The last four Belgian military personnel who were still working in Niger returned home in December. Despite the suspension of its defence collaboration with Niamey following the July 2023 coup that ...

His association with TGV has boosted the activities of the Sodiat group he set up in May 1990 and which today counts a dozen or so companies in different fields of activity. In return, Ravatomanga ...

"Approved by Parliament. Waiting to be signed into law." Since 25 April, these nine words have described the status of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) Bill on a website that tracks ...

Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso has decided at the eleventh hour to travel to Beijing on Saturday, accompanied by a large delegation of advisers, ministers and family members. He is keen to ...

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 ...

While work is being completed on the road between Kitale and Lokichogio (western Kenya), which is intended to eventually improve trade with southern Sudan, Nairobi is working on the renovation of ...

Namibian Parabola Investments is on the cusp of obtaining its first permit to mine copper and gold southwest of Rehoboth in the middle of the country. The request for this permit, covering almost ...

Well established in West Africa, the leading Moroccan bank is now looking to expand its footprint on the continent, starting ...

At the regional level, the Turkish naval defence industry made its first breakthrough back in 2021 with the sale of two ...

Baowu Steel has strengthened its teams on the Mount Simandou iron ore megaproject, with around 150 people, mainly from China.

After taking over the Réagir party at the end of January, he has embarked on a tour of the country ahead of a presidential ...

A former member of the now defunct Federal Democratic Movement and today leader of a group of anti-government rebels based inside Uganda (see "Museveni plays it carefully", page 2 in this issue), Fred ...