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MOROCCO - 15/05/2008
Rabat Rejects France's "Selective Immigration" Plan
	Paris and Rabat find themselves at odds over the immigration issue. Unlike Senegal, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville and recently Tunisia, Morocco won’t sign a co-development accord with France that involves joint “management” of immigration to France. (...) [301 words] [$4,7]


ALGIERS - 15/05/2008
Fate of Mediterranean Union Hangs on Algiers
	Without the active cooperation of Algeria, the Union for the Mediterranean could well remain an empty shell rather like the Barcelona Process. (...) [154 words] [$1,5]


TUNISIA/ALGERIA - 15/05/2008
Mohamed Fadhel Khelil
	Algeria’s former ambassador to Tunisia, Mohamed Fadhel Khelil , has been appointed boss of the Algerian branch of the private Tunisian establishment Amen Bank . (...) [62 words] [$1,5]

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GUINEA - 14/05/2008
Brazilian Firm Does Not Let Go of Forecariah
	Competition is intensifying in Guinea’s iron. Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), which began exploration at Forecariah two years ago after a lobbying campaign by the Guinean diplomatic representation in Brazil, has decided to push ahead with a view to extracting ore. (...) [336 words] [FREE]


Diamonds - 14/05/2008
Espirito Santo Eyes Kasaï Diamonds
	Visiting Mbuji-Mayi at the end of April, the chairman of the board of Grupo Espirito Santo (GES) of Portugal, Helder Bataglia , said he was prepared to invest USD 1 million in the mining, energy, transport and agriculture sectors in East Kasaï. (...) [221 words] [$4,7]


BELGIUM/CONGO-K - 14/05/2008
Pierre Chevalier
	The managing director of Groupe Forrest International (GFI), former Belgian state secretary for trade resigned from his position as special representative of Belgium at the United Nations Security Council on May 11. (...) [236 words] [$4,7]

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AFRICA - 07/05/2008
Sell-Off for Al Thani Investments
	In the space of just a few weeks, the United Arab Emirates group Al Thani Investments has sold off almost all of its African assets, an oil portfolio that the firm essentially accumulated over the past three years. (...) [638 words] [$8,2]


AFRICA - 07/05/2008
Mittal Sets Up Company
	Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is preparing to set up a new company to look after his energy interests. (...) [252 words] [$4,7]


SIERRA LEONE - 07/05/2008
Thomah Jabez-Nhabay
	Thomah Jabez-Nhabay has just been appointed director of the Petroleum Resources Unit , the department in charge of awarding oil licenses at Sierra Leone’s energy ministry. (...) [166 words] [$4,7]

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KENYA - 26/04/2008
Grand coalition or nest of vipers
	The appointment of a very large (almost 100 Members) coalition government between the two main rivals in the December 2007 presidential election, President Mwai Kibaki and his new Prime Minister Raila Odinga , will bring a temporary halt to their conflict. (...) [753 words] [$8,2]


MADAGASCAR - 26/04/2008
The President is not sporting
	The Malagasy Head of State is used to having everyone at his beck and call. So he did not appreciate Yannick Noah ’s “insult”. (...) [197 words] [$4,7]


MOZAMBIQUE - 26/04/2008
Chassam Ali Ahmad
	This Lebanese naturalised Belgian and now living in Mozambique where he is notably a partner in the firm Kudumba together with a Frelimo (ruling party) holding company (ION 1197) has just strengthened his position in the company Home Center Lda which owns a large office equipment store in Maputo. (...) [106 words] [$4,7]