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Congo

How Worldwide paid $359 million to SNPC

Prior to Congo-B's last presidential election, the small Emirati trader Worldwide paid in advance for 5.7 million barrels of Djeno or Nkossa grade oil. It has yet to receive a single drop.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2016

Total's bits and pieces attract would-be buyers

Total's imminent withdrawal from three permits in Congo-B looks set to attract a lot of buyers.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2016

Sassou, Mokoko and the insurrection plotters

A leading opposition figure has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a 2007 insurrection plot allegedly hatched by people outside the Republic of Congo.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2016

Thomas Bakala Mayinda, Sassou Nguesso’s zealous police chief

Thomas Bakala Mayinda, 59, who has headed general intelligence at the Congolese national police force for the past two-and-a-half years, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2016

Adada approved by Paris

The French government has agreed to Rodolphe Adada replacing Henri [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2016

Tug of war between Sassou & Mokoko scares away foreign firms

Re-elected in controversial circumstances on March 20, Denis Sassou Nguesso has failed to cow some opposition forces. And that is hitting at the country’s economy

Subscribers only Politics 08.06.2016

Abdoulaye Bathily looks for way out of crisis

Abdoulaye Bathily, the UN head of the regional Office for Central Africa has become the emissary of Denis Sassou-Nguesso to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.06.2016

AFD helps national utility in restructuring bid

Congo-B’s Parliament and Senate have both ratified a loan accord between Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD) and the Brazzaville government. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2016

Oil receipts fall through the floor

As a result of the drop in the oil price, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2016

VdA to tap into address book of Sutter & Pearce and Mathias Essereke

In a bid to build up a wide customer base [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.2016

Ali Bongo plans to have it out with Sassou in Oyo

Ali Bongo is to visit the northern Congolese city of Oyo, birthplace and political stronghold of his Congolese opposite number, [...]

Subscribers only 03.06.2016

ENI cultivates friends, keeps rivals at bay

The Italian oil company ENI has managed to keep ahead of rival Total by cultivating the right people in the Republic of Congo.

Subscribers only Business 25.05.2016

Francois Ossele, Sassou’s man in Pool

General Francois Ossele, 60, the head of the FAC (Forces Armees Congolaises), has been chosen, instead of chief of defence [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

ENI Congo settles up for Roger Roc

The dispute between Maisons Sans Frontieres Congo, headed by businessman [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.05.2016

Dig Oil in starting blocks on the Cuvette

The two Congos want to speed up exploration in the giant Cuvette basin that remains largely unexplored. Certain companies have long been waiting their chance.

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Sassou Nguesso serves up more of same in new government

Denis Sassou Nguesso’s appointment of a prime minister from the opposition, 72-year-old Clement Mouamba, on April 30, only pays lip service to greater openness in the Congolese government.

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2016

Sassou Nguesso reins in Placide Lenga

The president of the Congolese supreme court has received a presidential dressing down over his disregard for the CCJA.

Subscribers only Business 11.05.2016

PM Mouamba has little room to manoeuvre

Clement Mouamba, who was appointed prime minister by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso on April 23, looks set to be a weak [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.05.2016

Etoka’s putsch in the Cuvette

After grabbing the Ngoki permit from his partner, Loik Le Floch-Prigent, the Emirati national Abbas Youssef has, in turn, lost it to his own partners.

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2016

Promotion for Calixte Nganongo, the man who holds all the oil secrets

Named on April 30 by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Congo-B's new government won't loosen the presidential family's grip on the oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2016

Henri Bouka wears several hats for Sassou Nguesso

Henri Bouka, the president of the country’s much-criticised Independent National Electoral Commission (French acronym CENI), is poised to be promoted [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Alpha Oumar Konare gets the brush off in Brazzaville

Holding a mandate from Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, president of the African [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2016

Odzali loses the latest round in Paris

To carry out another in the never-ending series of impoundments [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2016

The Supreme Court pushes back

After losing its case against Elco Construction before a commercial [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2016

Li Hui pitches Japanese reinforced concrete but also works for China

Boss of the discreet but no less important firm Japan [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2016

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Congo

How Worldwide paid $359 million to SNPC

Total's bits and pieces attract would-be buyers

Sassou, Mokoko and the insurrection plotters

Thomas Bakala Mayinda, Sassou Nguesso’s zealous police chief

Adada approved by Paris

Tug of war between Sassou & Mokoko scares away foreign firms

Abdoulaye Bathily looks for way out of crisis

AFD helps national utility in restructuring bid

Oil receipts fall through the floor

VdA to tap into address book of Sutter & Pearce and Mathias Essereke

Ali Bongo plans to have it out with Sassou in Oyo

ENI cultivates friends, keeps rivals at bay

Francois Ossele, Sassou’s man in Pool

ENI Congo settles up for Roger Roc

Dig Oil in starting blocks on the Cuvette

Sassou Nguesso serves up more of same in new government

Sassou Nguesso reins in Placide Lenga

PM Mouamba has little room to manoeuvre

Etoka’s putsch in the Cuvette

Promotion for Calixte Nganongo, the man who holds all the oil secrets

Henri Bouka wears several hats for Sassou Nguesso

Alpha Oumar Konare gets the brush off in Brazzaville

Odzali loses the latest round in Paris

The Supreme Court pushes back

Li Hui pitches Japanese reinforced concrete but also works for China

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Congo

How Worldwide paid $359 million to SNPC

Total's bits and pieces attract would-be buyers

Sassou, Mokoko and the insurrection plotters

Thomas Bakala Mayinda, Sassou Nguesso’s zealous police chief

Adada approved by Paris

Tug of war between Sassou & Mokoko scares away foreign firms

Abdoulaye Bathily looks for way out of crisis

AFD helps national utility in restructuring bid

Oil receipts fall through the floor

VdA to tap into address book of Sutter & Pearce and Mathias Essereke

Ali Bongo plans to have it out with Sassou in Oyo

ENI cultivates friends, keeps rivals at bay

Francois Ossele, Sassou’s man in Pool

ENI Congo settles up for Roger Roc

Dig Oil in starting blocks on the Cuvette

Sassou Nguesso serves up more of same in new government

Sassou Nguesso reins in Placide Lenga

PM Mouamba has little room to manoeuvre

Etoka’s putsch in the Cuvette

Promotion for Calixte Nganongo, the man who holds all the oil secrets

Henri Bouka wears several hats for Sassou Nguesso

Alpha Oumar Konare gets the brush off in Brazzaville

Odzali loses the latest round in Paris

The Supreme Court pushes back

Li Hui pitches Japanese reinforced concrete but also works for China

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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