Tunisian Air Force commander Mohamed Hajjem is working hard to make a success of the International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (IADE), which will be held from 11 to 15 May in Djerba. While in ...

N'Djamena is strengthening its diplomatic presence in Paris by changing its ambassador. In the past few weeks, Foreign Minister Mahamat Saleh Annadif put forward the name of Ahmad Makaila, the current ...

Veolia and Gabon held a closed-door meeting in Paris from July 28 to 29 after the French group was stripped of its water and power concession in February.

In the meantime, Rajaonarimampianina had been bold and far-seeing enough to stand in the presidential election under the colours of his own political movement, the Hery Vaovao hoan'i Madagasikara ...

Ethiopia's former minister of transport and telecommunications, who gave up his post several years ago to become a UNICEF deputy director of emergency operations, has returned to public service with ...

When he came to power on December 21 2010, President Alpha Conde promised a "new era". Two years on, it has become clear that management of the country's mineral resources is more than ever under his ...

Madagascar's major mobile money companies are furious. The island's tax department, Direction Générale des Impôts, announced a bill for a new tax on mobile transactions on 14 November, and it was ...

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 ...

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, ...

The next meeting between Darfur fighters in Libya and the Sudanese army is set to take place in Doha in early March. Following two previous meetings between fighters from the so-called "Democratic ...

Following its opening in Senegal in July (AI, 04/11/24), the new Africa-Russia-Eurasia Chamber of Commerce and Investment is making plans for a major maiden summit. It aims to bring delegations from ...

Almost exactly one year after taking office, Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (HSM) is finally travelling to Qatar for a bilateral visit. The details have yet to be finalised, but the trip ...