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Gabon
The newcomers filling Accrombessi’s old job

Fresh power circles have formed around Ali Bongo since his powerful chief of staff left office.

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2017

Spotlight | DRC
Is Dan Gertler facing his last days in oil?

Mining Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler’s Fleurette group, which expanded into Congolese onshore in 2010 via two British Virgin Islands companies, Caprikat and Foxwhelp, to take up the most strategic blocks in Congo-K - blocks 1 and 2 -, could soon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Chad
Deby on the hunt for experts to manage oil between friends

Chadian president Idriss Deby and his wife Hinda have ousted any managers with experience in oil to bring in their allies.

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Gabon
Anna Rocha, the link between presidency and Maurel & Prom

Having kept a low profile until now, the French national working as a consultant at the presidency out to save Pertamina’s acquisition of Maurel & Prom.

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

DRC
Politician Aron S. Assumani prepares his electric return

Managing director of Babili Mining and co-founder of Jean-Pierre Bemba’s Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC), Aron Shabani Assumani signed [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Chad
CNPC ready to let rip at Carlton Energy over block H

Claiming one billion dollars from the Chinese group for its stake in block H in Chad, Carlton Energy is to be heard by arbitrators at last.

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Gabon
Vaalco’s shareholders harbour suspicion over the junior’s books

With a hunch that Vaalco’s financial reporting contains errors, to the extent of breaching market laws, its shareholders are considering legal action.

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan
Gabriel Lima goes all out on oil diplomacy

As we announced, Equatorial Guinean president Gabriel Obiang Lima signed an assistance memorandum of understanding in the oil sector with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Cameroon
Balkany and Lechartier, the future cow-boys of Bowleven

Scottish junior Bowleven’s largest shareholder Crown Ocean Capital, is pushing for the nomination of two new directors to flip the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Cameroon
Can Hydromine stick to schedule for its mega-dam?

American firm Hydromine (AEI 789), which is planning to build [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

DRC, Rwanda
Will Amsterdam shake up methane mining in Kivu?

Using €8 million put up by the Dutch government, Congo-K [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Cameroon
Bakassi Ouest still weighs on SDX Energy’s accounts

Despite withdrawing from the Bakassi Ouest block last June (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Congo
AAOG draws its friends close to take over Tilapia

To make its float on the London AIM on March [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

DRC
MIBA fights it alone

Racked up with debt (AMI 380) and plagued by frequent thefts by clandestine diggers, the Societe Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA) [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

Burundi
Government gears up to attract mining investors

To change its image among the foreign miners and to try to attract them to the country, the ministry of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

Congo
Avima Iron Ore transports iron through Gabon

Rather than investing in infrastructure in the Congo, Avima Irone One, Avima’s iron mine operator, would like to evacuate the ore via Gabon to the north.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 21.03.2017

DRC
Local NGOs blast Chinese employers in Katanga

Congolese NGO lambasts Chinese cobalt transformer Congo Dongfang, a major employer in the mining sector in Lubumbashi.

Free access Mining 21.03.2017

DRC
Powerscourt, Israeli miners' guard dog

Communications firm Powerscourt is ready to stamp out any controversy trailing Dan Gertler.

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

DRC
Growing numbers of French in Katanga?

Seeing opportunities for French firms in Katanga with the price [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

DRC
Mongbwalu Gold makes peace with gold diggers

The conflict between Mongbwalu Gold Mining (MGM) and 20,000 diggers [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

DRC
Small-scale miners vs. okapis

Regularly criticised for its harmful effects on the health of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

DRC
Who is hiding behind MMCS's move to take AVZ to court?

Even though the Mauritian firm MMCS Strategic 1 popped into [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.03.2017

Cameroon
French lead the pack but position shaky

French companies still have the edge against ever-rising competition. But for how much longer?

Subscribers only Business 15.03.2017

Central African Republic
Souaibou Cisse, business finder for Bangui

A former Equatorial Guinea ambassador and close adviser to president Obiang Nguema, Souaibou Cisse was given an official post by [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2017

Congo
Ngakala to seek would-be MPs liked by president's son

Secretary-general of the ruling Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT), Michel Ngakala is to head the panel that chooses the party's [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2017

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