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The people behind anglo African oil & Gas, new operator of Tilapia

Having made its debut on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on March 6 when it raised £10 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.03.2017

Sarmin starts search for potassium

In April, Sarmin Minerals Exploration Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.03.2017

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

The two leading air transporters in the region are faced with creditor action which is endangering their development prospects and their chances of future survival

Subscribers only Business 01.03.2017

Leon Raphael Mokoko expected in Brussels

Denis Sassou-Nguesso is due to appoint a new ambassador to the European Union (EU) and Belgium following the recall in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2017

Sassou sends Wilfrid Magloire Obili to Paris

Under instruction from Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Wilfrid Magloire Obili travelled to Paris in early February to get up to date on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2017

Jean-François Prevost questioned about Ill-gotten gains

Jean-François Prevost, an advisor to Congolese justice minister Pierre Mabiala [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.03.2017

Tilapia field’s future operator Anglo African Oil & Gas poised for IPO

The firm Anglo African Oil & Gas (AAOG), which is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2017

Pigasse Jr. to take on government’s defamation case

Paris lawyer Thomas Pigasse, who is the son of Jean-Paul Pigasse, owner of regime-supporting daily Les Depeches de Brazzaville, is [...]

Subscribers only 17.02.2017

Why Collard has been asked to testify in Mokoko case

As West African Newsletter reported (WAN 747), French lawyer Gilbert Collard was asked in early February by Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko, [...]

Subscribers only 17.02.2017

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Sassou Nguesso deals a death blow to his foes

It hasn’t been plain sailing for Denis Sassou-Nguesso since he won a comfortable election victory last March in defiance of a constitutional ban against his running for office again. Having little tolerance for his fiercest adversaries’ criticisms, the Congolese president [.

Subscribers only Politics 15.02.2017

Refinery rows

Two leading government officials are at odds over a major new infrastructure project.

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2017

Soco's big headache on Marine XI

The setbacks are piling up for the junior which now owns just a single lifebuoy: the difficult Marine XI block in Congo.

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Etoka served as Morocco's pathfinder in dam construction deal

Congolese oil man Claude Wilfrid Etoka, a k a Willy, who has lived in Morocco for nearly a decade but [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso organises a press junket

The favourite son of Congo-B's president has invited several French journalists for an all-expenses-paid trip to show off his charity works.

Free access Politics 01.02.2017

Overseas missions running on empty

Budgetary constraints are beginning to have a tangible effect on the operations of Congo’s embassies.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2017

Cash-strapped Sassou recalls his ambassadors

The financial crisis, which the slump in oil prices has inflicted on Congo-B over the last two years, has forced [...]

Subscribers only 31.01.2017

Local partner of Hemla and Petromal wins across the board

Congolese businessman Valentin Tchibota Goma , who helped Hemla and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Why Sassou is getting heavy with the radical opposition

The arrest of Andre Okombi Salissa caps the president’s determination to neutralise his staunchest opponents.

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2017

Mapingou prepares his lawsuit against Brazzaville

The defamation case brought by opposition politician Marc Mapingou Mitoumbi will be heard on March 15 at the Tribunal de [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2017

Journalist held for alleged subversion

The journalist Ghys Fortune Dombe Bemba, the head of the Talassa newspaper, was arrested at 5 am on Jan. 11 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2017

Nestor Makosso crosses swords with Arlette Soudan-Nonault

Managing director of Congolaise de Gestion de Loterie (COGELO) since [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2017

Perenco takes charge on Tchibouela, Tchendo and Tchibeli-Litanzi

Total’s staff pulled out of the Tchibouela, Tchendo and Tchibeli-Litanzi [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2017

Chinese train builders get into the mining act

Arriving in Congo-B last August, the state-owned construction company China [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.01.2017

‘Kiki' tightens his grip on international contracts

Jean-Jacques Bouya may be a permanent fixture when it comes to Chinese contracts, but the president's son is muscling in on the numerous interests of Turkey and Brazil.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Sassou reorganises the armed forces

Against a backdrop of fierce military tensions (WAN 741), President [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

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Congo

The people behind anglo African oil & Gas, new operator of Tilapia

Sarmin starts search for potassium

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

Leon Raphael Mokoko expected in Brussels

Sassou sends Wilfrid Magloire Obili to Paris

Jean-François Prevost questioned about Ill-gotten gains

Tilapia field’s future operator Anglo African Oil & Gas poised for IPO

Pigasse Jr. to take on government’s defamation case

Why Collard has been asked to testify in Mokoko case

Spotlight
Sassou Nguesso deals a death blow to his foes

Refinery rows

Soco's big headache on Marine XI

Etoka served as Morocco's pathfinder in dam construction deal

Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso organises a press junket

Overseas missions running on empty

Cash-strapped Sassou recalls his ambassadors

Local partner of Hemla and Petromal wins across the board

Why Sassou is getting heavy with the radical opposition

Mapingou prepares his lawsuit against Brazzaville

Journalist held for alleged subversion

Nestor Makosso crosses swords with Arlette Soudan-Nonault

Perenco takes charge on Tchibouela, Tchendo and Tchibeli-Litanzi

Chinese train builders get into the mining act

‘Kiki' tightens his grip on international contracts

Sassou reorganises the armed forces

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Congo

The people behind anglo African oil & Gas, new operator of Tilapia

Sarmin starts search for potassium

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

Leon Raphael Mokoko expected in Brussels

Sassou sends Wilfrid Magloire Obili to Paris

Jean-François Prevost questioned about Ill-gotten gains

Tilapia field’s future operator Anglo African Oil & Gas poised for IPO

Pigasse Jr. to take on government’s defamation case

Why Collard has been asked to testify in Mokoko case

Spotlight Sassou Nguesso deals a death blow to his foes

Refinery rows

Soco's big headache on Marine XI

Etoka served as Morocco's pathfinder in dam construction deal

Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso organises a press junket

Overseas missions running on empty

Cash-strapped Sassou recalls his ambassadors

Local partner of Hemla and Petromal wins across the board

Why Sassou is getting heavy with the radical opposition

Mapingou prepares his lawsuit against Brazzaville

Journalist held for alleged subversion

Nestor Makosso crosses swords with Arlette Soudan-Nonault

Perenco takes charge on Tchibouela, Tchendo and Tchibeli-Litanzi

Chinese train builders get into the mining act

‘Kiki' tightens his grip on international contracts

Sassou reorganises the armed forces

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Sassou Nguesso deals a death blow to his foes