Congo B politics and the genesis of Cotrade
Issue 181
- 26 Feb 2010
| 3 minute read
The controversial marketing company Congolaise de Trading was the product of what officials call “a past phase” in Congo-B politics. In 1998, soon after returning to power, President Denis Sassou Nguesso discovered that French oil company Elf (since merged into Total) was fraudulently representing its Congo-B production operations.
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