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Cameroon

Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Cameroon has hired consultancy Drake & Bart to design an institutional framework that would help wean the country off World Bank help in managing its mining cadastre.

Subscribers only Mining 11.03.2021

Clean-up firm Sisco tries new tactic in bid to recover its dues

France's Sisco, which has been battling to recover $26m since 2015 from the Cameroonian state for work done to decontaminate military sites, plans to unleash its lawyer on the justice ministry to move the case forward.

Subscribers only Business 10.03.2021

Bitter battle over Fotso's vast estate rumbles on in France and Cameroon

In France, Victor Fotso's heirs have delayed disclosing the accounts of the companies that control the family's real estate holdings, while in Cameroon, investigators have searched the offices of the notary who handled the oligarch's will.

Subscribers only Business 09.03.2021

While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

After the Vatican made its voice heard, Paris has reminded the Cameroonian government of its concerns about the continuing crisis in the English-speaking provinces. European Union states hope that the new US administration, which purports to put human rights at the heart of its foreign policy, will come to their help.

Subscribers only Politics 05.03.2021

Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

French mining company Eramet just finished its second exploration phase on Cameroonian rutile mine, Akonolinga, which it acquired late 2019.

Subscribers only Mining 05.03.2021

Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

The Paul Biya stadium construction site. © Gruppo Piccini

Subscribers only Business Running story - Debt diplomacy 02.03.2021

Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

The Chadian government, which is mired in debt and badly affected by the Covid-19 crisis, wants to speed up the sale of part of its shares in the COTCO oil pipeline to Cameroonian state-owned oil company SNH.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2021

The Chad-Cameroon pipeline, which connects the Doba oil fields to the port of Kribi.

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Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Despite pressure from the European Union, and more recently the Vatican, the Cameroonian government is still in favour of a military response to the crisis in the country's Anglophone regions and is only half listening to negotiation options.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.02.2021

Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaoundé at the end of January.

Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

When Paul Biya turned 88 last weekend those in his inner circle tried to outdo each other in paying their respects to a president who still has the reins of state firmly in hand.

Subscribers only Politics 17.02.2021

With Atlantic Cement, Koné Dossongui wants to muscle in on Dangote's patch

Not content with building a cement works in Abidjan in partnership with China's Jiangsu Pengfei, Ivorian businessman Bernard Koné Dossongui's Atlantic is now planning to set up a factory in Douala, a stronghold of Nigerian giant Dangote Cement.

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2021

Sky falls in for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo's business airline

The Cameroonian authorities have brought the curtain down on the operations of the business travel specialist Global-S-Aviation. And its founder, the vastly wealthy businessman Mohamadou Dabo, is facing prosecution over the contract to upgrade Garoua airport.

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2021

New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Numerous financial and political obstacles are preventing New Age from beginning production on Etinde block, agreement of principle or not.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2021

Why Biya afforded former minister Kouna Atangana special treatment after corruption charges

Basile Kouna Atangana, who served in Cameroon's government until 2018, was jailed last year in connection with an anticorruption operation, but his legal woes are coming to an end. Here's why.

Subscribers only Politics 03.02.2021

Cameroon's former water and energy minister Basile Kouna Atangana.

Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

The launch of the new Blue mobile telephone service by national telecommunications company Camtel has brought to a head the tensions between telecoms minister Minette Libom li Likeng, who is close to the presidency, and Camtel director general Judith Yah Sunday-Achidi, one of the wives of former prime minister Simon Achidi Achu, who hails from the anglophone north western region.

Subscribers only Business 03.02.2021

Victor Fotso's daughter seeks probe into circumstances of his death

After having fought bitterly over the will of the oligarch, who died in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 19 March 2020, the Fotso clan could be in for more turbulence. One of Victor Fotso's daughters has written to the public prosecutor in Paris, to complain about the circumstances in which he died.

Subscribers only Politics 27.01.2021

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

To secure the licence, in the last days of the Trump administration, that allows him to conduct business for one year despite being subject to sanctions, the mining tycoon Dan Gerlter called on a new team of consultants.

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2021

Biya and the Atangana affair billions

Michel Thierry Atangana, a French businessman of Cameroonian origin who spent 17 years behind bars in Cameroon, is battling Yaoundé to extract 57bn CFA francs (€86m) in compensation over a decades-old financing mechanism.

Subscribers only Politics 26.01.2021

French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana, who spent 17 years in a Cameroonian prison.

Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

A behind-the-scenes adviser to the director of Douala port, the Cameroonian businesswoman is the driving force behind the independent authority set up to take over from Bolloré.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.01.2021

Cameroonian businesswoman Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano.

Ministers ruled offside over FIFA boss's route to African Nations opening match

Government ministers clashed with the president's office over the route to be taken by the official convoy bringing FIFA chairman Gianni Infantino and his entourage to the opening match of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) between Cameroon and Zimbabwe in Yaounde on 16 January.

Subscribers only Politics 22.01.2021

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Cameroon

Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Clean-up firm Sisco tries new tactic in bid to recover its dues

Bitter battle over Fotso's vast estate rumbles on in France and Cameroon

While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

Spotlight
Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

With Atlantic Cement, Koné Dossongui wants to muscle in on Dangote's patch

Sky falls in for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo's business airline

New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Why Biya afforded former minister Kouna Atangana special treatment after corruption charges

Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Victor Fotso's daughter seeks probe into circumstances of his death

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Biya and the Atangana affair billions

Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

Ministers ruled offside over FIFA boss's route to African Nations opening match

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Ngoh Ngoh takes charge of Camair privatisation

Inner circle
Paul Biya surrounds himself with diplomat warriors to defend his regime

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

With no power over government, PM Ngute digs in heels

Biya ready to sell Camair-Co

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Cameroon

Yaoundé aims to forego World Bank help on mining cadastre

Clean-up firm Sisco tries new tactic in bid to recover its dues

Bitter battle over Fotso's vast estate rumbles on in France and Cameroon

While waiting for Biden, Paris steps up pressure over Anglophone crisis

Eramet on the lookout for new mines in Africa

Paul Biya Stadium plunges the country into further debt

Biya poised to buy Chadian oil pipeline stake as Deby battles with economic crisis

Spotlight Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Biya's birthday prompts courtiers' one-upmanship

With Atlantic Cement, Koné Dossongui wants to muscle in on Dangote's patch

Sky falls in for tycoon Mohamadou Dabo's business airline

New Age far from starting production on Etinde despite promise of new contract

Why Biya afforded former minister Kouna Atangana special treatment after corruption charges

Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Victor Fotso's daughter seeks probe into circumstances of his death

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Biya and the Atangana affair billions

Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

Ministers ruled offside over FIFA boss's route to African Nations opening match

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Ngoh Ngoh takes charge of Camair privatisation

Inner circle Paul Biya surrounds himself with diplomat warriors to defend his regime

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

With no power over government, PM Ngute digs in heels

Biya ready to sell Camair-Co

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Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Inner circle
Paul Biya surrounds himself with diplomat warriors to defend his regime