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Serge Tshibangu, President Tshisekedi's sole representative at Trump's inauguration

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi will be represented at Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony by Serge Tshibangu, the head of state's former high representative.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2025

Moïse Katumbi off to Washington for Trump's inauguration

Opposition leader Moise Katumbi in Goma, eastern DRC, November 2023. © Alexis Huguet/AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.01.2025

Mines Minister Kizito Kapinga seeks closer ties with Republicans in US Congress

The Congolese government has hired the services of the Von Batten-Montague-York law firm to get closer to the US Congress, which is now dominated by the Republican Party.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 17.01.2025

A branch of the Central Bank of Congo, in Lubumbashi (DRC), in May 2016. © Junior Kannah/AFP

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The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Some 2,900 transactions worth a tidy $1.2bn: Africa Intelligence has been able to consult an internal Central Bank of Congo document which reveals the beneficiaries of country's debt repayments.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 20.12.2024

The head office of Afriland First Bank, in Kinshasa, in April 2021. © Ashley Gilbertson/VII/Redux-REA

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Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Afriland bank's DR Congo subsidiary, which is under provisional administration by the country's central bank and is in arbitration proceedings, may have one final use. The government may use it in a risky financial deal that would benefit Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 16.12.2024

Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka at the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 13 November 2024 © Sean Gallup/Getty Images via AFP

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Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

Judith Suminwa Tuluka's government is caught up in a draft agreement signed in 2023 with the South African junior that was meant to put an end to a long legal dispute.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2024

Sicomines wins $60m rebate claim

The Chinese-Congolese joint venture took advantage of its total tax exemption status to devote certain resources to financing infrastructure projects.

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2025

Kinshasa prepares for arrival of new Trump administration

Last December, a small Congolese delegation visited Washington, where it held a series of meetings with US officials close to the incoming president.

Free access Finance 08.01.2025

From Accra to Caracas, Félix Tshisekedi's tight diplomatic schedule

On his return from Doha, Qatar, DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi will attend the inauguration of Ghana's new head of state, John Dramani Mahama, on 7 January, followed by that of his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, on 10 January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.01.2025

French court finds in favour of Traweco in dispute with Kinshasa

The ruling opens the way to enforcing a judgement originally handed down by a Kinshasa court in 2009 ordering the DRC authorities to pay the Congolese-registered company $3.5m.

Subscribers only Business 24.12.2024

World Bank prepares to return to Inga III mega dam project

Eight years after having withdrawn from the hydroelectric project, the Bretton Woods institution is now hoping to lead it, and is considering making an investment of $250m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.12.2024

Running story
Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Although their construction is being hampered by the very scale of the project in which they figure, the huge Inga III and Inga VIII hydroelectric dams offer the prospect of being able to generate tens of thousands of megawatts of electricity.

Subscribers only Energy 23.12.2024

One of the dams of the Grand Inga project.

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

The presidents of the sub-region have given oil and mining operators until April to find common ground with the bloc's central bank on the repatriation of their rehabilitation funds. Until then, negotiation talks will be held on a monthly basis.

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2024

DRC Congo banks consolidate oil company debt repayment mechanism

The financial package this time involves $282m from the massive subsidy lines for petroleum products designed to keep pump prices in check.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 18.12.2024

Moïse Katumbi's football club claiming €11m from the government

TP Mazembe, the Lubumbashi club, are supposed to have all their travel costs covered by the Ministry of Finance. But since the 2021-2022 season, none of their travel has been reimbursed.

Subscribers only Politics 17.12.2024

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Libreville and Brazzaville have strayed from the convergence criteria of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa. The issue will be discussed at an extraordinary summit in Yaoundé next week.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.12.2024

Perenco hit with two state-mandated audits

The Congolese hydrocarbon ministry has commissioned two companies to carry out detailed audits of Franco-British energy company Perenco's oil business in the country. These reports should shed light on the firm's actual oil production, as well as its environmental impact.

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2024

Kinshasa's intriguing security sweep in Zambia

Dozens of DR Congo nationals suspected of planning to destabilise their country were picked up and brought home from neighbouring Zambia, in an October operation greenlit by Lusaka.

Subscribers only Defence 11.12.2024

Felix Tshisekedi and Hakainde Hichilema at a meeting near Lobito, Angola, 4 December 2024.

Ecobank appeals as legal battle between Moise Katumbi and Pascal Beveraggi rumbles on

The Congolese subsidiary of the pan-African bank has been ordered to pay $5.5m in compensation to the French businessman's companies. All told, it risks having to pay more than $10m.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 03.12.2024

Sisi pursues diplomatic charm offensive with Tshisekedi

As the Egyptian government looks to contain Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam file, the Egyptian leader is vying for his Congolese counterpart's support.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.12.2024

Felix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during the 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 July 2023.

Struggling Sodimico takes a hard look at its mining partnerships

The board of directors of the state-owned mining company, which has been in place for just over a year, has been reviewing the deals it has entered into in the past. And several of them are now deemed to be of dubious value.

Subscribers only Mining 29.11.2024

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Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

The mining entrepreneur Joseph Kazibaziba has launched a pilot project in the Katangese province to exploit artificial deposits in order to transform them into copper cathodes. Close to the government, he has hired a stepdaughter of a presidential adviser to help his mission along.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 28.11.2024

Miners on the banks of a large mine embankment on 23 April 2018 in Kolwezi in the DRC.

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DRC

Serge Tshibangu, President Tshisekedi's sole representative at Trump's inauguration

Moïse Katumbi off to Washington for Trump's inauguration

Mines Minister Kizito Kapinga seeks closer ties with Republicans in US Congress

Spotlight
The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Spotlight
Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

Sicomines wins $60m rebate claim

Kinshasa prepares for arrival of new Trump administration

From Accra to Caracas, Félix Tshisekedi's tight diplomatic schedule

French court finds in favour of Traweco in dispute with Kinshasa

World Bank prepares to return to Inga III mega dam project

Running story
Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

DRC Congo banks consolidate oil company debt repayment mechanism

Moïse Katumbi's football club claiming €11m from the government

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Perenco hit with two state-mandated audits

Kinshasa's intriguing security sweep in Zambia

Ecobank appeals as legal battle between Moise Katumbi and Pascal Beveraggi rumbles on

Sisi pursues diplomatic charm offensive with Tshisekedi

Struggling Sodimico takes a hard look at its mining partnerships

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Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Head of Entreprise Générale du Cobalt on charm offensive in Brussels

Attorney general Firmin Mvonde acquires luxury flats in Brussels

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Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

DRC

Serge Tshibangu, President Tshisekedi's sole representative at Trump's inauguration

Moïse Katumbi off to Washington for Trump's inauguration

Mines Minister Kizito Kapinga seeks closer ties with Republicans in US Congress

Spotlight The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Spotlight Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

Sicomines wins $60m rebate claim

Kinshasa prepares for arrival of new Trump administration

From Accra to Caracas, Félix Tshisekedi's tight diplomatic schedule

French court finds in favour of Traweco in dispute with Kinshasa

World Bank prepares to return to Inga III mega dam project

Running story Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

DRC Congo banks consolidate oil company debt repayment mechanism

Moïse Katumbi's football club claiming €11m from the government

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Perenco hit with two state-mandated audits

Kinshasa's intriguing security sweep in Zambia

Ecobank appeals as legal battle between Moise Katumbi and Pascal Beveraggi rumbles on

Sisi pursues diplomatic charm offensive with Tshisekedi

Struggling Sodimico takes a hard look at its mining partnerships

Spotlight Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Head of Entreprise Générale du Cobalt on charm offensive in Brussels

Attorney general Firmin Mvonde acquires luxury flats in Brussels

Spotlight Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Spotlight
The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Spotlight
Kinshasa's secret $150m deal with Dig Oil

Running story
Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Spotlight
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Spotlight
Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for