The arrival of Rouge Mining is raising eyebrows in the Guinean copper ore industry. The group has succeeded in obtaining a ...

Félix Tshisekedi's government, which seeks to rival Rwanda's soft power in sport, is ready to spend some €4.8m on a ...

Championed by the Moroccan prime minister, the substantial investment Sunrise announced last year may be scuppered by the US ...

Since President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz came to power in 2009, a number of members of his Oulad Bou Sbaa tribe have obtained key posts in the Mauritanian administration. Ahmed Salem Ould Tekrour, ...

After having begun his career as a modest seller of foodstuffs, 63-year-old Mohamed Ould Bouamatou has gradually established himself as a major business figure in Mauritania. His BSA group is present ...

Lesotho's Chamber of Mines, presided over by the CEO of Storm Mountain Diamonds, Mohale Ralikariki, is dead set against the new tax regime parliament is about to ratify. Its members believe that some ...

The Tunisian government's deepening financial crisis has not entirely put the brakes on the armed forces' spending spree. According to sources in Tunis, the French missile manufacturer MBDA and ...

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire has just given the French state's guarantee to a major €150m loan to Senegal. The decision was contained in a decree dated 21 March. The funds will be made ...

Discussions about combating irregular migration are continuing between Abuja and London. Having visited the British capital last month, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo could host his ...

Having been prohibited from leaving Gabon for almost seven years, opposition politician Jean Ping, who still insists he rather than Ali Bongo was the rightful winner of the 2016 presidential election, ...

A scientist by training, Gokana, 56, is one of the most influential oil industry experts in Congo-Brazzaville, which is sub-Saharan Africa's fourth biggest crude oil producer. A native of Boundji in ...

Having taken a leave of absence on health grounds, Madagascar's ambassador to France since 2019, Olivier Hugues Rija Rajohnson has left the post temporarily vacant.