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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC, Rwanda
Who is to be Tshisekedi's new military intelligence chief?

Since the death of Major General Delphin Kahimbi, the Congolese president has been without a military intelligence advisor. Several senior officers are in the running for this sensitive role.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 29.06.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Despite all the delays under his predecessors in launching construction works on the Inga III dam, Félix Tshisekedi is eager to embark on a much more ambitious project in Kongo Central province: the Grand Inga.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 26.06.2020

DRC
Thales makes beeline for Tshisekedi

Having met with the Congolese president in mid-February, Thales has been relying on former Gemalto execs in the DRC to pursue its lobbying in Kinshasa, where the company is hoping to secure contracts to oversee airport ID checks and to produce ID documents.

Subscribers only Business 25.06.2020

DRC, Ivory Coast
Jean-Claude Kabongo puts his business contacts to work for Tshisekedi

Jean-Claude Kabongo, the Congolese regime's business emissary, is putting to fresh use the impressive contact network he built up when he was himself in business in the oil and security equipment supply sectors.

Subscribers only Business 24.06.2020

Jean-Claude Kabongo, Félix Tshisekedi's special investment adviser.

DRC
Fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners wants in on Grand Inga dam project

The company owned by billionaire businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi is in talks with the Congolese authorities concerning a potentially huge investment in the mega-project to construct dams on the River Congo.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 22.06.2020

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Since he replaced Vital Kamerhe, interim presidential chief of staff Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande has been relying on military intelligence to sort through the state's "sovereign" contract commitments, especially those involving identity papers.

Subscribers only Business 18.06.2020

Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande, chief of staff in the DRC president's office.

DRC
Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

The Congolese judicial authorities want details of any property acquired by President Félix Tshisekedi's former right-hand man, Vital Kamerhe, in France.

Subscribers only Politics 16.06.2020

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

During Vital Kamerhe's trial, the lawyer representing the state (as civil party to the case) Coco Kayudi, made mention of the existence of a property in France belonging to Félix Tshisekedi's former chief of staff.

Subscribers only Politics 15.06.2020

Congo, DRC
AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

As the main donor behind the project to construct a bridge between the two capitals, the African Development Bank is turning its attention first to the access routes to the site.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.06.2020

Spotlight | DRC
DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

Félix Tshisekedi is currently negotiating the rescheduling of a $57m loan from Taiwan's Exim-Bank which dates back to the Mobutu era. The problem is that until very recently the Congolese government thought it was negotiating with China, the country's biggest donor, rather than Taiwan.

Subscribers only Politics 11.06.2020

DRC
Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

Vital Kamerhe's French lawyer has finallyy brought the matter of his incarceration before the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Subscribers only Politics 10.06.2020

Vital Kamerhe served as Félix Tshisekedi's chief of staff.

DRC
Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

Behind the first deputy speaker of parliament Jean-Marc Kabund's sacking on 25 May lies Kabila's anger at the interim UDPS chairman.

Subscribers only Politics 04.06.2020

Jean-Marc Kabund, interim chairman of President Félix Tshisekiedi's party, the Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social.

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which pulled out of the Inga III dam project in 2012, might be making a comeback.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 01.06.2020

DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

Virtually unknown on the African continent, Hungarian construction firm Duna Aszfalt is looking for local partners to complete construction of a road between DRC and Zambia, originally started by an associate of Moïse Katumbi.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2020

DRC
DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DP World and the DRC government have mutually agreed to add another 18 months to the deadline for the signature of an amendment to the Banana port contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.05.2020

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Despite making strenuous efforts, Parnasse, the consulting company of former French IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, failed to win the consulting contract it was chasing in DRC. It was beaten to it by Baker McKenzie, where Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, used to work.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2020

DRC
How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

The state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction (CCEC) made good use of local businessman Edo Kasongo's networks to land a contract to upgrade 128-km stretch of road in Haut-Katanga province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.05.2020

Spotlight | Mauritania, Saudi Arabia
How MbS tried to bring Ghazouani and Israel closer together

To stay in the Trump administration's good books, the Saudi authorities are trying to have their African debtors recognise Israel, Mauritania being a case in point.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.05.2020

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) meets with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

DRC
Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

In a letter sent out to the country's top officials, the Congolese minister of mines Willy Kitobo Samsoni expresses his frustration with the number of contracts cancelled or put on ice by copper producers Eurasian Resources Group and Chemaf because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2020

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

The oil junior has opened up a new front against the Congolese state, which kept it waiting for a decade before greenlighting its production sharing contracts in Cuvette Centrale.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2020

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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC, Rwanda
Who is to be Tshisekedi's new military intelligence chief?

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

DRC
Thales makes beeline for Tshisekedi

DRC, Ivory Coast
Jean-Claude Kabongo puts his business contacts to work for Tshisekedi

DRC
Fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners wants in on Grand Inga dam project

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

DRC
Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

Congo, DRC
AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Spotlight | DRC
DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

DRC
Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

DRC
Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

DRC
DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

DRC
How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Spotlight | Mauritania, Saudi Arabia
How MbS tried to bring Ghazouani and Israel closer together

DRC
Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

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Felix Tshisekedi

DRC, Rwanda Who is to be Tshisekedi's new military intelligence chief?

DRC Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

DRC Thales makes beeline for Tshisekedi

DRC, Ivory Coast Jean-Claude Kabongo puts his business contacts to work for Tshisekedi

DRC Fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners wants in on Grand Inga dam project

DRC Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

DRC Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

DRC Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

Congo, DRC AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Spotlight | DRC DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

DRC Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

DRC Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

DRC BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

DRC, Zambia Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

DRC DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DRC Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

DRC How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Spotlight | Mauritania, Saudi Arabia How MbS tried to bring Ghazouani and Israel closer together

DRC Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

DRC Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24

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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, Rwanda
Who is to be Tshisekedi's new military intelligence chief?

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

DRC
Thales makes beeline for Tshisekedi

DRC, Ivory Coast
Jean-Claude Kabongo puts his business contacts to work for Tshisekedi

DRC
Fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners wants in on Grand Inga dam project

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

DRC
Kinshasa asks France to help it identify Vital Kamerhe's French assets

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's French pied-à-terre rivets Kinshasa courtroom

Congo, DRC
AfDB takes step-by-step approach to construction of Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Spotlight | DRC
DRC confuses Taiwan for China as it seeks to repay 30-year-old loan

DRC
Kamerhe detention referred to UN rights watchdog

DRC
Tshisekedi's right-hand-man Jean-Marc Kabund felled by a text message

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

DRC
DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

DRC
How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Spotlight | Mauritania, Saudi Arabia
How MbS tried to bring Ghazouani and Israel closer together

DRC
Covid-19: minister of mines calls out badly behaved copper players

DRC
Dig Oil steps up pressure on Tshisekedi to obtain $600m compensation for blocks 8, 23 and 24