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World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

Some 60 cases of rape and sexual violence were recorded by local residents during the renovation of the road between Goma and Bukavu. The World Bank, which is financing the project, continues its work of identifying and compensating victims.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.05.2020

DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DP World and the DRC government have mutually agreed to add another 18 months to the deadline for the signature of an amendment to the Banana port contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.05.2020

Former Africo shareholders hold firm on valuation of Kalukundi copper in Och-Ziff case

In a document filed with a court in New York, Africo's former shareholders argue that Och-Ziff's estimate of the amount it owes them following its takeover of the Kalukundi copper deposit is too low. They cast doubt, too, on the valuation of the site made by the American government, which is supposed to be their ally in the affair.

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2020

Richard Ngatia tries to redeem himself through Equity Bank's Kinshasa initiatives

Chamber of Commerce head Richard Ngatia is trying to get back into the president's good books by backing Kenyan enterprises in the DRC.

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2020

Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Despite making strenuous efforts, Parnasse, the consulting company of former French IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, failed to win the consulting contract it was chasing in DRC. It was beaten to it by Baker McKenzie, where Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, used to work.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2020

How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

The state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction (CCEC) made good use of local businessman Edo Kasongo's networks to land a contract to upgrade 128-km stretch of road in Haut-Katanga province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.05.2020

Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

In a letter sent out to the country's top officials, the Congolese minister of mines Willy Kitobo Samsoni expresses his frustration with the number of contracts cancelled or put on ice by copper producers Eurasian Resources Group and Chemaf because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2020

Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

After four years of exile during the Kabila era, the former banker and coordinator of the Filimbi citizen movement Floribert Anzuluni is back in Kinshasa and has set his economic intelligence firm, Nyfalm & Associés.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 13.05.2020

China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Active for a long time in copper production in Zambia and the DRC, China's CNMC is now investing resources in becoming a key operator in trading and mining services.

Subscribers only Mining 12.05.2020

Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

The oil junior has opened up a new front against the Congolese state, which kept it waiting for a decade before greenlighting its production sharing contracts in Cuvette Centrale.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2020

Spotlight
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

Having completed work on their new processing plant, the bosses of China's CATL group and its partner Putailai are now waiting only for the Covid-19 crisis to ease to officially launch operations at the Luisha South mine in Katanga, which is crucial to their development plans in DRC.

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2020

Chinese battery maker CATL CEO Robin Zeng.

Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

Published on 06/05/20 at 8 pm - The Parisian lawyer Pierre-Olivier Sur is intending to submit a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the situation of the DRC former presidential chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2020

In Focus
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

The Congolese president counts a handfull of Israeli entrepreneurs in his inner circle.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 04.05.2020

Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Despite its lack of experience, Africa Power Solutions Holdings has been approached by the Congolese president's office to construct roads in the mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.04.2020

Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Jean-Claude Kabongo, special investment adviser to Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, wound up his company African Trading Oil in mid-April.

Subscribers only Energy 30.04.2020

Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only affecting the price of gold, it is also affecting the numbers of small miners involved in extracting it.

Subscribers only Mining 29.04.2020

Haut-Katanga deputy governor defuses row between ERG and its Frontier copper mine workers

Jean-Claude Kamfwa Kimimba, the deputy governor of Haut-Katanga province, had to make an emergency visit to Sakania last week to try to calm the explosive situation at the Frontier copper mine.

Subscribers only Mining 28.04.2020

MONUSCO concerned by rising inter-ethnic tensions in Nyunzu

In its weekly report out April 27, the United Nation's stabilising mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONESCO, said there was cause for alarm at deteriorating security situation in the Nyunzu territories in Tanganyika province.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2020

Ian Dearing manoeuvres to cling on to Asa Resource's gold and diamond assets

With the nickel, gold and diamonds firm in administration, Ian Dearing, the last man standing on the Asa Resource board, is fighting a rearguard action to regain a semblance of control and to hang on to some potentially very lucrative company assets in the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining 27.04.2020

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DRC

World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

Former Africo shareholders hold firm on valuation of Kalukundi copper in Och-Ziff case

Richard Ngatia tries to redeem himself through Equity Bank's Kinshasa initiatives

Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

Spotlight
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

In Focus
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

Haut-Katanga deputy governor defuses row between ERG and its Frontier copper mine workers

MONUSCO concerned by rising inter-ethnic tensions in Nyunzu

Ian Dearing manoeuvres to cling on to Asa Resource's gold and diamond assets

Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

Chemaf streamlines copper and cobalt operations to stay open for business during pandemic

Embarrassed by legal woes, Sococ continues building roads in Goma and Bukavu

Mbuji-Mayi Airport to be renovated by China Jiangxi Corp

Lourenço assigns Tete António to oversee oil relations with Tshisekedi

The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

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DRC

World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

Former Africo shareholders hold firm on valuation of Kalukundi copper in Och-Ziff case

Richard Ngatia tries to redeem himself through Equity Bank's Kinshasa initiatives

Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

Filimbi militant and coordinator, Floribert Anzuluni, branches out into consulting

China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

Spotlight With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

Pierre-Olivier Sur to appeal to UN over Kamerhe's detention

In Focus Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

Haut-Katanga deputy governor defuses row between ERG and its Frontier copper mine workers

MONUSCO concerned by rising inter-ethnic tensions in Nyunzu

Ian Dearing manoeuvres to cling on to Asa Resource's gold and diamond assets

Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

Chemaf streamlines copper and cobalt operations to stay open for business during pandemic

Embarrassed by legal woes, Sococ continues building roads in Goma and Bukavu

Mbuji-Mayi Airport to be renovated by China Jiangxi Corp

Lourenço assigns Tete António to oversee oil relations with Tshisekedi

The rush on cobalt endangers Busanga dam build

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Spotlight
With lithium in trouble, leading battery producer CATL forges ahead on cobalt

In Focus
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors