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Olivier Liffran

Africa Intelligence journalist Olivier Liffran reports on countries in Central and Southern Africa. He is also an infrastructure specialist and head of the "In focus" section.

Spotlight | DRC
Trump administration reluctant to strike minerals deal with Kinshasa

Congolese officials who have travelled to Washington have failed to dispel the Trump administration's scepticism about a strategic minerals deal with Félix Tshisekedi's presidency.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 03.04.2025

US President Donald Trump and Massad Boulos, his senior adviser for Africa and also Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, in Dearborn, Michigan, on 1 November 2024.

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has been pulling out all the stops to buy time since Rwandan-backed rebels captured swathes of territory in eastern DRC. He hopes that offering mining projects will win him support from the US and the United Arab Emirates.

Subscribers only Defence 05.03.2025

M23 rebels at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, 1 March 2025.

Spotlight | DRC
Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Following the seizure of the city by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi is trying to urgently plug a number of holes in his security system. Efforts are meanwhile being stepped up, from Nairobi to Paris, to try to clinch a ceasefire.

Subscribers only Defence 29.01.2025

Members of the M23 armed group walk through a street in Goma, DR Congo, 27 January 2025.

Spotlight | DRC
The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Some 2,900 transactions worth a tidy $1.2bn: Africa Intelligence has been able to consult an internal Central Bank of Congo document which reveals the beneficiaries of country's debt repayments.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 20.12.2024

A branch of the Central Bank of Congo, in Lubumbashi (DRC), in May 2016.

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Afriland bank's DR Congo subsidiary, which is under provisional administration by the country's central bank and is in arbitration proceedings, may have one final use. The government may use it in a risky financial deal that would benefit Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 16.12.2024

The head office of Afriland First Bank, in Kinshasa, in April 2021.

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

The mining entrepreneur Joseph Kazibaziba has launched a pilot project in the Katangese province to exploit artificial deposits in order to transform them into copper cathodes. Close to the government, he has hired a stepdaughter of a presidential adviser to help his mission along.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 28.11.2024

Miners on the banks of a large mine embankment on 23 April 2018 in Kolwezi in the DRC.

Spotlight | DRC
Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for

Unable to reconcile emergency expenditures made during the tenure of then finance minister Nicolas Kazadi, the Central Bank of Congo has yet to close the treasury's general account for the 2023 fiscal year.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 21.11.2024

Congolese prime minister Judith Simunwa Tuluka on 13 November 2024 in Baku (Azerbaijan).

Spotlight | DRC
Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

The DRC's national intelligence agency is investigating whether information relating to assets I and II in the Albertine Graben area, once owned by the Israeli billionaire, have been manipulated.

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2024

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

The Congolese leader's younger brother Christian Tshisekedi heads a company that has been in talks with the Luxembourg-based mining firm ERG to secure a concession in the rich mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 17.10.2024

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi on 30 April 2024 in Paris.

DRC
Inside Kinshasa's military operation to decapitate FDLR

The Congolese army has launched an operation, due to last at least six months, to neutralise the leaders of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda armed group, which is at the forefront of the fight against M23 rebels in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Defence 04.10.2024

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa's secret operation to neutralise FDLR chief Omega

The DR Congo government has launched fresh military operations in North Kivu after a potential deal to ease tensions in the province fell through. They are no longer aimed solely at the M23 rebel group, but also at the Rwandan FDLR, one of Kinshasa's main allied forces in the conflict.

Subscribers only Defence 26.09.2024

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) soldiers at a base in Lushebere, 50 kilometres north-east of Goma, on 26 November 2008.

DRC, Uganda
Kinshasa looks to end military cooperation with Kampala in east

Wary of its neighbour, whom it suspects of secretly supporting the M23 insurgency, the Tshisekedi administration is keen to see the back of the Ugandan troops deployed in eastern DRC to combat the ADF armed group.

Subscribers only Defence 17.05.2024

Spotlight | DRC
Secret financial intelligence audit into battle against M23

An investigation has shed some light on the millions of dollars paid by the state to private military companies and arms brokers.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 18.04.2024

Soldiers near Beni in north-eastern DRC in December 2021.

In Focus | DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Africa Intelligence has seen a series of confidential documents revealing a dispute between Dan Gertler and his former Congolese lawyer. This complex file reveals the financial arrangements put in place by the Israeli billionaire to deal with US sanctions.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 20.03.2024

Dan Gertler addresses the Congolese people on 16 November 2020.

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

At Washington's request, the Democratic Republic of Congo has reluctantly agreed to consider dialogue with Rwanda, but only if the latter ceases its military presence on Congolese soil. Kinshasa is at the same time maintaining its war rhetoric and trying to reboot its military campaign against M23 rebels.

Subscribers only Defence 06.02.2024

DR Congo president, Félix Tshisekedi, and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame.

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Olivier Liffran

Spotlight | DRC
Trump administration reluctant to strike minerals deal with Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Spotlight | DRC
Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Spotlight | DRC
The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Spotlight | DRC
Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for

Spotlight | DRC
Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC
Inside Kinshasa's military operation to decapitate FDLR

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa's secret operation to neutralise FDLR chief Omega

DRC, Uganda
Kinshasa looks to end military cooperation with Kampala in east

Spotlight | DRC
Secret financial intelligence audit into battle against M23

In Focus | DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

Spotlight | DRC
IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Spotlight | DRC
Katumbi's election campaign overshadowed by 'Zambian nationality'

Spotlight | DRC
Samcrete gears up for multi-million dollar arbitration against Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC
FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23

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Nigeria The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Olivier Liffran

Spotlight | DRC Trump administration reluctant to strike minerals deal with Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Spotlight | DRC Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Spotlight | DRC The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Spotlight | DRC Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Spotlight | DRC Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for

Spotlight | DRC Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

Spotlight | DRC Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC Inside Kinshasa's military operation to decapitate FDLR

Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa's secret operation to neutralise FDLR chief Omega

DRC, Uganda Kinshasa looks to end military cooperation with Kampala in east

Spotlight | DRC Secret financial intelligence audit into battle against M23

In Focus | DRC Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | DRC Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

In Focus | DRC Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

Spotlight | DRC IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Spotlight | DRC Katumbi's election campaign overshadowed by 'Zambian nationality'

Spotlight | DRC Samcrete gears up for multi-million dollar arbitration against Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Spotlight | DRC
Trump administration reluctant to strike minerals deal with Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Spotlight | DRC
Rebel capture of Goma puts Tshisekedi's back against the wall

Spotlight | DRC
The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa strikes risky deal with Dan Gertler via Afriland bank

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

Spotlight | DRC
Over $1bn in 2023 emergency government spending unaccounted for

Spotlight | DRC
Intel agency probes authenticity of data on Dan Gertler's former oil block

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

DRC
Inside Kinshasa's military operation to decapitate FDLR

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa's secret operation to neutralise FDLR chief Omega

DRC, Uganda
Kinshasa looks to end military cooperation with Kampala in east

Spotlight | DRC
Secret financial intelligence audit into battle against M23

In Focus | DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa paves way for secret negotiations with Kigali

In Focus | DRC
Tshisekedi clan involved in former Katanga province's mining wild west

Spotlight | DRC
IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Spotlight | DRC
Katumbi's election campaign overshadowed by 'Zambian nationality'

Spotlight | DRC
Samcrete gears up for multi-million dollar arbitration against Kinshasa

Spotlight | DRC
FARDC and its foreign and domestic allies fail to coalesce in battle against M23