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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

The Turkish group Summa is in talks with the Congolese authorities over an opportunity to take over the N'Djili international airport upgrades in what would be its first move in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

DRC
CEO out of prison but Sococ still plagued by difficulties

The powerful Congolese businessman Modeste Makabuza has a tricky unpaid bills problem on his hands.

Subscribers only Business 13.01.2021

DRC
US to get new embassy in Kinshasa after 12-year wait

Housed in the same offices for 60 years, the US diplomatic corps had reached an agreement for a new site with Joseph Kabila but he failed to keep his promise. It took Félix Tshisekedi's arrival to unblock the situation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.01.2021

In Focus | Africa, France
Alexandre Benalla and Kamal Benali fall short of their wheeler-dealer heroes of yore

The businessman-adventurer has long been one of the main characters of the "Françafrique" era. André Guelfi, Pierre Falcone and Vincent Miclet helped to fashion the myth of the deal-maker who could be found in Africa's presidential palaces and the bars of Paris's luxury hotels, setting up multi-million-dollar deals with just a few phone calls.

Subscribers only Business 21.12.2020

Bernard Kouchner (left) and Kamal Benali (right) during Alpha Condé's presidential inauguration.

Spotlight | DRC
Dig Oil comes up against unflappable state negotiators over $619m arbitration

The South African oil firm is beginning to believe the president's office is dragging its heels so it won't have to pay, while the state hopes to reach a compromise with the promise of a new permit.

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2020

Congo, DRC
Sassou contends with domino effect of Kinshasa crisis

The current head of ECCAS, the Congolese leader Denis Sassou Nguesso, is much exercised by the crisis in neighbouring DRC. Running for re-election early next year, Sassou is above all worried that the standoff between Tshisekedi and Kabila will upset his campaign.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.12.2020

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso is seeking his fourth term.

DRC
Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

Breaking news published 15/12/20 at 12:35 - The Guinean diplomat and old UN hand Bintou Keita is likely to succeed Algeria's Leila Zerrougui at the head of the UN's largest peacekeeping mission, whose mandate is up for renewal this week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.12.2020

Head of the UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) Leila Zerrougui.

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

Several members of Félix Tshisekedi's entourage are implicated in the controversy surrounding the re-election of the president of the Fédération des entreprises du Congo.

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2020

Albert Yuma Mulimbi, President of the Federation of Businesses of Congo (FEC).

Africa
King Kong Organics drums up cannabis business across the continent

Cannabis-grower King Kong Organics is knocking on the doors of numerous African heads of state in the hope of breaking into the continent.

Subscribers only Business 09.12.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi's plan to forge new majority could trip over the law

In his speech on 6 December to enact the coalition between his party, Cap Pour le Changement (CACH), and Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC), Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi seems to have omitted a constitutional provision.

Subscribers only Politics 09.12.2020

DRC
Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

Congolese truckers working for Copperbelt miners are demanding that the Kinshasa government slash the tolls they pay to re-enter the country to help them compete fairly with foreign drivers.

Free access Mining 08.12.2020

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

At a cost of $150-300 per passenger, obligatory Covid-19 tests have become the basis for a thriving new business at Africa's major airports. A handful of companies have succeeded in getting a share of this extremely lucrative market.

Subscribers only Business 07.12.2020

DRC
Ousted DRC governor Martin Kabuya tries to get job back after dispute with China's CREC-7

The Kasai-Central provincial assembly ousted governor Martin Kabuya in July, largely because of his conflict with the Chinese construction company CREC-7. He is now pulling out all the stops to get his job back.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics, Business 07.12.2020

Martin Kabuya, former governor of Kasaï-Central.

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Lourenço administration methodically pursues his strategy to weaken his Congolese neighbour and hold onto its oil, including Chevron and ExxonMobil blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2020

Angolan Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo.

SADC
SADC sits on its hands over Cabo Delgado

An extraordinary summit meeting of Southern African Development Community states has failed to offer much-needed solutions to the growing security crisis in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. Maputo's reluctance to accept foreign help has certainly played an important role.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.12.2020

DRC
Mining minister Willy Kitobo ordered to explain Kivu tensions

A Nord-Kivu MP has taken the mining minister to task over his handling the Masisi area of Nord-Kivu province, where coltan and cassiterite mines have long been sites of unrest. The admonishment should been seen in the context of the ruling coalition's fragmentation.

Subscribers only Mining 30.11.2020

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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

Felix Tshisekedi

DRC
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

DRC
CEO out of prison but Sococ still plagued by difficulties

DRC
US to get new embassy in Kinshasa after 12-year wait

In Focus | Africa, France
Alexandre Benalla and Kamal Benali fall short of their wheeler-dealer heroes of yore

Spotlight | DRC
Dig Oil comes up against unflappable state negotiators over $619m arbitration

Congo, DRC
Sassou contends with domino effect of Kinshasa crisis

DRC
Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

Africa
King Kong Organics drums up cannabis business across the continent

DRC
Tshisekedi's plan to forge new majority could trip over the law

DRC
Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

DRC
Ousted DRC governor Martin Kabuya tries to get job back after dispute with China's CREC-7

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

SADC
SADC sits on its hands over Cabo Delgado

DRC
Mining minister Willy Kitobo ordered to explain Kivu tensions

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Inner circles | DRC
Incoming African Union chair Tshisekedi sets up his management team

DRC
DP World to return to Banana port negotiating table with Tshisekedi

DRC
Between Tshisekedi and Kabila, France's diplomatic juggling act

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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

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

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Felix Tshisekedi

DRC Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

DRC CEO out of prison but Sococ still plagued by difficulties

DRC US to get new embassy in Kinshasa after 12-year wait

In Focus | Africa, France Alexandre Benalla and Kamal Benali fall short of their wheeler-dealer heroes of yore

Spotlight | DRC Dig Oil comes up against unflappable state negotiators over $619m arbitration

Congo, DRC Sassou contends with domino effect of Kinshasa crisis

DRC Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

DRC Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

Africa King Kong Organics drums up cannabis business across the continent

DRC Tshisekedi's plan to forge new majority could trip over the law

DRC Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

In Focus | Angola, Ghana Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

DRC Ousted DRC governor Martin Kabuya tries to get job back after dispute with China's CREC-7

Angola, DRC Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

SADC SADC sits on its hands over Cabo Delgado

DRC Mining minister Willy Kitobo ordered to explain Kivu tensions

Angola Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Inner circles | DRC Incoming African Union chair Tshisekedi sets up his management team

DRC DP World to return to Banana port negotiating table with Tshisekedi

DRC Between Tshisekedi and Kabila, France's diplomatic juggling act

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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
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

DRC
CEO out of prison but Sococ still plagued by difficulties

DRC
US to get new embassy in Kinshasa after 12-year wait

In Focus | Africa, France
Alexandre Benalla and Kamal Benali fall short of their wheeler-dealer heroes of yore

Spotlight | DRC
Dig Oil comes up against unflappable state negotiators over $619m arbitration

Congo, DRC
Sassou contends with domino effect of Kinshasa crisis

DRC
Guinea's Bintou Keita favourite to take over MONUSCO

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

Africa
King Kong Organics drums up cannabis business across the continent

DRC
Tshisekedi's plan to forge new majority could trip over the law

DRC
Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

DRC
Ousted DRC governor Martin Kabuya tries to get job back after dispute with China's CREC-7

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

SADC
SADC sits on its hands over Cabo Delgado

DRC
Mining minister Willy Kitobo ordered to explain Kivu tensions

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Inner circles | DRC
Incoming African Union chair Tshisekedi sets up his management team

DRC
DP World to return to Banana port negotiating table with Tshisekedi

DRC
Between Tshisekedi and Kabila, France's diplomatic juggling act