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Cameroon
Prometal aspires to mine own iron ore for its steelworks

Prometal, the firm run by the businessman of Lebanese origin Hayssam El Jammal, has requested an iron ore exploration permit for southern Cameroon, having until now concentrated exclusively on treating the mineral at its three plants.

Subscribers only Mining 08.05.2020

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

Chinese battery maker CATL CEO Robin Zeng. © REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Subscribers only Mining 07.05.2020

Inner circles | Congo
How Denis Gokana became Nguesso's unchallenged oil supremo

Denis Gokana, adviser to Denis Sassou Nguesso on oil matters, has succeeded in building powerful contact networks, enabling him to eclipse the exploration and production competition.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 06.05.2020

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

Jean-Luc Ndong Amvame, the last of Ali Bongo's staff to have been with him at the time of his stroke in 2018, has discreetly stepped down from his duties as head of the president's personal security.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2020

DRC
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

Cameroon
Covid-19: Tower Resources' numerous setbacks on Thali block

The drilling of a long-awaited well on the Thali block looked to be set to proceed shortly but the epidemic has caused a fresh postponement of the project.

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2020

Cameroon
Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

The Cameroonian government's multiple attempts to cut Maurice Kamto off from his financial backers is the latest sign of the growing influence of a diehard government faction led by Samuel Mvondo Ayolo, head of civilian staff at the presidency.

Free access Politics 05.05.2020

In Focus | DRC, Israel
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

Angola, Nigeria
ExxonMobil's African business slumps

Although it has recently invested in offshore drilling in the Gulf of Guinea, the Western world's biggest oil company is on a downward slide.

Subscribers only Energy 04.05.2020

DRC
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

Central African Republic
CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

The UN's MINUSCA stabilisation mission in the Central African Republic is concerned about a constitutional reform that would enable the country's president to stay on as interim leader if elections do not take place as planned in December this year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.04.2020

DRC
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

Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

The 26-year-old half-brother of Ali Bongo and grandson of Denis Sassou Nguesso, Omar Denis Jr Bongo, appears to have been increasingly ostracised by the Gabonese president's clan, who suspect him of harbouring presidential ambitions for 2023.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2020

Congo
Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

Two consultancy firms commissioned internally by ENI have examined the links between Petroserve and Marie-Madeleine Ingoba, the wife of the company's CEO, Claudio Descalzi. Here are their conclusions.

Subscribers only Energy 28.04.2020

DRC
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

DRC
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

Congo
Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

The pandemic has provoked tensions even in the president's stronghold and has emboldened those eyeing the post-Sassou era.

Subscribers only Politics 27.04.2020

Cameroon
Yaoundé's long-haul plans for its airports

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which has grounded aircraft all around the world, Yaoundé is actively seeking a consultancy firm to help it to develop the country's civil aviation industry.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 27.04.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

The detention of Vital Kamerhe on 8 April seems to have been prompted by the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi's fears that his chief of staff was manoeuvring to bid for the presidency in 2023.

Subscribers only Politics 24.04.2020

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi (center) and his former fallen chief of staff Vital Kamerhe (right).

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

Already struggling from a lack of funds for works on its new processing facility, the mining company Chemaf is now having to contend with operational difficulties arising from the coronavirus pandemic.

Subscribers only Mining 24.04.2020

Gabon
Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

While the presidential couple leads the public information campaign on the coronavirus crisis, the all-powerful interior minister Lambert-Noël Matha is keeping a tight grip on the levers of the security apparatus, ready to crack down on any social unrest sparked by the epidemic.

Subscribers only Politics 24.04.2020

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

Despite its director's arrest on alleged corruption charges, the Société Congolaise de Construction is relying on its subcontractor Trabemco to keep up construction in the east of the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 24.04.2020

Cameroon
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, revenue vs safety debate divides Cameroon government

The pandemic has led to the further isolation of the Cameroonian president, who now addresses the population only via social media, and has aggravated the war between government factions, who have to choose between closing bars and keeping alcohol tax revenue flowing.

Subscribers only Business 24.04.2020

Spotlight | Congo
How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

The family-run junior oil company Perenco has shut out the competition by bringing out the big guns to win the contract for the Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II fields, with former SNPC boss Denis Gokana lending a helping hand.

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.2020

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Central Africa

Cameroon
Prometal aspires to mine own iron ore for its steelworks

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

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

Inner circles | Congo
How Denis Gokana became Nguesso's unchallenged oil supremo

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

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

Cameroon
Covid-19: Tower Resources' numerous setbacks on Thali block

Cameroon
Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

In Focus | DRC, Israel
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

Angola, Nigeria
ExxonMobil's African business slumps

DRC
Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Central African Republic
CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

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

Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

Congo
Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

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

DRC
MONUSCO concerned by rising inter-ethnic tensions in Nyunzu

Congo
Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

Cameroon
Yaoundé's long-haul plans for its airports

DRC
Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

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

Gabon
Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

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

Cameroon
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, revenue vs safety debate divides Cameroon government

Spotlight | Congo
How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Central Africa

Cameroon Prometal aspires to mine own iron ore for its steelworks

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

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

Inner circles | Congo How Denis Gokana became Nguesso's unchallenged oil supremo

Gabon President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

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

Cameroon Covid-19: Tower Resources' numerous setbacks on Thali block

Cameroon Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

In Focus | DRC, Israel Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

Angola, Nigeria ExxonMobil's African business slumps

DRC Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Central African Republic CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

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

Inner circles | Gabon Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

Congo Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

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

DRC MONUSCO concerned by rising inter-ethnic tensions in Nyunzu

Congo Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

Cameroon Yaoundé's long-haul plans for its airports

DRC Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

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

Gabon Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

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

Cameroon Amid Covid-19 pandemic, revenue vs safety debate divides Cameroon government

Spotlight | Congo How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Cameroon
Prometal aspires to mine own iron ore for its steelworks

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

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

Inner circles | Congo
How Denis Gokana became Nguesso's unchallenged oil supremo

Gabon
President's office quietly dismisses last witness to Bongo's stroke

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

Cameroon
Covid-19: Tower Resources' numerous setbacks on Thali block

Cameroon
Biya's hardliners go after Maurice Kamto's finances

In Focus | DRC, Israel
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

Angola, Nigeria
ExxonMobil's African business slumps

DRC
Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Central African Republic
CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

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

Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

Congo
Audit firms probe links between ENI chief Claudio Descalzi and Petroserve

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

DRC
MONUSCO concerned by rising inter-ethnic tensions in Nyunzu

Congo
Ambitions clash in Sassou Nguesso's entourage amid coronavirus crisis

Cameroon
Yaoundé's long-haul plans for its airports

DRC
Tshisekedi's true motives for jailing Kamerhe

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

Gabon
Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

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

Cameroon
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, revenue vs safety debate divides Cameroon government

Spotlight | Congo
How Perenco and oil supremo Gokana scuppered Total's offer on the much-coveted Kombi, Likalala and Libondo II oilfields