Vol 54 No 11 | CHAD How to read the ‘conspiracy’ 24th May 2013 Despite a wealth of knowledge about those named, no one has been able to work out if the men arrested on 1 May were genuinely conspiring to mount...
Vol 54 No 10 | CAMEROON Upper house of cards 10th May 2013 President Paul Biya has now appointed 30 Senators, bringing the new parliamentary upper house to its full complement of 100. Elections on 14 April – by an electoral...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Kasai mines go to Anhui 2nd May 2013 The Chinese company that works with the Zimbabwean government in the controversial Marange fields has signed a major deal with Kinshasa Thanks to a contract signed in Kinshasa on 18 March by Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation’s Vice-President Bai Ziangqian, State Assets Minister Louise Munga Mesozi and Mines Minister...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | GABONINDIASINGAPORE Middleman at the gate 2nd May 2013 On 26 April at the Libreville headquarters of Oil India Limited, Paul Maurice Tomo lay shirtless on the ground in front of a painted sheet that read:...
Vol 54 No 9 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICSOUTH AFRICA Pleas to go 26th April 2013 President Jacob Zuma puzzled his central African interlocutors and CAR politicians by claiming they had made a ‘passionate plea’ for South African troops to return to the troubled...
Vol 54 No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kivu talks impasse 26th April 2013 Military movements in eastern Congo-Kinshasa are increasing while the peace talks in Kampala between the government and the rebel Mouvement du 23 mars have stalled. On 22...
Vol 54 No 8 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Lords of misrule 12th April 2013 Confusion reigned at the summit on CAR’s future while the new rulers could not halt the prolonged plunder of the capital. The omens are poor The Ndjamena summit called to resolve the crisis in Central African Republic was nearly as chaotic as Bangui itself. Members of the Communauté économique des états de l’Afrique...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Fametal, SOKIMO and Ituri’s gold 4th April 2013 Despite its troubles with the Congolese authorities last year, the Chinese group Fametal has now established a dominant position in Ituri’s gold belt. In March, Fametal President Wang...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CAMEROONCHINA Hanlong misses the Sundance deal deadline 4th April 2013 One of the longest and most problematic Chinese takeover sagas is finally drawing to a sorry end for Sichuan-based Hanlong Mining and Australia’s Sundance Resources. The main attraction...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | GABONCHINA Extractive pains 4th April 2013 Addax Petroleum, the Swiss-based oil company acquired by China’s Sinopec in August 2009, is the latest firm to enter into a dispute with Gabon as President Ali Bongo...