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

Mohammed Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC (foreground, light outfit) was received on August 22 in Congo-Brazzaville by Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons, to his left. © SNPC

Oil minister Bruno Itoua and SNPC chief Raoul Ominga want OPEC secretary general Mohammed Barkindo to intervene on their country's behalf to obtain funds. [...]

Published on 06/09/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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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?

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

Congo
SNPC boss sought $2bn on Europe trips

Africa
OPEC launches African charm offensive

Inner circles | Africa
Africa's small oil producers court Gulf states at OPEC

Congo
Raoul Ominga's reappointment at SNPC due to clans' grip on top oil jobs

Congo
Masono, the Sassous' new Dubai venture for selling SNPC crude oil

Namibia
TotalEnergies' elusive Venus well postponed yet again

South Africa
PR whizz Cambridge Mokanyane takes over Glencore's marketing in southern Africa

Congo
Itoua, now crowned as oil minister, seeks to settle scores

In Focus | Africa
Lourenço, Buhari, Sall and co. handpick their envoys to the House of Saud

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

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

Congo
Adel al-Jubeir offers Sassou OPEC on a plate