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Sonahydroc concerned about Oil Minister Didier Budimbu's support for rival Cobil

The Congolese state-owned oil firm Sonahydroc's fears that its rival Cobil has the favours of the oil ministry keep growing.

Subscribers only Energy 05.03.2024

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

Scott Nathan, CEO of the US International Development Finance Corporation on 14 December 2022 in Washington. © Tasos Katopodis/Getty via AFP

Subscribers only Mining 04.03.2024

State auditors pore over Congo Airways accounts

The financial authorities are currently going through the national airline's finances with a fine-tooth comb and claim to have detected a certain number of alleged irregularities.

Subscribers only Business 01.03.2024

Luc Gérard Nyafé's takeover of Banro runs into headwinds

Namoya Mine personnel have accused the DRC entrepreneur of not keeping his promises on jobs and the resumption of operations at the gold mine. Meanwhile, former deputy mines minister Victor Kasongo is laying claim to ownership of the site.

Subscribers only Mining 29.02.2024

The leaders of the DRC, Angola and Rwanda: Félix Tshisekedi, João Lourenço and Paul Kagame. © Tony Karumba/Michele Spatari/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

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Tshisekedi bolsters his regional alliances to counter Kagame

With Rwandan-backed M23 rebels increasingly threatening the eastern city of Goma, the Congolese leader is seeking to strengthen his ties with regional allies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.02.2024

A DRC armed forces (FARDC) military plane airborne in Goma, North Kivu, on 18 December 2023. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

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Emiratis boost DRC army in fight against M23 rebels

The Congolese army is using new Emirati-made armoured vehicles to bolster its defences around the city of Goma, which is surrounded by M23 rebels. Cooperation between Abu Dhabi and Kinshasa has increased in recent months.

Subscribers only Defence 22.02.2024

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Last chance for Congo Airways' survival plans to take off

The national airline is stricken with chronic problems and has until the beginning of March to find new aircraft or risk losing its air operator's certificate, with its leases coming to an end.

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2024

South African oil firm Engen faces fresh crisis in Kinshasa

The oil firm is exasperated by manoeuvres by representatives of the Congolese state, a minority shareholder in its DR Congo subsidiary. A director and cousin of President Félix Tshisekedi is seeking to take control of the company.

Subscribers only Energy 12.02.2024

An Engen petrol station in Lubumbashi on 22 December 2023.

UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

United Bank for Africa has renewed its financing for the DRC state-owned oil company, but halved the amount it is providing. The funds could be used to purchase petroleum products from Angola's Sonangol.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 08.02.2024

Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Kinshasa raised the issue of alleged sexual violence carried out by South African peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a visit by the head of the UN Department of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Subscribers only Defence 07.02.2024

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Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

At Washington's request, the Democratic Republic of Congo has reluctantly agreed to consider dialogue with Rwanda, but only if the latter ceases its military presence on Congolese soil. Kinshasa is at the same time maintaining its war rhetoric and trying to reboot its military campaign against M23 rebels.

Subscribers only Defence 06.02.2024

DR Congo president, Félix Tshisekedi, and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame.

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Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

The names of several members of President Félix Tshisekedi's family keep quietly cropping up in connection with artisanal mining in Lualaba. Some of the sites invaded by artisanal miners last year are owned by Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group.

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2024

© Illustrated by Julien Pacaud Pictures: F. Scoppa/P. Meinhardt/AFP; J. Graylock/M. Kaplan/E. Zani/Alamy

Head of UN peacekeeping expected in Kinshasa

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is due to visit Kinshasa in February to discuss the details of MONUSCO's withdrawal from Ituri and North Kivu.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2024

Loncor Gold falls foul of North Kivu mining authority

On 19 January, the Canadian mining firm Loncor Gold was surprised to learn that it had been singled out by Paul Mabolia Yenga, the boss of the mining cadastre office CAMI.

Subscribers only Mining 01.02.2024

Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

Company bosses in DR Congo are unanimous in their assertion that they were subjected to a record number of tax inspections by the various financial authorities in 2023. They have long denounced what they see as "harassment".

Subscribers only Politics, Business 31.01.2024

SADC regional force finds its feet in Goma

The Southern African Development Community has sent several hundred soldiers to eastern DR Congo, the first instalment of a force to be deployed there at the request of President Félix Tshisekedi. But the deployment is suffering delays, and operations against M23 rebels have not yet got under way.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 30.01.2024

Joint meeting between the military of the DRC and the SADC in Goma, 16 January 2024.

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Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa

China is ramping up its military and industrial presence in the DRC, driven by the Congolese military's substantial needs in its fight against M23 rebels in the east. In doing so, Beijing is also consolidating its long-established influence in the country.

Subscribers only Defence 24.01.2024

Felix Tshisekedi and Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 26, 2023.

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DRC

Sonahydroc concerned about Oil Minister Didier Budimbu's support for rival Cobil

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

State auditors pore over Congo Airways accounts

Luc Gérard Nyafé's takeover of Banro runs into headwinds

Spotlight
Tshisekedi bolsters his regional alliances to counter Kagame

Spotlight
Emiratis boost DRC army in fight against M23 rebels

Spotlight
Last chance for Congo Airways' survival plans to take off

South African oil firm Engen faces fresh crisis in Kinshasa

UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Spotlight
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

In Focus
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

Head of UN peacekeeping expected in Kinshasa

Loncor Gold falls foul of North Kivu mining authority

Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

SADC regional force finds its feet in Goma

Spotlight
Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa

Tshisekedi assembles presidential office team for second term

Tshisekedi's office offended by EU's cold shoulder

Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

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Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

Inner circle
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Macron's new Africa adviser heads to Kinshasa

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IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

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Sonahydroc concerned about Oil Minister Didier Budimbu's support for rival Cobil

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor railways

State auditors pore over Congo Airways accounts

Luc Gérard Nyafé's takeover of Banro runs into headwinds

Spotlight Tshisekedi bolsters his regional alliances to counter Kagame

Spotlight Emiratis boost DRC army in fight against M23 rebels

Spotlight Last chance for Congo Airways' survival plans to take off

South African oil firm Engen faces fresh crisis in Kinshasa

UBA extends new $65m credit line to Sonahydroc

Could South African peacekeepers soon be sent home?

Spotlight Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

In Focus Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

Head of UN peacekeeping expected in Kinshasa

Loncor Gold falls foul of North Kivu mining authority

Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

SADC regional force finds its feet in Goma

Spotlight Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa

Tshisekedi assembles presidential office team for second term

Tshisekedi's office offended by EU's cold shoulder

Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Spotlight Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

Inner circle Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Macron's new Africa adviser heads to Kinshasa

Spotlight IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

VIP guest list for Tshisekedi's swearing-in

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Spotlight
Tshisekedi bolsters his regional alliances to counter Kagame

Spotlight
Emiratis boost DRC army in fight against M23 rebels

Spotlight
Last chance for Congo Airways' survival plans to take off

Spotlight
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

In Focus
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

Spotlight
Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa

Spotlight
Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

Inner circle
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

Spotlight
IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m