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Kagame expected in Brazzaville for talks with Sassou

Rwandan president Paul Kagame is expected in Brazzaville on 10 April to meet with his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy Running story - Kagame's diplomacy 29.03.2022

Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 17.03.2022

Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Raoul Ominga, the head of the state company SNPC. © Reuters

Subscribers only Energy 11.03.2022

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

Swiss trader Trafigura, which is increasing its supply agreements in the DRC and Zambia, is keen to trump its competitors by having a copper transport route to Angola. Together with Mota-Engil and Vecturis, it has responded to the call for tenders to manage the rail corridor between Kolwezi and Lobito.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 09.03.2022

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

The extraordinary meeting was called by CEMAC chairman, former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo. © Facebook/Commission CEMAC

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2022

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 03.03.2022

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2022

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 24.02.2022

35°Nord to champion Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso in London

Specialist Africa communications company 35°Nord - which was bought at the end of last year by the lobbying and consultancy firm Avisa Partners - will hold an event in London on 8-10 March for the benefit of Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, the Congolese Minister for International Cooperation.

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2022

Tense parliamentary elections beckon for Sassou Nguesso

Ahead of this year's parliamentary elections, the Congolese president has announced the holding of a political dialogue between the authorities and the opposition next month. But the true issue at stake is the appointment of PCT candidates to key constituencies.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2022

Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso in November 2021 in Paris.

Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

There were initially supposed to be five heads of state invited to Oyo, the birthplace of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the evening of 11 February.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2022

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Amélia Lakrafi, La République en Marche! (LREM) MP for the 10th constituency of French people abroad, is currently on a tour of Central Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2022

Sassou sends diplomatic stalwart for AU seat

According to our sources, former Conogolese ambassador to China, Daniel Owassa, will hand over his credentials to the chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki, in the coming days.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2022

How big players in African oil helped Trident OGX clinch MKB block

A top executive of the US oil services firm made the most of his connections to unseat the state-owned SNPC and win its first block in Congo.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2022

Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Five years after it obtained a 20% stake in the Republic of the Congo's PNGF offshore block, Hemla's former bosses are being investigated by the Norwegian authorities. Petronor CEO Knut Søvold was detained by the Norwegian authorities in mid-December.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2022

Kagame's fund Crystal Ventures to set up shop near Brazzaville

The concession deal for the Maloukou industrial zone should be signed by 31 March with the Rwandan investment fund Crystal Ventures, the financial branch of Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front party.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.01.2022

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

The head of state of Central African Republic (CAR) recently began using jets operated by Angolan company Bestfly, which has seen its clientele of West African leaders grow fast in line with regional diplomatic activity.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.01.2022

The $200m debt threatening the Brazzaville-Ankara connection

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.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 24.01.2022

The Kintélé International Conference Centre in Brazzaville.

Family feud continues over the cause of death of former opposition leader Parfait Kolélas

The family of Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas is still tearing each other apart over how he died - it's the basis of a legal battle in France between the children of the former Congolese opposition leader and his wife.

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2022

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.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 17.01.2022

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

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Congo

Kagame expected in Brazzaville for talks with Sassou

Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

35°Nord to champion Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso in London

Tense parliamentary elections beckon for Sassou Nguesso

Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Sassou sends diplomatic stalwart for AU seat

How big players in African oil helped Trident OGX clinch MKB block

Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Kagame's fund Crystal Ventures to set up shop near Brazzaville

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

The $200m debt threatening the Brazzaville-Ankara connection

Family feud continues over the cause of death of former opposition leader Parfait Kolélas

Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso plans national airline relaunch

How Trident bagged MKB concession

Sassou reshuffles his UN representation in New York

SNPC boss Raoul Ominga loses confidence of oil sector

Brazzaville secures reopening of billion-dollar Commisimpex arbitration

The great sell-off of Congo's real estate is underway

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Congo

Kagame expected in Brazzaville for talks with Sassou

Sassou plays massive chess game with army generals

Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

35°Nord to champion Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso in London

Tense parliamentary elections beckon for Sassou Nguesso

Sassou organises anti-coup seminar in Oyo

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Sassou sends diplomatic stalwart for AU seat

How big players in African oil helped Trident OGX clinch MKB block

Norwegian fraud squad investigate Petronor subsidiary Hemla's stake in PNGF Sud

Kagame's fund Crystal Ventures to set up shop near Brazzaville

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

The $200m debt threatening the Brazzaville-Ankara connection

Family feud continues over the cause of death of former opposition leader Parfait Kolélas

Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso plans national airline relaunch

How Trident bagged MKB concession

Sassou reshuffles his UN representation in New York

SNPC boss Raoul Ominga loses confidence of oil sector

Brazzaville secures reopening of billion-dollar Commisimpex arbitration

The great sell-off of Congo's real estate is underway

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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