkey
The $200m debt threatening the Brazzaville-Ankara connection

Spotlight | Congo
Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

Congo
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso loses ground in Brazzaville

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Nasser Bourita

Turkey
Ankara launches new African media strategy at May event

Congo
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso plans national airline relaunch

Congo
Brazzaville secures reopening of billion-dollar Commisimpex arbitration

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

Congo
Sassou recycles ex-economy minister and reduces Anderly's influence with new task force

In Focus | Congo
The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman