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Central Africa

DRC
Congolese air force goes prospecting in India

The Congolese military is looking to India for aircraft, with a delegation visiting New Delhi earlier this month.

Subscribers only Defence 29.08.2024

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema gets Russian armoured vehicles

Libreville has acquired Russian armoured personnel carriers for its armed forces and Republican Guard, a first for Gabon.

Free access Defence 28.08.2024

Equatorial Guinea
Vice president Teodorin Obiang's clique gains ground in reshuffle

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in Pretoria, South Africa, for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa on 25 May 2019. © Michele Spatari/AFP

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2024

DRC
Turkey's Milvest faces first setback in Kinshasa

DRC's Sport Minister, Didier Budimbu, has halted the construction of a five-star hotel, whose location encroaches on the grounds of the Stade des Martyrs.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.08.2024

Cameroon
Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

Under President Biya's high orders, Agriculture Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi has dropped the decision to expropriate British American Tobacco Cameroon from prime land in Yaoundé, despite having agreed to it only a few months earlier.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2024

Central African Republic
Touadéra attempts to fend off coup threat from former presidential advisers

Faustin-Archange Touadéra during a military parade in Bangui in December 2022. © Barbara Debout/AFP

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2024

Gabon
Oligui Nguema buys two VIP planes

The Gabonese president's office used a broker to discreetly acquire two luxury aircraft for the presidential fleet, which have just been delivered to Libreville.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2024

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

The UN peacekeeping mission's supplier Tristar is struggling to import its products.

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2024

Gabon
Oligui Nguema indulges his wives' foundations

Gabon's first ladies have a tradition of being involved in charity work. Zita Oligui's Ma Bannière and Anouchka Avome's Fondation Dorcas were both officially recognised as nonprofit organisations at the start of the month.

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2024

Zita Nyangue Oligui Nguema and Gabon's interim President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Libreville on 4 September 2023.

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

The managing director of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures, Adolphe Moudiki, and the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, have been at loggerheads in recent months. After escaping dismissal in early August, the SNH boss is hoping a trial in the UK will give him the upper hand again.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 21.08.2024

Central African Republic
African Parks seeks to expand its conservation portfolio

The South African NGO is stealthily manoeuvring to take over the management of Central African conservation areas from the struggling Wildlife Conservation Society.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.08.2024

View of the Manovo-Gounda Park in the Central African Republic.

Gabon
Czech duo Transcon-Koma struggles to secure airport renovation funds

Czech duo Transcon Electronic Systems and Koma Modular in January signed an MoU with the Gabonese government for an airport renovation project, but the project has stalled due to the firms' funding issues.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.08.2024

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Services provider Golar LNG has floating liquefied natural gas technology that could prove to be a strategic asset for the British-French major, one of the largest operators in central Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 02.08.2024

The LNG tanker Golar Celsius in the port of Rotterdam in May 2021.

DRC
Kinshasa turns to private banks to repay oil companies

Banks are reactivating a financial package tested in 2023 and which helped avoid a fuel crisis so the Congolese government can repay $385m in subsidy arrears to oil operators.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 02.08.2024

Gabon
Economy minister Mouissi on knife-edge amid soaring debt

The bad news just keeps on coming for the young minister. Two agencies have downgraded Gabon's credit rating, concerned about the level of its debt, and a dispute has arisen over World Bank payments.

Subscribers only Politics 01.08.2024

Spotlight | DRC
The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

At odds with key figures from Félix Tshisekedi's first term, the head of the IGF has for several weeks been the target of a smear campaign designed to substantiate allegations of his having acted in league with the interests of the Rawji Group.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 31.07.2024

Cameroon
Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

The Cameroonian presidency's general secretary has called for the setting up of a joint commission to investigate the allocation of state-owned plots of land.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2024

Central African Republic
Sant'Egidio movement sets up talks between armed group MPC and Bangui

A member of the MPC and a close associate of President Touadéra met in Rome this month at the invitation of the Sant'Egidio peace organisation. It is hoped these talks will result in the return of imprisoned rebel leader Mahamat Al-Khatim.

Subscribers only Defence 30.07.2024

Cameroon
Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

Cameroon's intelligence services have flagged a possible telecommunications infrastructure security breach.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure 29.07.2024

DRC
The drilling contracts scandal that's causing embarrassment all the way to the presidency

President Félix Tshisekedi was initially enthusiastic about new solar-powered water pumps and street lighting, but the contracts have given rise to violent score settling in the presidential entourage amid accusations of overcharging.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 26.07.2024

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema wants to bring forward presidential election date

The head of Gabon's junta is pushing for a rapid return to constitutional order. The option of holding a presidential election in April rather than August 2025 is currently preferred.

Subscribers only Politics 26.07.2024

Gabon Transitional President General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Libreville on 2 April 2024.

Cameroon
Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

The Cameroonian government has not paid the costs of the proceedings, nor the fees of the lawyers and financial expert who have assisted it in the case against the Australian company Sundance Resources.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 25.07.2024

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Olympics-bound sports minister hit by death threat allegations

Rodolphe Héritier Doneng, who is to attend the Olympic opening ceremony, is the subject of a complaint filed with the Paris police and transmitted to the public prosecutor accusing him of leading a militia with presidential ties that is allegedly behind death threats and an assassination attempt.

Subscribers only Politics 24.07.2024

President Faustin Archange Touadéra voting in the referendum on a new constitution in Bangui on 30 July 2023.

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

The Bank of Central African States has for months been negotiating with mining and oil companies to repatriate part of their revenues from the region. Three days of talks in Paris in July stalled on two sensitive points: interest rates and the question of immunity.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019.

DRC
Newcomer Naweza Airways sparks intrigue

Naweza Airways, a newcomer to the DR Congo's skies, took delivery of a Cessna C550 Citation Bravo business jet last month. The price of the plane, as well as the speed with which it was processed by DRC authorities, is fuelling speculation about the firm.

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2024

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Central Africa

DRC
Congolese air force goes prospecting in India

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema gets Russian armoured vehicles

Equatorial Guinea
Vice president Teodorin Obiang's clique gains ground in reshuffle

DRC
Turkey's Milvest faces first setback in Kinshasa

Cameroon
Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

Central African Republic
Touadéra attempts to fend off coup threat from former presidential advisers

Gabon
Oligui Nguema buys two VIP planes

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Gabon
Oligui Nguema indulges his wives' foundations

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

Central African Republic
African Parks seeks to expand its conservation portfolio

Gabon
Czech duo Transcon-Koma struggles to secure airport renovation funds

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

DRC
Kinshasa turns to private banks to repay oil companies

Gabon
Economy minister Mouissi on knife-edge amid soaring debt

Spotlight | DRC
The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

Cameroon
Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

Central African Republic
Sant'Egidio movement sets up talks between armed group MPC and Bangui

Cameroon
Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

DRC
The drilling contracts scandal that's causing embarrassment all the way to the presidency

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema wants to bring forward presidential election date

Cameroon
Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Olympics-bound sports minister hit by death threat allegations

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

DRC
Newcomer Naweza Airways sparks intrigue

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Central Africa

DRC Congolese air force goes prospecting in India

Gabon General Oligui Nguema gets Russian armoured vehicles

Equatorial Guinea Vice president Teodorin Obiang's clique gains ground in reshuffle

DRC Turkey's Milvest faces first setback in Kinshasa

Cameroon Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

Central African Republic Touadéra attempts to fend off coup threat from former presidential advisers

Gabon Oligui Nguema buys two VIP planes

Central African Republic Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Gabon Oligui Nguema indulges his wives' foundations

Cameroon SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

Central African Republic African Parks seeks to expand its conservation portfolio

Gabon Czech duo Transcon-Koma struggles to secure airport renovation funds

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

DRC Kinshasa turns to private banks to repay oil companies

Gabon Economy minister Mouissi on knife-edge amid soaring debt

Spotlight | DRC The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

Cameroon Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

Central African Republic Sant'Egidio movement sets up talks between armed group MPC and Bangui

Cameroon Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

DRC The drilling contracts scandal that's causing embarrassment all the way to the presidency

Gabon Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema wants to bring forward presidential election date

Cameroon Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

Spotlight | Central African Republic Olympics-bound sports minister hit by death threat allegations

Spotlight | Central Africa BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

DRC Newcomer Naweza Airways sparks intrigue

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
Congolese air force goes prospecting in India

Gabon
General Oligui Nguema gets Russian armoured vehicles

Equatorial Guinea
Vice president Teodorin Obiang's clique gains ground in reshuffle

DRC
Turkey's Milvest faces first setback in Kinshasa

Cameroon
Paul Biya sides with British American Tobacco

Central African Republic
Touadéra attempts to fend off coup threat from former presidential advisers

Gabon
Oligui Nguema buys two VIP planes

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Gabon
Oligui Nguema indulges his wives' foundations

Cameroon
SNH's legal affairs exacerbate splits in Biya's entourage

Central African Republic
African Parks seeks to expand its conservation portfolio

Gabon
Czech duo Transcon-Koma struggles to secure airport renovation funds

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

DRC
Kinshasa turns to private banks to repay oil companies

Gabon
Economy minister Mouissi on knife-edge amid soaring debt

Spotlight | DRC
The story behind the attempt to unsettle Inspectorate General of Finances boss Jules Alingete

Cameroon
Presidency's secretary general probes state property dealings

Central African Republic
Sant'Egidio movement sets up talks between armed group MPC and Bangui

Cameroon
Intelligence services catch wind of submarine cable hack

DRC
The drilling contracts scandal that's causing embarrassment all the way to the presidency

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema wants to bring forward presidential election date

Cameroon
Yaoundé's unpaid bills threaten to derail iron ore arbitration

Spotlight | Central African Republic
Olympics-bound sports minister hit by death threat allegations

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

DRC
Newcomer Naweza Airways sparks intrigue