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ALGERIA 17/01/2019

Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

After Sonatrach and Algerian ambassador in the United States Madjid Bouguerra, it is now the turn of Algerian business leaders to carry out a charm offensive in Washington. The business trip, organized from January 14 to 17 by Ali Haddad's [...]

IVORY COAST 16/01/2019

How Chinese business is winning over Alassane Ouattara

CONGO-K 15/01/2019

Election: MIBA power failures undermine Kabila in Kasai

ALGERIA 17/01/2019

Deputy Baha Eddine Tliba returns to business matters

DJIBOUTI 11/01/2019

CMA CGM eyes up Ethiopian corridor

AFRICADocument 15/01/2019

ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

ExxonMobil's arrival in Angola's Namibe Basin is the latest step in the American major's bold decision to take increasingly risky bets in offshore African projects. With no plans to let go of its Nigerian and Angolan assets, the supermajor is [...]

GABON 16/01/2019

Security chiefs and Freemasons close ranks around Julien Nkoghe Bekale

The government reshuffle has spared strategically important portfolios as well as strengthening Ali Bongo's Masonic inner circle. [...]

FRANCEGABON 16/01/2019

Investigation opened into ‘Libreville commando unit'

The abortive putsch on 7 January in Libreville has prompted Paris to ascertain why a French commando unit was present in Gabon just a few weeks previously. [...]

ANGOLA 15/01/2019

Sonangol: Isabel Dos Santos legacy clings to Saturnino

The 2017 financial statements published by Sonangol in early January paints Isabel Dos Santos' time at the helm of the [...]

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LIBYA 17/01/2019

Salame runs into Gaddafists problem

United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) head Ghassan Salame has suffered a new setback in his efforts to organise [...]

CAMEROON 16/01/2019

Chantal Biya stamps her influence

The first lady is exploiting her power to secure appointments for her husband's ministers and collaborators. An investigation. [...]

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TUNISIA 17/01/2019

Brussels reviews its security relations with Tunisia

AFRICA 16/01/2019

TV5 monde plunges CIRTEF into red

ETHIOPIA 11/01/2019

Net tightens around Getachew Assefa

LIBYA 15/01/2019

Sonatrach, NOC and Oil india may resume exploration in dangerous ghadames basin

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 15/01/2019

Great reshuffle within Oil authority to Kosmos energy's dismay

MAURITANIA 02/01/2019

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz rounds off the year in style thanks to Total, BP and Kosmos Energy

MADAGASCAR 11/01/2019

Who will Andry Rajoelina govern with?

Whether it was old friends, loyal allies in his Mapar party or last-minute converts to his cause, Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, had to cast his net wide to erase the memory of his previous stint in power (2009-2013) and triumph [...]

ZAMBIA 08/01/2019

Moore Stephens examines level of VAT debt owed to miners

Audit and business advisory firm Moore Stephens should shortly deliver its audit of the VAT (value added tax) credit owed [...]

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MOROCCO 17/01/2019

El Majidi hoarding slowed down work on Sidi Maarouf bridge

Advertising hoardings put up by urban display group FC Com, owned by the king's private secretary, Mounir el Majidi, have [...]

IVORY COAST 16/01/2019

Alassane Ouattara begins sell-off of public companies

With his coffers depleted, the liberal Ivorian president is embarking on the sale of several prestigious but indebted public companies. [...]

IVORY COAST 15/01/2019

Abdourahmane Cisse orchestrates AFC's rescue of SIR

The new minister of petroleum played a key role in the restructuring of the state-owned firm's debt. [...]

SOMALILAND 11/01/2019

Will Dahabshiil pay for its ties to Abdi Ilay?

The Somaliland financial services firm stands accused by Ethiopia of collusion with the former administration of the Somali region - a charge vigorously denied by Dahabshiil. [...]

CONGO-K 08/01/2019

Katembo leading the way for mining investors from Asia

Congolese firm Katembo is helping Chinese and Korean groups pick out which mining projects to invest in on the African continent. [...]

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GABON 16/01/2019

Faustin Boukoubi, the anti-Brice Laccruche speaker

Elected in October as MP for Pana, his native village in the south-eastern province of Ogooue-Lolo, 65-year-old Faustin Boukoubi was [...]

CHAD 15/01/2019

President's favourite son Seid Idriss Deby takes top seat at SHT

The news went under the radar, and for good cause. Chadian president Idriss Deby chose Christmas Eve, December 24, as [...]

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MOROCCO 17/01/2019

Tawfiki struggles to find new Casablanca stock exchange CEO

LIBYA 17/01/2019

Former LFB boss Mohamed Ben Youssef refuses to leave Istanbul

MOROCCO 17/01/2019

Dr. Talib launches clinic expansion plan

ETHIOPIA 11/01/2019

Henok Teferra back in diplomatic fold

As he pledged to do in early summer (ION 1476), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is putting an end to [...]

GHANA 08/01/2019

Mahamudu Bawumia, the architect of Accra's mining strategy

Most mining matters at Jubilee House, the presidential palace in Accra, are handled by the country's vice president Mahamudu Bawumia. [...]

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TUNISIA Business circles 17/01/2019

Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope

A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

Algeria returns to the US for oil, business and security

How Chinese business is winning over Alassane Ouattara

Election: MIBA power failures undermine Kabila in Kasai

Deputy Baha Eddine Tliba returns to business matters

CMA CGM eyes up Ethiopian corridor

ExxonMobil plays catch-up to Total and ENI

Security chiefs and Freemasons close ranks around Julien Nkoghe Bekale

Investigation opened into ‘Libreville commando unit'

Sonangol: Isabel Dos Santos legacy clings to Saturnino

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Great reshuffle within Oil authority to Kosmos energy's dismay

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