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Congo-Brazzaville

Congo-Brazzaville

Population: 6.31m
GDP: $15.5bn
Debt: 94.6% of GDP (2024)

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Son, like Father

One of the larger Africa–focused lobbying outfits, with offices in Abidjan, Kinshasa and Mauritius, is the Paris–based 35° Nord. It is targeting the European Union'...


Italy's Eni misled shareholders

New oil database shows the political connections of Eni's partner, and contradicts the company's claims to shareholders

New disclosures show that the publicly listed Italian oil major Eni misled its shareholders over its business ties to one of Congo-Brazzaville's most controversial and powerful pol...

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A fox guarding the hen house

While promising to rein in graft, President Denis Sassou-Nguesso promotes his son who faces corruption charges in the US

Amid a debt crisis and seeking bailout funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Congo-Brazzaville has promised to clamp down on corruption. But President Denis Sassou-Ngue...


Trafigura's middleman emerges

The Swiss-based trader funnelled huge loans and oil payments through an intermediary, despite bribery risks

Major commodity trader Trafigura used an intermediary for its crude oil purchases in Congo-Brazzaville and its huge loans to the country, the company announced in its recent corpor...


Fund falls for Sassou

The IMF sees the country as a test case for African nations which borrowed heavily from China. It is being lenient

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears, again, to have secured victory over the International Monetary Fund, obtaining an urgently needed bail-out in exchange for promises that he ...


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