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Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

Over the last month, the Tshisekedi government has revoked the diplomatic passports of several Kabila allies. First in the firing was the ex-ANR chief, Kaalev Mutond.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

The French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, was in Washington from 27 to 28 January in the hope of persuading [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.02.2020

Mobutu man Kabuya Lumuna poised for oil sector comeback with Luanda?

The former president of the Congolese commission on continental shelf which worked on an extension to DRC's maritime rights is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Spotlight
Sino-Egyptian consortium could replace ACS and China Three Gorges on Inga III

Congolese authorities are discussing the possibility of a new consortium made up of of Egypt's Income and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) taking over the Inga III project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure Running story - Sisi's African offensive 03.02.2020

Ex-electoral commission officers confirm mining goals

With his mission for DRC's national independent electoral commission, the CENI, officially over since June last year, even though no [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Jinchuan and Gécamines find common ground over Ruashi

The Ruashi copper mine partners have managed to find an amicable settlement to their scuffle over unpaid taxes that had led them down a path to arbitration.

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Ventora debacle throws up hurdles for Gécamines triumvirate

Albert Yuma, chairman of the board at Gécamines, was not [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Unicef urges miners to defend children's rights

While buyers of minerals extracted in DRC were recently reminded [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

PACT digs in heels over criticism of its programmes in Mutoshi

The NGO PACT has taken offence to the claims that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.01.2020

Spotlight
Voltalia vies for northern mini-grids contract

Hitherto little-known in DRC, the French electricity producer is to submit a bid to build three solar plants and local distribution systems in the Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Haut-Uele provinces.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.01.2020

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement

For the last month, Washington has been playing a game of bluff with its allies in the Sahel by dangling the threat of withdrawal as it did a year ago.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 22.01.2020

Joseph Kabila and Félix Tshisekedi at loggerheads over Dan Gertler affair

The cabinet meeting on 10 January was marked by a violent row between Félix Tshisekedi and allies of his coalition partner and predecessor, Joseph Kabila.

Subscribers only Politics 22.01.2020

Cremonini, the discreet Italian agribusiness giant

The family business based in Modena is one of the leading meat distributors in central Africa.

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2020

Spotlight | Document
Exxon, Chevron and BP's blocks: João Lourenço hoodwinks Félix Tshisekedi

With Angola determined to be the sole owner, it looks as though the new DRC president Félix Tshisekedi will have to be content with mere crumbs of offshore blocks 0 and 14 (Chevron), block 15 (ExxonMobil), in production for over [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2020

Angolan oil blocks contested by DRC

Sabra Mpoyi: oil minister's best buddy under watch

Emmanuel Kayumba, chief of staff for the minister of hydrocarbons, became deputy chief of staff for the ministry of defence [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2020

How Panafrican Green Energy is trying to break into Congo

The Senegalese firm, which is developing a waste-to-energy project in Kinshasa through its local subsidiary, SECAD, signed an MOU with the Congolese government in July 2019 thanks to its friends in high places.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2020

IFC fails to block scheme to restructure Tiger Resources' debt

The international finance institution's request to have a scheme to turn around Tiger's finances stayed has been rejected.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

ENRC goes after Deloitte in US for proof against Dechert

ENRC has filed an application to conduct discovery on Deloitte to show that its former Dechert lawyer leaked confidential information about the firm.

Free access Mining 14.01.2020

IRA takes on tech giants and slams PACT's competence

In its class action in which it accuses five American groups of benefiting from the use of forced child labour on DRC cobalt mines, International Rights Advocates also criticises NGO PACT for its lack of efficiency.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

Katanga Mining settles debt with Glencore thanks to… Glencore

Katanga Mining, a copper and cobalt miner active in DRC [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

Rodrigue Nguesso, Sassou's new envoy for Tshisekedi

43-year-old Rodrigue Nguesso, the son of Maurice Nguesso (the elder brother of President Denis Sassou Nguesso), has become a key [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2020

International SOS knocked off balance by TFM price demands?

The Chinese management of the Tenke Fungurume mine is understood to have asked such a drop in prices that International SOS would struggle to keep its contract.

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Calls for BEAC to lighten its mine rehabilitation rules

Miners are urging the Central African bank to change its tendency to block funds for site rehabilitation work in the region.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 24.12.2019

Albert Yuma's vision of Gécamines, the cobalt trader

On December 17, Gécamines chairman Albert Yuma Mulimbi announced that the national firm would be creating a new Entreprise Générale [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Tarun Rautela looking for mining opportunities in the country

Congo Resource, a company registered in Kinshasa on December 5 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

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