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SNPC pressed to pick out new front line-up

In dire financial straits, the state-run firm will soon have to rearrange its entire management team. The son's president will stay at the helm. [...]

Published on 26/09/2017 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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IMF asks leaders to declare oil assets

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Behind the scenes of SNPC's secret loan

The IMF still has a bee in its bonnet about the $914 million lent in 2014 by a consortium of African banks to the Congolese national company. Africa Energy Intelligence reveals who lent how much.

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Congo
The SNPC overhaul creates rifts among the ‘clans'

The tense situation within several public companies, including the state oil company, is fuelling vicious in-fighting within the regime.

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IMF dissects SNPC's $900 million loan

The institution's Washington delegation, which has been in Brazzaville for the past two weeks, has taken a particular interest in a $914 million loan subscribed by Congo-B's state-run oil firm.

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SNPC puts traders under its spell

Desperately seeking a solution to its cash-flow problem, Congo-B's national company went knocking on Trafigura and Vitol's doors. Somehow, against all expectations, it has managed to convince several big oil traders to come on board.

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SNPC's last resort journey to China

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Promotion for Calixte Nganongo, the man who holds all the oil secrets

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The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

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SNPC pressed to pick out new front line-up

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Denis Sassou Nguesso gives his inner circle a facelift

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Beijing's envoy to negotiate Sassou's debt repayments

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SNPC lends to itself through Sino-Congolese bank

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Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso seeks refuge within the government

Congo
Raoul Ominga named SNPC head to appease the Mbochi clan

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"Kiki" Sassou Nguesso pal, Teresa Goma, takes top oil role

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Gisele Ndanga Ndinga, minister's spouse and business woman

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