Arthur Bertrand Piri

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Behind the scenes of the chaotic delivery of Russia's oil donation

The story of Russia's fuel donation to the Central African Republic is far from over. After a difficult arrival at the port of Limbé in Cameroon, Bangui may decide to sell some of the goods locally.

Central African Republic
IMF sends last-ditch mission to Bangui

A team from the International Monetary Fund is due in the Central African Republic on 9 January to try to reestablish dialogue. Relations between the financial institution and Bangui have been strained for many months due to a failure to reform the country's fuel prices.

Central African Republic
IMF denies CAR millions of dollars in aid due to Neptune Oil's continuing monopoly

The International Monetary Fund is unlikely to release its third instalment of aid, depriving Bangui of around $20m. At issue is the Cameroonian company Neptune Oil's monopoly on fuel imports and its pump prices, deemed exorbitant.

Palace Intrigues
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi

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CARTouadéra's party raises funds for Independence Day parade

CongoSassou back in Paris for Notre-Dame re-opening

SomaliaMinisterial battle heats up for appointment of Geneva rep

Central African Republic
Neptune Oil manoeuvres to become SOCASP shareholder

CAR energy minister Arthur Bertrand Piri is continuing to push for Cameroon's Neptune Oil to be allowed to take shares in Société Centrafrique de Stockage des Produits Pétroliers. But his latest attempt at a SOCASP shareholders' meeting in late October failed.

Palace Intrigues
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Patrice Talon, Othman Benjelloun

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CARTouadéra and presidential party contribute to adviser's funeral

BeninTalon to receive French ambassador's credentials

MoroccoBank of Africa boss Othman Benjelloun as sought-after as ever

Central African Republic
Emirati oil company Tristar gets green light to supply commercial airlines

The MINUSCA supplier can now sell Jet A-1 fuel at Bangui airport.

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

The UN peacekeeping mission's supplier Tristar is struggling to import its products.

Central African Republic
Kerosene shortage leaves airlines scrambling to adjust flight plans

Due to a kerosene shortage in Bangui, Royal Air Maroc has been forced to cancel flights to Bangui and set up a new flight path via Douala on both the outward and return journeys.

Central African Republic
Tamoil boss questioned by Gendarmerie as conflict with government escalates

The company's CAR director, Clovis Kape, has been questioned by the Gendarmerie. The energy ministry is accusing him of inciting public disorder, amid a dispute over the supply of Jet A-1 kerosene for aircraft.

Central African Republic
Tamoil petrol stations taken over as CAR's fuel crisis continues

Amid a major fuel shortage in the Central African Republic, Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri decided to requisition six Tamoil petrol stations and give three of them to Prisca Mamadou, an influential businesswoman and wife to the head of the country's armed forces.

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

Faced with a worsening fuel crisis, Central African Republic lawmakers and the IMF want Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri to end an exclusive deal with Cameroon's Neptune Oil.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Patrick Pouyanné, Paul Kagame, Mohammed VI

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DRCTshisekedi's Caribbean stay

CARGrey clouds hang over Touadéra's birthday weekend

RwandaTotalEnergies boss Pouyanné to attend Kigali CEO forum

MoroccoMohammed VI invites clerics to palace

Central African Republic
Discreet Parisian meeting between Touadéra and Tamoil RCA boss

Enguerrand Rochefort met the CAR president in Paris last week to discuss the problems his company faces in the Central African market.

Central African Republic
PM lashes out at energy minister Piri

Félix Mouloua has expressed his dissatisfaction over the World Bank's cancellation of a payment for an energy project overseen by Arthur Bertrand Piri. The money is now definitively lost.