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Cameroon

Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Cameroon's National Assembly is going through yet another financial imbroglio, this time over the funding of the 18th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.07.2023

Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Cameroon President Paul Biya (left) and his counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby. © LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL/EPA/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Energy 28.06.2023

Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

A Turkish Anka drone. © Diego Cupolo / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP

Subscribers only Defence 27.06.2023

Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Backed by mines minister Calistus Gentry Fuh, the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel mining project is back on track. Sinohydro's engineers are set to be back at work at the future mine in four months' time, while Phoenix Mining is in talks with traders and refineries in Europe and North America.

Subscribers only Mining 27.06.2023

Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

Cameroon's health minister Malachie last month organised the first meeting calling for Paul Biya to stand for re-election, two years before the next polls are due. This was a cunning manoeuvre by the prominent politician from the Far North region.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2023

World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

World Bank VP Ousmane Diagana has hired French technical cooperation agency Expertise France's deputy CEO Rima Le Coguic. She is expected to join the institution's West and Central Africa division over the next few weeks.

Subscribers only Finance 20.06.2023

UAE Trade Center boss pushes Emirati businesses in Yaoundé

The Emirates are targeting Cameroon as a new investment destination for its companies. Walid Hareb Al Falahi, CEO of the UAE Trade Center, was in Yaoundé this month to try and forge business links there.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 16.06.2023

Employers' organisation hit with a string of dismissals

In recent weeks, several members of Cameroon's main employers' organisation, Gicam, were forced to leave after speaking out against a project to merge with Ecam, a smaller, similar organisation.

Subscribers only Politics 13.06.2023

Mi-17 army helicopters remain grounded despite military cooperation agreement with Moscow

With its Mi-17 transport helicopters all out of service, the Cameroonian army is suffering from major logistical difficulties. The military cooperation agreement signed last year with Russia has not so far produced the repair and maintenance assistance Cameroon was hoping for.

Subscribers only Defence 12.06.2023

Eramet rethinks its African mining strategy

The French mining company run by Christel Bories has been revising its plans for expansion on the continent beyond its home base in Gabon, political uncertainty in Guinea, DRC and Burkina having prompted it to abandon its nickel, lithium and manganese ambitions there.

Free access Mining 09.06.2023

Samuel Eto'o tackles new proceedings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

A former member of FECAFOOT's executive committee, Guibai Gatama, believes that Samuel Eto'o's sentencing in Spain to 22 months in prison for tax fraud means that he is no longer entitled to hold the role of president.

Subscribers only Business 07.06.2023

ExxonMobil-Savannah: SNH boss Moudiki ups the ante in letter to Chadian oil minister

The head of Cameroon's Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures sent a scathing letter to Chad's oil minister. Since ExxonMobil's withdrawal from southern Chad, the battle between Savannah Energy and N'Djamena has rekindled a recurring conflict between Cameroon and the Chadian junta.

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2023

Military judge rejects Maxime Eko Eko's request for bail

A judge has rejected a request for bail from Maxime Eko Eko, the head of the Directorate General of External Research who has been behind bars since 4 March in connection with the murder of journalist Martinez Zogo.

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2023

Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

Private sector chiefs don't see eye to eye about the merging of two organisations representing their interests. Both camps are trying to rally support, right up to the highest echelons of state.

Subscribers only Business 30.05.2023

South Africa's MTN turns to Paul Biya in case against billionaire Baba Danpullo

Since September 2022, South African telephone company MTN has been in conflict with Baba Danpullo. In retaliation for the seizure of his assets in South Africa, the billionaire is trying to seize MTN's accounts in Cameroon and MTN hopes the president will put an end to the legal battle.

Subscribers only Business 22.05.2023

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Washington has stepped up its efforts to prevent US oil companies from being obliged to repatriate their rehabilitation funds to the CEMAC zone.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 18.05.2023

Parliamentary commission aims to stop poison-pen letters

Cameroon's National Assembly has set up a new commission tasked with preventing irregularities in administrative acts. The move comes after an enigmatic series of poison-pen letters purportedly signed by the parliamentary speaker.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2023

Special Criminal Court summons ministers over use of Covid-19 funds

Investigators have been sending out new summons as part of a probe into the alleged embezzlement of IMF funds given to Cameroon to help with its Covid-19 response. Health minister Manaouda Malachie is among those on the list.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2023

Cameroonian health minister Manaouda Malachie visits the Central Hospital as healthcare workers receive China's Sinopharm vaccines during the COVID-19 vaccination process in Yaounde on 12 April 2021.

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

The Cameroonian government has been caught up in an internal crisis since the SNH bought a 10% stake in the company running the oil pipeline between Doba and Kribi. In a series of letters seen by African Intelligence, presidency secretary general Ngoh Ngoh and SNH boss Moudiki have been locked in a violent dispute over the operation.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Politics 03.05.2023

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

The executive organ of the Central African bloc is being lead ad interim by Gabon's Daniel Ona Ondo, even though Baltasar Engonga Edjo of Equatorial Guinea was appointed to the post over a month ago.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 01.05.2023

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Following the expiry of the original agreement governing the deployment of the East African Community force in eastern DRC, the Congolese government, unhappy with its performance so far, is hoping to remove the ambiguities of its mandate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2023

Soldiers of the East African Community (EAC) regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

The arbitration procedure launched by Petronas and ExxonMobil against Cameroon has been suspended for two months after Yaoundé's lawyer, Gill Dingome, sought the recusal of the oil firm's chosen arbitrator Thomas Clay.

Subscribers only Business 27.04.2023

ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

With N'Djamena in conflict with Savannah Energy, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pushed his Cameroonian counterpart not to legitimise the British junior's stake in the Doba-Kribi pipeline, which exports 100% of Chad's crude. In vain.

Subscribers only Energy 26.04.2023

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

The World Bank is delaying its disbursement of some $400m for major road works projects in the DR Congo until Kinshasa files a "resettlement action plan" for the population that the construction works will impact.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance 26.04.2023

Cameroonian court speeds up 'fake diplomat' investigation

On 5 May a hearing is take place in the case involving the allegedly fraudulent attribution of diplomatic status for monetary gain, which is estimated to have cost the Cameroonian treasury nearly €6m. Investigators are particularly interested in how football star Samuel Eto'o's name was used.

Subscribers only Finance 21.04.2023

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Cameroon

Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

UAE Trade Center boss pushes Emirati businesses in Yaoundé

Employers' organisation hit with a string of dismissals

Mi-17 army helicopters remain grounded despite military cooperation agreement with Moscow

Eramet rethinks its African mining strategy

Samuel Eto'o tackles new proceedings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

ExxonMobil-Savannah: SNH boss Moudiki ups the ante in letter to Chadian oil minister

Military judge rejects Maxime Eko Eko's request for bail

Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

South Africa's MTN turns to Paul Biya in case against billionaire Baba Danpullo

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Parliamentary commission aims to stop poison-pen letters

Special Criminal Court summons ministers over use of Covid-19 funds

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Cameroonian court speeds up 'fake diplomat' investigation

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Cameroon

Controversy reigns over funding of Commonwealth meeting

Biya and Déby poised to make deal behind Savannah Energy's back

Turkish defence flagship TAI targets Yaounde after Kigali setback

Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Embattled minister schmoozes Biya with call for ageing president to run again

World Bank's Africa head strengthens his team

UAE Trade Center boss pushes Emirati businesses in Yaoundé

Employers' organisation hit with a string of dismissals

Mi-17 army helicopters remain grounded despite military cooperation agreement with Moscow

Eramet rethinks its African mining strategy

Samuel Eto'o tackles new proceedings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

ExxonMobil-Savannah: SNH boss Moudiki ups the ante in letter to Chadian oil minister

Military judge rejects Maxime Eko Eko's request for bail

Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

South Africa's MTN turns to Paul Biya in case against billionaire Baba Danpullo

Washington sides with ExxonMobil and Chevron over BEAC foreign currency rules

Parliamentary commission aims to stop poison-pen letters

Special Criminal Court summons ministers over use of Covid-19 funds

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

CEMAC weakened by hiatus at top of commission

Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Gill Dingome and Thomas Clay cross swords again on Chad-Cameroon pipeline

ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Kinshasa awaiting $400m World Bank disbursement for road works

Cameroonian court speeds up 'fake diplomat' investigation

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout