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Congo
Shadow of Glencore hangs over Sassou's re-election bid

The incumbent Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso is ardently hoping that he can round off his campaign for a fourth term in office with news that the IMF is going to resume its financial support for the country. But there is still a major sticking point in the negotiations with the Bretton Woods institution: the debt owed by the Congolese state to the trading giant Glencore. [...]

Published on 18/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

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Olivier Colom, one of Sarkozy's ex-diplomatic aides, branches into sovereign advisory in Africa

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Congo
Shadow of Glencore hangs over Sassou's re-election bid

Central Africa, Chad, Congo
Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

Spotlight | Congo
Oil minister Itoua uses OPEC to help him raise Saudi and UAE funds

Congo
New budget minister Andely picks task force to improve IMF relations

Mauritius
Ex-Glencore and Trafigura exec Deon Garbers resurfaces in consulting

Congo
Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

Africa, France, United Kingdom
Olivier Colom, one of Sarkozy's ex-diplomatic aides, branches into sovereign advisory in Africa

Congo
Mercuria seeks deal on SNPC oil cargoes with Lucien Ebata's Orion

Congo
Sassou Nguesso backs massively ambitious refinery at Pointe-Noire

Congo
Sassou mobilises wife and children for re-election bid

Congo
Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

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Sassou tasks trio to crack open IMF vault