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Central African Republic, Russia
Moscow puts more boots on the ground

As Russia rotates its ambassador in the Central African Republic, it is enlarging its military presence there.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.05.2021

Gabon
French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

The Schengen visa of Christian Bongo, half brother to the Gabonese president Ali Bongo, expired at the end of April.

Subscribers only Politics 26.05.2021

CEO Global Technologies Jean-Paul Steinitz.© Global Technologies/Facebook

DRC, France
Global Technologies chief holds quiet meeting with Tshisekedi in Paris

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi met with Global Technologies CEO Jean-Paul Steinitz.

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2021

The slag heap of Lubumbashi.© Africa Intelligence

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Residents who live near the lucrative Lubumbashi cobalt slag heap have complained to the governor of Haut-Katanga province about pollution from the fumes coming out of the plant on the site.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2021

Chad
Post-Déby clouds form over World Bank's vast solar project

Political uncertainty in the wake of Idriss Déby's death could shed doubt over the World Bank's fledgling half-billion-dollar electrification scheme.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 25.05.2021

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi.© Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.05.2021

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

Appointed on 17 May to the board of Rainbow Rare Earths, American diplomat J. Peter Pham is due to travel to Burundi this week to further the company's projects there.

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2021

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

A string of offshore companies with no identified owner have been linked to transactions within the presidential couple's entourage. All were incorporated by the same financiers who also happen to be associates of Gabon's sovereign wealth fund.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 24.05.2021

Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018.

Central Africa, Congo
Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

ECCAS President Denis Sassou Nguesso is timidly trying to play a part in managing Chad's transition. But the international community would clearly prefer the African Union to oversee the next stage.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May 2021.

Central Africa
Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and subscription channels beIN Sports and Canal+ all have a bone to pick with Lebanese firm Satcon. Run by the al-Akhras family, the company sells decoders across west and central Africa so viewers can tune into European sports championships.

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2021

DRC
Games budget soars as head honcho awards village contract without tender

Didier Tshiyoyo, the man suddenly in sole charge of the Francophone Games, has bypassed normal procurement procedures to get the athletes' village built in a no-bid contract worth $113m, more than the events' entire original budget.

Subscribers only Politics 21.05.2021

DRC
How Tshisekedi jets around with no official planes of his own

After spending months tackling a political crisis at home and forming a new government, the head of state is now working on rebuilding his international ties. But with the presidential fleet grounded, Félix Tshisekedi has to rely on charter firms to get him around the world.

Subscribers only Politics 21.05.2021

President Félix Tshisekedi visited Paris on 17 May 2021.

Burundi, United States
Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

The British firm Rainbow Rare Earths welcomed a big-hitting advisor onto its board on 17 May in the person of J. Peter Pham.

Subscribers only Mining 21.05.2021

Congo
Commisimpex affair: Brazzaville's debt mushrooms

The debt owed by Brazzaville to the construction firm Commisimpex shot up in the spring.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 21.05.2021

DRC
Glencore close to settling tax dispute with Kinshasa

Congolese tax authorities and Glencore are currently in discussions over the hefty tax adjustment demanded for 2017 and 2018.

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2021

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

DRC
Presidential envoy and mining entrepreneur Luc Gérard Nyafé set to buy Banro's gold

Luc Gérard Nyafé, the ambassador-at-large who runs Auplata, looks to be on the verge of clinching the purchase of the Namoya goldmine that Banro has been trying to offload for months.

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2021

Gabon, Russia
Michael Moussa in Moscow

The Gabonese defence minister Michael Moussa Adamo travelled to Russia last week for a series of meetings with various military and industry figures.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, who was appointed on 12 May, is close to both first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso and the president's youngest son, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2021

Congo's new prime minister, Anatole Collinet Makosso.

Congo
WNR launches arbitration against Brazzaville after its Marine XI ousting

Furious at having lost its shares in the Marine XI oil block, World Natural Resources has decided to bring its dispute with the Congolese state before the World Bank's ICSID tribunal.

Subscribers only Energy 19.05.2021

DRC
Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

Belgian businessman Lokman Sever, who made a name for himself acting as an intermediary between Turkish groups and African heads of state, has created a new mining entity and a travel agency in the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 19.05.2021

Chad, Russia
Transition spells opportunity for Russia in N'Djamena

On top of its involvement in Libya and the Central African Republic, Russia could be tempted to muscle in on the Chadian scene via the transition, a prospect that worries France given the anti-French messages that have cropped up in recent protests in the capital.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.05.2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit.

Gabon
Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

The Texan junior has overhauled its senior management team in an attempt to improve its relations with the oil ministry.

Subscribers only Energy 18.05.2021

DRC
The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Planning for the ninth Jeux de la Francophonie has hit choppy waters in Kinshasa, where the head of the national committee has resigned amid a row with one of his colleagues, a DJ once known as Trouble King who has withdrawn large amounts of cash from illicit accounts held in the name of the games.

Subscribers only Politics 18.05.2021

Chad
AU's special envoy soon to be named

The African Union is on the cusp of appointing its special envoy to Chad. The name of a former president from the Sahel seems to be on everyone's lips as the most likely candidate for the job.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.05.2021

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Central Africa

Central African Republic, Russia
Moscow puts more boots on the ground

Gabon
French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

DRC, France
Global Technologies chief holds quiet meeting with Tshisekedi in Paris

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Chad
Post-Déby clouds form over World Bank's vast solar project

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Central Africa, Congo
Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Central Africa
Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

DRC
Games budget soars as head honcho awards village contract without tender

DRC
How Tshisekedi jets around with no official planes of his own

Burundi, United States
Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

Congo
Commisimpex affair: Brazzaville's debt mushrooms

DRC
Glencore close to settling tax dispute with Kinshasa

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

DRC
Presidential envoy and mining entrepreneur Luc Gérard Nyafé set to buy Banro's gold

Gabon, Russia
Michael Moussa in Moscow

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo
WNR launches arbitration against Brazzaville after its Marine XI ousting

DRC
Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

Chad, Russia
Transition spells opportunity for Russia in N'Djamena

Gabon
Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

DRC
The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Chad
AU's special envoy soon to be named

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Central Africa

Central African Republic, Russia Moscow puts more boots on the ground

Gabon French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

DRC, France Global Technologies chief holds quiet meeting with Tshisekedi in Paris

DRC Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Chad Post-Déby clouds form over World Bank's vast solar project

DRC, France DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

Burundi J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

In Focus | Gabon Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Central Africa, Congo Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Central Africa Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

DRC Games budget soars as head honcho awards village contract without tender

DRC How Tshisekedi jets around with no official planes of his own

Burundi, United States Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

Congo Commisimpex affair: Brazzaville's debt mushrooms

DRC Glencore close to settling tax dispute with Kinshasa

Central Africa CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

DRC Presidential envoy and mining entrepreneur Luc Gérard Nyafé set to buy Banro's gold

Gabon, Russia Michael Moussa in Moscow

Congo A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo WNR launches arbitration against Brazzaville after its Marine XI ousting

DRC Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

Chad, Russia Transition spells opportunity for Russia in N'Djamena

Gabon Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

DRC The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Chad AU's special envoy soon to be named

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Central African Republic, Russia
Moscow puts more boots on the ground

Gabon
French Riviera hideaway for president's half-brother Christian Bongo in jeopardy

DRC, France
Global Technologies chief holds quiet meeting with Tshisekedi in Paris

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

Chad
Post-Déby clouds form over World Bank's vast solar project

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Central Africa, Congo
Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Central Africa
Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

DRC
Games budget soars as head honcho awards village contract without tender

DRC
How Tshisekedi jets around with no official planes of his own

Burundi, United States
Adonis Pouroulis brings on board Trump's special envoy for Great Lakes

Congo
Commisimpex affair: Brazzaville's debt mushrooms

DRC
Glencore close to settling tax dispute with Kinshasa

Central Africa
CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

DRC
Presidential envoy and mining entrepreneur Luc Gérard Nyafé set to buy Banro's gold

Gabon, Russia
Michael Moussa in Moscow

Congo
A new government sponsored by the president's family

Congo
WNR launches arbitration against Brazzaville after its Marine XI ousting

DRC
Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

Chad, Russia
Transition spells opportunity for Russia in N'Djamena

Gabon
Vaalco brings in new blood as it prepares for fresh talks with the government on Etame Marin

DRC
The games, the president's fake cousin, and the emptying bank accounts

Chad
AU's special envoy soon to be named