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Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

By Olivier Liffran

Published on 11.12.2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka at the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 13 November 2024 © Sean Gallup/Getty Images via AFP

Judith Suminwa Tuluka's government is caught up in a draft agreement signed in 2023 with the South African junior that was meant to put an end to a long legal dispute.

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Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

Judith Suminwa Tuluka's government is caught up in a draft agreement signed in 2023 with the South African junior that was meant to put an end to a long legal dispute.

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Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

Judith Suminwa Tuluka's government is caught up in a draft agreement signed in 2023 with the South African junior that was meant to put an end to a long legal dispute.

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DRC Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

DRC Sicomines wins $60m rebate claim

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Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

DRC
Kinshasa modifies Cuvette Centrale oil block perimeters

DRC
Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

DRC
Sicomines wins $60m rebate claim

DRC
French court finds in favour of Traweco in dispute with Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC
Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

Spotlight | DRC
Deal within deal allows tycoon Dan Gertler to save €130m in DRC settlement

DRC
Pressure mounts on Tshisekedi not to challenge $619m Dig Oil ruling in court

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

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi's advisers split over response to $617m arbitration award