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Pius · March 14th, 2012, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Karavia

La note positive est leur capacité à s'auto-financer!!! Pour des futurs partenariats ça jouera énormément; la construction du port de Banana devrait logiquement être leur prochain cheval de bétail....

En effet, l’effort est plus que louable. Mais pourvu qu’ils ne nous fassent pas le coup de la RVA en annonçant quelques jours après que l’acquisition de cet équipement a été faite grâce à une dette contractée auprès des partenaires…

BUTEMBO21 · March 15th, 2012, 03:57 PM

First they said it was Chef de l'Etat. Now its the company's own money. where is the truth? I don't trust them. I will not be surprised if its a Chinese loan.

***Broda-Man*** · March 16th, 2012, 07:10 PM

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has awarded lucrative forestry concessions to a company controlled by a Lebanese businessman who also runs a firm subject to sanctions by the United States as a front for Hezbollah.

The 2011 concessions issued by Congo's environment ministry to the Trans-M company, seen by Reuters, could complicate Washington's efforts to curb what it says are the Lebanese militant movement's growing business activities in Africa.

The concessions cover 25-year leases for hundreds of thousands of hectares of rainforest in the central African country, the world's second forest "lung" after the Amazon. The concessions are capable of generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues over 25 years, if fully exploited, forestry experts say.

Trans-M is controlled by businessman Ahmed Tajideen (whose name is also given as Tajeddine in U.S. Treasury documents). He also runs another company, Congo Futur, which the U.S. government says is a front for Hezbollah. Congo Futur cites sawmilling as one of its businesses.

The U.S. Treasury Department put Congo Futur under targeted sanctions in 2010, saying the firm was part of a network of businesses ultimately controlled by Tajideen's three brothers, Kassim, Husayn and Ali, and that this generated "millions of dollars in funding" for Hezbollah.

The sanctions aim to block U.S. dollar transfers linked to the trio, part of wider U.S. efforts to counter what Washington sees as increasing business activity in Africa by Hezbollah, which it calls "among the most dangerous terrorist groups in the world". Hezbollah has denied U.S. accusations that it is linked to money-laundering and the international narcotics trade.

Ahmed Tajideen, who is not subject to U.S. Treasury sanctions, says his brothers have no share of Congo Futur or Trans-M and that the companies are neither directly related to each other nor act as front companies for Hezbollah.

"I am the majority shareholder of both companies," Tajideen told Reuters earlier this month.

"I created both companies independently of each other", he said. "My brothers have nothing to do with the companies".

EMBARRASSING FOR KABILA

But leaked U.S. diplomatic cables produced in 2000 quote Ahmed Tajideen as saying Congo Futur established Trans-M, which is also described as a "subsidiary" of Congo Futur on the website of Congo's official investment authority, ANAPI.

"The question for the Congolese government is whether they really want to continue doing business with a company that is linked to a terrorist organisation?" said a U.S. official who monitors Congo, but asked not to be named.

John Sullivan, a U.S. Treasury spokesman, told Reuters that if Trans-M was majority owned by Congo Futur, it would face sanctions. He would not comment on the immediate status of Ahmed Tajideen or Trans-M.

"Treasury does not comment on possible enforcement actions or designations," he said.

The Trans-M forestry concessions are an embarrassment for the government of President Joseph Kabila, who was returned to office in last year's troubled presidential elections that were criticised by the United States as "seriously flawed".

Seraphim Ngwej, a senior advisor to president Kabila, told Reuters the U.S. government had not officially communicated any allegations about the concessions to Congo's government.

He said he would be willing to assist. "But there must be proof," Ngwej said.

Leopold Kalala Ndjibu-Kalema, a senior legal adviser to Congo's environment ministry, said in an official statement that there is "no concrete proof" that Trans-M is involved in Hezbollah activities and insisted its concessions had nothing to do with Congo Futur.

But a European Union-funded forestry publication in 2011 refers to Congo Futur as the "parent company" of Trans-M. Employees and a business partner of Congo Futur contacted by Reuters have also stated Trans-M is a "subsidiary" of Congo Futur and is owned by all the Tajideen brothers.

"WEAK STATES"

U.S. officials are concerned that Congo, whose location in the heart of Africa makes it important for the continent's stability, may become a safe haven for Hezbollah financiers looking to take advantage of weak financial regulation in the lawless and commodity rich central African giant.

"We do have major concerns about all weak states, and especially places like Congo," said one U.S. official who asked not to be named. "The attention here in Washington is pretty high," he added.

U.S. authorities last year put the spotlight on Hezbollah's Africa-based activities by unveiling a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) probe alleging the Iranian-backed group was involved in money laundering activities in West Africa linked to the narcotics and second hand car trade.

The Tajideen family has operated real estate, diamond export, supermarket and food processing businesses across Angola, Gambia and Sierra Leone and Congo for many years, the U.S. Treasury says.

West and Central Africa host significant and long-established Lebanese diaspora communities.

But U.S. interest in the Tajideen family sharpened in 2003 when Belgian police raided the Antwerp offices of a company managed by Kassim Tajideen and accused it of "large scale tax fraud, money laundering and trade in diamonds of doubtful origin". No charges were brought in Belgium.

The U.S. Treasury made Kassim Tajideen subject to sanctions in 2009 and in 2010 also sanctioned Husayn Tajideen and Ali Tajideen, who it says was once a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon. The Treasury says Husayn and Ali are amongst Hezbollah's "top financiers in Africa".

A Hezbollah official declined to comment on the U.S. allegations.

When the Treasury sanctioned some of the family's companies in 2010, U.S. citizens were barred from doing business with them. But some of the companies continued to operate freely in their host countries, including Congo Futur.

Israel has also expressed concern about what it says are growing Hezbollah financial interests in Africa.

Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council last month that he was particularly concerned that West Africa had become a "hub" for Hezbollah. But he did not refer to central Africa or Congo.

Powerful Israeli businessmen still retain good relations with president Kabila, notably Dan Gertler, a wealthy diamond merchant who controls numerous mining and other interests in Congo, many managed via offshore companies. (Additional reporting by Jonny Hogg in Kinshasa; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)

http://af.reuters.com/article/drcNew...nnel=0&sp=true

***Broda-Man*** · March 16th, 2012, 07:19 PM

Where's the truth?
That point where they say that they have a cable from 2000 that shows that Trans-M is a subsidiary of Congo Futur is really critical.
But you can also look at the other side where, they wouldn't want us to move forward thus they exagerate the problem.

This article is quite bias, I wish i could see what the opposite side thinks about this and have a final judgement

BUTEMBO21 · March 16th, 2012, 07:22 PM

A country with no State. Nothing surprising.

Karavia · June 25th, 2012, 10:18 AM

Social: modernisation de l'hopital Med-Sud de la Gécamines

Karavia · August 19th, 2012, 08:49 AM

Franchement, j'apprécie beaucoup les efforts de la maire de Kolwezi. Ici en compagnie du ministre des transports et du ministre du portefeuille en visite d'inspection à l'aeroport de Kolwezi.

Pius · August 19th, 2012, 11:30 AM

C’est curieux que quand on considère la réhabilitation des infrastructures aéroportuaires en RDC, les aérogares soient totalement oubliées…Et pourtant, l’aérogare c’est la vitrine d’un aéroport. Bientôt les aéroports de Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kisangani, Goma, etc. auront des nouvelles pistes d’atterrissage, des nouvelles casernes de pompiers, des nouvelles tours de contrôle, etc. avec des aérogares d’un autre âge. Curieuse révolution de la modernité…

Pius · August 19th, 2012, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Karavia

Social: modernisation de l'hopital Med-Sud de la Gécamines

Très encourageant. Félicitations à la Gécamines. Petit à petit, cette grande entreprise du portefeuille redore son blason non seulement en renouant avec des bons résultats économiques, mais aussi en affirmant sa tradition d’actrice sociale en appui à l’Etat dont les résultats en la matière laissent à désirer.

Karavia · September 27th, 2012, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pius

C’est curieux que quand on considère la réhabilitation des infrastructures aéroportuaires en RDC, les aérogares soient totalement oubliées…Et pourtant, l’aérogare c’est la vitrine d’un aéroport. Bientôt les aéroports de Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kisangani, Goma, etc. auront des nouvelles pistes d’atterrissage, des nouvelles casernes de pompiers, des nouvelles tours de contrôle, etc. avec des aérogares d’un autre âge. Curieuse révolution de la modernité…

Dans cette vidéo, on peut entendre l'un des membres du bureau de coordination Sino-congolais cité la CCCC comme étant l'entreprise qui va construire l'aérogare de la Luano, il parle également de l'aéroport de Bukavu (aérogare et élargissement de la piste)

Pius · September 27th, 2012, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Karavia

Dans cette vidéo, on peut attendre l'un des membres du bureau de coordination Sino-congolais cité la CCCC comme étant l'entreprise qui va construire l'aérogare de la Luano, il parle également de l'aéroport de Bukavu (aérogare et élargissement de la piste)

Très bonne nouvelle. Le choix des « aéroports » à moderniser est judicieux car dans son état actuel, l’aéroport de la Luano est tout sauf un aéroport international répondant aux normes requises. Quant à celui de Bukavu, il faut beaucoup d’imagination et une bonne dose d’humour pour le qualifier d’aéroport. Une piste délabrée sans autres infrastructures aéroportuaires (aérogare, tour de contrôle, caserne de pompier, balisage, etc.) ne peut quand même pas constituer un aéroport…

***Broda-Man*** · September 27th, 2012, 10:05 PM

Katanga : 32 millions de dollars américains pour réhabiliter 320 Km sur la route nationale n°5

La Banque mondiale et l’Agence internationale de coopération pour le développement britannique vont financer la réhabilitation d’un tronçon de 320 Km de la route nationale numéro cinq, dans le Katanga, à hauteur de 32 millions de dollars américains. Les travaux seront réalisés par les entreprises chinoises Sinohydro et Ziang Zi, qui ont signé mardi 26 septembre un accord avec le gouvernement congolais et l’Office des routes.
La route nationale numéro cinq relie le district du Haut Lomami à celui du Tanganyika, dans la province du Katanga.
Au départ, les travaux devaient être réalisés par l’Office des routes, dans le cadre du projet « Proroutes », sur une distance de 460 Km, de Kambu, dans le territoire de Kalemie, jusqu’à Kapulo, dans le territoire de Pweto.
Finalement, les travaux ont été confiés aux entreprises chinoises Sinohydro et Ziang Zi, qui doivent réhabiliter 320 Km de route entre le village de Kasomeno, dans le territoire de Kasenga, et celui de de Kambu, dans le territoire de Kalemie, en passant par Pweto, dans le district du Haut Lomami.
Les techniciens chinois ont déjà effectué 165 Km de prospection sur cette voie.
Avant la signature des procès de constat des lieux et de remise des routes entre les parties concernées dans ce projet, le ministre provincial en charge des infrastructures, Juvénal Kitungwa, est venu constater l’état d’avancement des travaux exécutés par l’Office des routes dans cette zone.
Il a tenu à relever l’importance de ces travaux.
« C’est un travail qui s’inscrit dans un programme global de l’exécution d’un projet qui date, c’est-a-dire de la construction d’une autoroute de l’Est de Kisangani jusqu’à Sakania. L’exécution se fait progressivement en fonction des ressources », a-t-il expliqué.
Les travaux de finalisation de cette route seront exclusivement réalisés par l’entreprise Ziang Zi.

Radiookapi.net

***Broda-Man*** · September 27th, 2012, 10:06 PM

Juste par curiosite..how much did le boulevard du 30 juin cost?

March 16th, 2012, 07:10 PM	#183
*Broda-Man* Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lubumbashi Posts: 950 Likes (Received): 3	LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has awarded lucrative forestry concessions to a company controlled by a Lebanese businessman who also runs a firm subject to sanctions by the United States as a front for Hezbollah. The 2011 concessions issued by Congo's environment ministry to the Trans-M company, seen by Reuters, could complicate Washington's efforts to curb what it says are the Lebanese militant movement's growing business activities in Africa. The concessions cover 25-year leases for hundreds of thousands of hectares of rainforest in the central African country, the world's second forest "lung" after the Amazon. The concessions are capable of generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues over 25 years, if fully exploited, forestry experts say. Trans-M is controlled by businessman Ahmed Tajideen (whose name is also given as Tajeddine in U.S. Treasury documents). He also runs another company, Congo Futur, which the U.S. government says is a front for Hezbollah. Congo Futur cites sawmilling as one of its businesses. The U.S. Treasury Department put Congo Futur under targeted sanctions in 2010, saying the firm was part of a network of businesses ultimately controlled by Tajideen's three brothers, Kassim, Husayn and Ali, and that this generated "millions of dollars in funding" for Hezbollah. The sanctions aim to block U.S. dollar transfers linked to the trio, part of wider U.S. efforts to counter what Washington sees as increasing business activity in Africa by Hezbollah, which it calls "among the most dangerous terrorist groups in the world". Hezbollah has denied U.S. accusations that it is linked to money-laundering and the international narcotics trade. Ahmed Tajideen, who is not subject to U.S. Treasury sanctions, says his brothers have no share of Congo Futur or Trans-M and that the companies are neither directly related to each other nor act as front companies for Hezbollah. "I am the majority shareholder of both companies," Tajideen told Reuters earlier this month. "I created both companies independently of each other", he said. "My brothers have nothing to do with the companies". EMBARRASSING FOR KABILA But leaked U.S. diplomatic cables produced in 2000 quote Ahmed Tajideen as saying Congo Futur established Trans-M, which is also described as a "subsidiary" of Congo Futur on the website of Congo's official investment authority, ANAPI. "The question for the Congolese government is whether they really want to continue doing business with a company that is linked to a terrorist organisation?" said a U.S. official who monitors Congo, but asked not to be named. John Sullivan, a U.S. Treasury spokesman, told Reuters that if Trans-M was majority owned by Congo Futur, it would face sanctions. He would not comment on the immediate status of Ahmed Tajideen or Trans-M. "Treasury does not comment on possible enforcement actions or designations," he said. The Trans-M forestry concessions are an embarrassment for the government of President Joseph Kabila, who was returned to office in last year's troubled presidential elections that were criticised by the United States as "seriously flawed". Seraphim Ngwej, a senior advisor to president Kabila, told Reuters the U.S. government had not officially communicated any allegations about the concessions to Congo's government. He said he would be willing to assist. "But there must be proof," Ngwej said. Leopold Kalala Ndjibu-Kalema, a senior legal adviser to Congo's environment ministry, said in an official statement that there is "no concrete proof" that Trans-M is involved in Hezbollah activities and insisted its concessions had nothing to do with Congo Futur. But a European Union-funded forestry publication in 2011 refers to Congo Futur as the "parent company" of Trans-M. Employees and a business partner of Congo Futur contacted by Reuters have also stated Trans-M is a "subsidiary" of Congo Futur and is owned by all the Tajideen brothers. "WEAK STATES" U.S. officials are concerned that Congo, whose location in the heart of Africa makes it important for the continent's stability, may become a safe haven for Hezbollah financiers looking to take advantage of weak financial regulation in the lawless and commodity rich central African giant. "We do have major concerns about all weak states, and especially places like Congo," said one U.S. official who asked not to be named. "The attention here in Washington is pretty high," he added. U.S. authorities last year put the spotlight on Hezbollah's Africa-based activities by unveiling a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) probe alleging the Iranian-backed group was involved in money laundering activities in West Africa linked to the narcotics and second hand car trade. The Tajideen family has operated real estate, diamond export, supermarket and food processing businesses across Angola, Gambia and Sierra Leone and Congo for many years, the U.S. Treasury says. West and Central Africa host significant and long-established Lebanese diaspora communities. But U.S. interest in the Tajideen family sharpened in 2003 when Belgian police raided the Antwerp offices of a company managed by Kassim Tajideen and accused it of "large scale tax fraud, money laundering and trade in diamonds of doubtful origin". No charges were brought in Belgium. The U.S. Treasury made Kassim Tajideen subject to sanctions in 2009 and in 2010 also sanctioned Husayn Tajideen and Ali Tajideen, who it says was once a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon. The Treasury says Husayn and Ali are amongst Hezbollah's "top financiers in Africa". A Hezbollah official declined to comment on the U.S. allegations. When the Treasury sanctioned some of the family's companies in 2010, U.S. citizens were barred from doing business with them. But some of the companies continued to operate freely in their host countries, including Congo Futur. Israel has also expressed concern about what it says are growing Hezbollah financial interests in Africa. Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, told the Security Council last month that he was particularly concerned that West Africa had become a "hub" for Hezbollah. But he did not refer to central Africa or Congo. Powerful Israeli businessmen still retain good relations with president Kabila, notably Dan Gertler, a wealthy diamond merchant who controls numerous mining and other interests in Congo, many managed via offshore companies. (Additional reporting by Jonny Hogg in Kinshasa; Editing by Pascal Fletcher) http://af.reuters.com/article/drcNew...nnel=0&sp=true __________________ Wanna test a man's faithfulness ? Just give him power and money.

March 16th, 2012, 07:19 PM	#184
*Broda-Man* Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lubumbashi Posts: 950 Likes (Received): 3	Where's the truth? That point where they say that they have a cable from 2000 that shows that Trans-M is a subsidiary of Congo Futur is really critical. But you can also look at the other side where, they wouldn't want us to move forward thus they exagerate the problem. This article is quite bias, I wish i could see what the opposite side thinks about this and have a final judgement __________________ Wanna test a man's faithfulness ? Just give him power and money.

June 25th, 2012, 10:18 AM	#186
Karavia Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brussels Posts: 1,202 Likes (Received): 28	Social: modernisation de l'hopital Med-Sud de la Gécamines __________________ You can defy the elements of your environment & use your mind as your weapon http://www.africamaat.com/

August 19th, 2012, 08:49 AM	#187
Karavia Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brussels Posts: 1,202 Likes (Received): 28	Franchement, j'apprécie beaucoup les efforts de la maire de Kolwezi. Ici en compagnie du ministre des transports et du ministre du portefeuille en visite d'inspection à l'aeroport de Kolwezi. __________________ You can defy the elements of your environment & use your mind as your weapon http://www.africamaat.com/

September 27th, 2012, 10:05 PM	#192
*Broda-Man* Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lubumbashi Posts: 950 Likes (Received): 3	Katanga : 32 millions de dollars américains pour réhabiliter 320 Km sur la route nationale n°5 La Banque mondiale et l’Agence internationale de coopération pour le développement britannique vont financer la réhabilitation d’un tronçon de 320 Km de la route nationale numéro cinq, dans le Katanga, à hauteur de 32 millions de dollars américains. Les travaux seront réalisés par les entreprises chinoises Sinohydro et Ziang Zi, qui ont signé mardi 26 septembre un accord avec le gouvernement congolais et l’Office des routes. La route nationale numéro cinq relie le district du Haut Lomami à celui du Tanganyika, dans la province du Katanga. Au départ, les travaux devaient être réalisés par l’Office des routes, dans le cadre du projet « Proroutes », sur une distance de 460 Km, de Kambu, dans le territoire de Kalemie, jusqu’à Kapulo, dans le territoire de Pweto. Finalement, les travaux ont été confiés aux entreprises chinoises Sinohydro et Ziang Zi, qui doivent réhabiliter 320 Km de route entre le village de Kasomeno, dans le territoire de Kasenga, et celui de de Kambu, dans le territoire de Kalemie, en passant par Pweto, dans le district du Haut Lomami. Les techniciens chinois ont déjà effectué 165 Km de prospection sur cette voie. Avant la signature des procès de constat des lieux et de remise des routes entre les parties concernées dans ce projet, le ministre provincial en charge des infrastructures, Juvénal Kitungwa, est venu constater l’état d’avancement des travaux exécutés par l’Office des routes dans cette zone. Il a tenu à relever l’importance de ces travaux. « C’est un travail qui s’inscrit dans un programme global de l’exécution d’un projet qui date, c’est-a-dire de la construction d’une autoroute de l’Est de Kisangani jusqu’à Sakania. L’exécution se fait progressivement en fonction des ressources », a-t-il expliqué. Les travaux de finalisation de cette route seront exclusivement réalisés par l’entreprise Ziang Zi. Radiookapi.net __________________ Wanna test a man's faithfulness ? Just give him power and money.

March 15th, 2012, 03:57 PM	#182
BUTEMBO21 Mutu ya Chuma. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Under the Sun and the Moon Posts: 35,420 Likes (Received): 446	First they said it was Chef de l'Etat. Now its the company's own money. where is the truth? I don't trust them. I will not be surprised if its a Chinese loan.

March 16th, 2012, 07:22 PM	#185
BUTEMBO21 Mutu ya Chuma. Join Date: May 2008 Location: Under the Sun and the Moon Posts: 35,420 Likes (Received): 446	A country with no State. Nothing surprising.

August 19th, 2012, 11:30 AM	#188
Pius The Urban Man Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,709 Likes (Received): 69	C’est curieux que quand on considère la réhabilitation des infrastructures aéroportuaires en RDC, les aérogares soient totalement oubliées…Et pourtant, l’aérogare c’est la vitrine d’un aéroport. Bientôt les aéroports de Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kisangani, Goma, etc. auront des nouvelles pistes d’atterrissage, des nouvelles casernes de pompiers, des nouvelles tours de contrôle, etc. avec des aérogares d’un autre âge. Curieuse révolution de la modernité…

September 27th, 2012, 10:06 PM	#193
*Broda-Man* Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lubumbashi Posts: 950 Likes (Received): 3	Juste par curiosite..how much did le boulevard du 30 juin cost? __________________ Wanna test a man's faithfulness ? Just give him power and money.

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