Katanga, Kipushi Corp still has to build a new exit road for its zinc production. But the planned route encroaches on a ...

The European Investment Bank is to co-finance the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Kafr el-Sheik, in the north of the country. The project is expected to cost €23m.

Jean-Louis Billon is a case apart in Ivory Coast. He is heir to the leading private sector group, SIFCA, which was founded by his father, Pierre Billon, but is reputed to scorn networking in a country ...

On 17 September, the Chadian government suffered a major setback before the Paris Court of Appeal in its dispute with the telecoms company N-Soft (AI, 16/08/22) when judges overturned a ruling handed ...

Several embassies that covered Eritrea from the Sudanese capital have had to take refuge in Ethiopia since the start of the civil war more than a year ago. But the historical rivalry and growing ...

After serving a first term as governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Leonard Tsumba has been re-appointed to the post by head of state Robert Mugabe, for a five-year term. Now 63, Tsumba studied ...

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 ...

Daniel Chapo, the frontrunner in next month's presidential election in Mozambique, paid an unpublicised visit to Kigali in June where he met Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has become the key ...

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 ...

US giant General Electric and Japanese firm Mitsubishi are neck and neck in a race to win the contract to build a gas plant in Al Wahda for the Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable ...

In the "land of honest men", former mines ministers reign like kings in the mining sector. President Blaise Compaore certainly has a firm grip on the industry through his brother Francois Compaore but ...

"ADO" has a plethora of advisers to take care of the dossiers "sent up" from the mines ministry and thus maintain his control over the sector. The key figure among them is Philippe Serey Eiffel, ...