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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

The president is expected to revoke the 2018 settlement with South African oil firm Dig Oil and go back to court.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2021

DRC
Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

Having fallen from grace just like their mentor Joseph Kabila, who owns vast swathes of farmland throughout the country, several senior members of the ex-president's regime have been able to fall back on their investments in agriculture.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.07.2021

DRC
MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

A report on the Congolese parliament's finances highlights the real cost of its members' wages, totalling some $45m for 2020. It also counters the criticism of house speaker Jeannine Mabunda at the time of her dismissal in December.

Subscribers only Politics 07.07.2021

Jeanine Mabunda, in the 8th of October 2020,when she was leading the DRC's National Assembly.

In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Texan financier and committed Christian John Montgomery devotes part of his investment company Bridgeway's profits to hunting down and forcing surrender on members of the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group active on the border between the DRC and Uganda aligned to the Islamic State.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 05.07.2021

Democratic Republic of Congo military personnel (FARDC) patrol against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU) rebels near Beni in North-Kivu province, December 31, 2013.

DRC
Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

Dott Services, the Ugandan group which is building a strategically important road between the DRC and Uganda, has also acquired a number of equally strategically important mining sites. Prospecting is now under way on the sites, which are located in Maniema province and are rich in "3Ts".

Subscribers only Mining 30.06.2021

DRC
Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

Frenchman Pascal Beveraggi is giving one last chance to the DRC to react before beginning arbitration proceedings over his case against Congolese politician Moïse Katumbi. He is looking for support among France's political class and media.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2021

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

The president's plans to revise all the contracts the DRC has signed with China were largely inspired by the United States.

Subscribers only Mining 25.06.2021

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (left) during a meeting with Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration's Secretary of State in Washington, on 3 March 2020.

Tunisia
Tribulations of Francophonie summit drag on

President Kais Saied is at loggerheads with Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi over possibly again postponing the 50th anniversary summit of the French-speaking nations club. Tunisia is far from ready to host the event even if it does decide to hold it as planned in November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.06.2021

DRC, Zambia
Tshisekedi furious about Zambia-DRC road delay

Technical hitches and revenue-sharing concerns have set back construction on the Congolese side of a cross-border mining road. The delay is particularly unwelcome in Zambia, where a presidential election is just weeks away.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 23.06.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

Congolese intelligence services had good reason to be suspicious about Alexander Zingman's relationship with the ex-president.

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2021

Alexander Zingman, seated next to Joseph Kabila.

Djibouti, DRC
Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Australian mining magnate Fortescue, which is scouring the continent for renewable energy projects, has its sights set on a large-scale hydrogen project in Djibouti.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 21.06.2021

Inner circles | DRC
The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

The deeply devout president has a handful of Pentecostal pastors among his team of advisors, who are not shy about wading into the political, diplomatic and economic arenas.

Subscribers only Politics 18.06.2021

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

In his race to stop Ethiopia from filling its huge Renaissance dam, the Egyptian president is rallying the Nile Basin countries to his cause one by one.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.06.2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was received on 27 May 2021 in Djibouti by his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh.

DRC
Kinshasa seeks advisors on revising 'infrastructure for minerals' and other China deals

Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle, keen to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing under ex-president Joseph Kabila, has consulted numerous law firms and advisory banks in what looks set to be a Herculean task.

Subscribers only Mining 14.06.2021

DRC
Modeste Bahati, architect of the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi?

It seems the Senate president Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, who is also a leading player in the South Kivu business world, may have played a key role in the decision of the province's governor to authorise the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi.

Subscribers only Mining 11.06.2021

DRC
Congo nationality debate raises fresh questions about Moïse Katumbi's 'Italian' origins

A proposal from former presidential candidate Noël Tshiani to allow only candidates with a Congolese father and mother to run for president has caused a public outcry in the DRC. It has also brought an angry reaction from the new party of former Katangan goveror Moïse Katumbi, who is thought to be part-Italian.

Subscribers only Politics 09.06.2021

DRC
AfDB wants Inga III mega-dam project put out to tender

The African Development Bank is in talks with DRC authorities over its support for one of the vast Grand Inga project hydro-electric dams and is keen to see companies compete to develop it. At stake is some $55m in financing and the bank's seal of approval.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 02.06.2021

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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

DRC
Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

DRC
MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

DRC
Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

DRC
Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

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Tribulations of Francophonie summit drag on

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Tshisekedi furious about Zambia-DRC road delay

Spotlight | DRC
Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

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Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

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Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

DRC
Kinshasa seeks advisors on revising 'infrastructure for minerals' and other China deals

DRC
Modeste Bahati, architect of the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi?

DRC
Congo nationality debate raises fresh questions about Moïse Katumbi's 'Italian' origins

DRC
AfDB wants Inga III mega-dam project put out to tender

DRC
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DRC
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DRC
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DRC Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

DRC Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

DRC MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

In Focus | DRC, United States Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

DRC Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

DRC Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

China, DRC, United States How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Tunisia Tribulations of Francophonie summit drag on

DRC, Zambia Tshisekedi furious about Zambia-DRC road delay

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Inner circles | DRC The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

DRC Kinshasa seeks advisors on revising 'infrastructure for minerals' and other China deals

DRC Modeste Bahati, architect of the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi?

DRC Congo nationality debate raises fresh questions about Moïse Katumbi's 'Italian' origins

DRC AfDB wants Inga III mega-dam project put out to tender

DRC Tshisekedi ready for digital revolution if it pleases major financial backers

DRC New justice minister takes on responsibility for Dig Oil arbitration case

DRC China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

DRC
Tshisekedi fights back against Dig Oil over $619m arbitration ruling

DRC
Lualaba, a hotspot for pro-Kabila gentlemen farmers

DRC
MPs ease off on ex-speaker Mabunda's money management

In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

DRC
Uganda's Dott Services snaps up mining permits with its road construction contracts

DRC
Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Tunisia
Tribulations of Francophonie summit drag on

DRC, Zambia
Tshisekedi furious about Zambia-DRC road delay

Spotlight | DRC
Why did Belarusian businessman Zingman accompany Kabila to Abu Dhabi?

Djibouti, DRC
Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Inner circles | DRC
The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors

Spotlight | Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

DRC
Kinshasa seeks advisors on revising 'infrastructure for minerals' and other China deals

DRC
Modeste Bahati, architect of the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi?

DRC
Congo nationality debate raises fresh questions about Moïse Katumbi's 'Italian' origins

DRC
AfDB wants Inga III mega-dam project put out to tender

DRC
Tshisekedi ready for digital revolution if it pleases major financial backers

DRC
New justice minister takes on responsibility for Dig Oil arbitration case

DRC
China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army