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Central Africa

Congo
Rodrigue Malanda-Samba, linchpin for Sassou in Pool region

Head of the presidency's political department, Malanda-Samba is back in the National Assembly. As an elected representative from Pool, a region traditionally averse to the president's power, he is one of Denis Sassou-Nguesso's key supporters for 2026's presidential vote.

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2025

Central African Republic
Bangui drinking water project held up due to Touadéra's missing signature

The Saep Bangui II project, which involves building a drinking water supply system in the capital, was discussed this month in a meeting between Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri and an African Development Bank team.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 26.02.2025

Chad
N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

Chad's former economic minister Moussa Natal Batraki was appointed secretary general of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States during a council of ministers meeting in Brussels on 20 February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.02.2025

Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Extraordinary Joint Regional Summit between SADC and the EAC heads of state in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 8 February 2025. © Ericky Boniphace/AFP

DRC
EAC military heads recommend plan for ending M23 crisis

The East African Community chiefs of staff met on 21 February in Nairobi to outline a plan to end the crisis in eastern DRC. They are considering the deployment of a new force and even a 'special status' for the cities of Goma and Bukavu.

Subscribers only Defence 24.02.2025

Cameroonian President Paul Biya at the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Washington DC, USA, 13 December 2022. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP ed

Cameroon
CBC caught up in old dispute as privatisation under way

Prodicam, an agri-food firm, has taken the Commercial Bank of Cameroon and two French banks to court in Paris for alleged negligence over $3m that went missing from its accounts in 2008.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 24.02.2025

The city of Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, DR Congo, December 2021. © Alexis Huguet/AFP

Spotlight | DRC
M23 offensive creates delicate security dilemma in Ituri province

The rout of the Congolese army in North and South Kivu provinces by M23 rebels could have major repercussions in Ituri province, which borders Uganda. All the more so as Kampala is seeking to secure what it sees as its zone of influence inside the DRC.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Diplomacy 21.02.2025

DRC
War in the East makes DR Congo banks fret about local branches

Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka has received representatives of the Congolese banking sector, who are worried their branches in conflict-hit eastern DRC might be looted and want them reopened as soon as possible.

Subscribers only Finance 24.02.2025

Chad
World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

The World Bank is drawing up a $100m project to help fight desertification in Chad. The plan, to be implemented by the environment ministry’s department of environmental assessments, must be submitted for validation by the bank's board by 28 November.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 21.02.2025

Spotlight | Gabon
Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

The deposits that Gabon's national oil company acquired from the US trader last year are turning out to be not as productive as expected.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2025

An oil rig off the coast of Port-Gentil on 13 January 2017.

Central Africa
Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Plans to hold the Rassemblement des Entrepreneurs Francophones, a forum for business owners from French-speaking African nations, in June in Brazzaville have been upset by a rival event by the Economic Community of Central African States’ (CEEAC) business council.

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2025

Cameroon
Camair-Co sues Boeing and Pratt & Whitney again

Camair-Co, which has replaced Cameroon Airlines, is suing US aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Pratt & Whitney over a 1995 crash. It is claiming €164m in damages.

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2025

Spotlight | Congo
Commisimpex, Brazzaville's super-creditor, trapped by its own creditor

The decades-long legal battle waged by Lebanese businessman Mohsen Hojeij against the Republic of Congo, from which he is claiming $2bn, has been put on hold. The reason is that the litigation funder that financed his asset seizures has turned against him.

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2025

President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 February 2025.

Congo
AOGC boss makes implausible oil production boost boast

Oil firms are often overly optimistic when estimating the amount they produce, and will happily inflate their figures by a few thousand barrels. But Africa Oil and Gas Corp (AOGC) director general Jean-Christophe Da Silva recently took this hyperbole to a whole new level.

Subscribers only Energy 19.02.2025

DRC
Kinshasa turns to Trafigura for help with strategy to reboot oil sector

In a bid to enhance the value of its oil assets and reduce pump prices for consumers, DR Congo has turned to Swiss trading giant Trafigura for help.

Subscribers only Energy 18.02.2025

Central African Republic
Touadéra to set up eastern tribunal to handle communal violence

The eastern Central African Republic town of Zemio, which suffered violent inter-communal clashes in 2024, is to get a new tribunal to try the crimes committed there.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2025

Chad
French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Since the French army left Chad on 31 January, a number of French and foreign subcontractors in N'Djamena have been wondering about their future. A handful of them may end up staying, however, to carry out operations for the Chadian army.

Subscribers only Defence 17.02.2025

Trucks carrying French army vehicles leaving the former Fort Lamy air base in N'Djamena, Chad, 29 January 2025.

Cameroon
New round of talks on nationalising electricity operator Eneo

A delegation from the Ministry of Finance is in Paris to negotiate the sale of the Actis fund's stake in Eneo.

Subscribers only Energy 17.02.2025

Congo
Sassou tries to delay his clan's sumptuous weddings

The Congolese leader has asked his entourage to postpone their expensive ceremonies until after the 2026 presidential election, fearing that they might upset the rest of the country. Yet his daughter Claudia remains determined to go ahead and tie the knot next month.

Subscribers only Politics 14.02.2025

Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Oyo, Congo, July 2022.

DRC
Europeans not in union on how to respond to the M23 and Rwanda situation

The EU's member states are struggling to come up with a common diplomatic strategy to put pressure on Paul Kagame's Rwanda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2025

Central African Republic
Wagner's astonishing payments to CAR rebels revealed in new book

In the new book "Death Is Our Business", out in March, US journalist John Lechner reveals the behind the scenes of the negotiations between Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin and Central African armed groups' leaders.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 13.02.2025

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Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Central Africa

Congo
Rodrigue Malanda-Samba, linchpin for Sassou in Pool region

Central African Republic
Bangui drinking water project held up due to Touadéra's missing signature

Chad
N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

DRC
EAC military heads recommend plan for ending M23 crisis

Cameroon
CBC caught up in old dispute as privatisation under way

Spotlight | DRC
M23 offensive creates delicate security dilemma in Ituri province

DRC
War in the East makes DR Congo banks fret about local branches

Chad
World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

Spotlight | Gabon
Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

Central Africa
Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Cameroon
Camair-Co sues Boeing and Pratt & Whitney again

Spotlight | Congo
Commisimpex, Brazzaville's super-creditor, trapped by its own creditor

Congo
AOGC boss makes implausible oil production boost boast

DRC
Kinshasa turns to Trafigura for help with strategy to reboot oil sector

Central African Republic
Touadéra to set up eastern tribunal to handle communal violence

Chad
French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Cameroon
New round of talks on nationalising electricity operator Eneo

Congo
Sassou tries to delay his clan's sumptuous weddings

DRC
Europeans not in union on how to respond to the M23 and Rwanda situation

Central African Republic
Wagner's astonishing payments to CAR rebels revealed in new book

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Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Central Africa

Congo Rodrigue Malanda-Samba, linchpin for Sassou in Pool region

Central African Republic Bangui drinking water project held up due to Touadéra's missing signature

Chad N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

DRC EAC military heads recommend plan for ending M23 crisis

Cameroon CBC caught up in old dispute as privatisation under way

Spotlight | DRC M23 offensive creates delicate security dilemma in Ituri province

DRC War in the East makes DR Congo banks fret about local branches

Chad World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

Spotlight | Gabon Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

Central Africa Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Cameroon Camair-Co sues Boeing and Pratt & Whitney again

Spotlight | Congo Commisimpex, Brazzaville's super-creditor, trapped by its own creditor

Congo AOGC boss makes implausible oil production boost boast

DRC Kinshasa turns to Trafigura for help with strategy to reboot oil sector

Central African Republic Touadéra to set up eastern tribunal to handle communal violence

Chad French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Cameroon New round of talks on nationalising electricity operator Eneo

Congo Sassou tries to delay his clan's sumptuous weddings

DRC Europeans not in union on how to respond to the M23 and Rwanda situation

Central African Republic Wagner's astonishing payments to CAR rebels revealed in new book

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Congo
Rodrigue Malanda-Samba, linchpin for Sassou in Pool region

Central African Republic
Bangui drinking water project held up due to Touadéra's missing signature

Chad
N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

DRC
EAC military heads recommend plan for ending M23 crisis

Cameroon
CBC caught up in old dispute as privatisation under way

Spotlight | DRC
M23 offensive creates delicate security dilemma in Ituri province

DRC
War in the East makes DR Congo banks fret about local branches

Chad
World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

Spotlight | Gabon
Gabon Oil Co steels itself for tough year after taking over Carlyle assets

Central Africa
Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Cameroon
Camair-Co sues Boeing and Pratt & Whitney again

Spotlight | Congo
Commisimpex, Brazzaville's super-creditor, trapped by its own creditor

Congo
AOGC boss makes implausible oil production boost boast

DRC
Kinshasa turns to Trafigura for help with strategy to reboot oil sector

Central African Republic
Touadéra to set up eastern tribunal to handle communal violence

Chad
French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Cameroon
New round of talks on nationalising electricity operator Eneo

Congo
Sassou tries to delay his clan's sumptuous weddings

DRC
Europeans not in union on how to respond to the M23 and Rwanda situation

Central African Republic
Wagner's astonishing payments to CAR rebels revealed in new book