The Ivorian subsidary of French bank Société générale (SGCI), run by Patrick Blas, is dealing with a series of resignations, the number of which have risen fast in the last few months. Serge Tano, in ...

Shipping giant CMA CGM is planning to expand its operations in South Africa. Led from Marseille by Rodolphe Saadé (AI, 29/11/24), the French group wants to develop an air and rail freight business in ...

Since the middle of the year, Ivorian security officials have been studying the possibility of strengthening surveillance of the country's northern border, with Mali and Burkina Faso, with new ...

Morocco's accreditation institute that is handling the creation of a national halal label is working on mutual recognition agreements with Asia. It has already signed one with Russia and is about to - ...

Moulay Idriss Filali, whose mother is King Mohammed VI's elder sister, is gradually expanding his economic empire. With help from the Anglo-Israeli Schimmel family, he now plans to strengthen his ...

While the causes of the dispute are shrouded in secrecy – neither Heitkamp nor its lawyers have commented on the case – the German company is known to have benefited from major contracts during ...

A multi-services company run by the South African Heckie Horn and his wife Anna Maria, African Skies over the years has become a regular sub-contractor for American security companies. It refitted the ...

Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide will be in the British capital from 15 to 16 December to take part in an event held by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The insitution is organising a ...

After some debate, the choice of Luanda is justified by the revolving chair of the AU, which is currently in the hands of the Angolan head of state, João Lourenço (AI, 10/03/25). Angola moreover was ...

Congo will ultimately remain outside the influential committee responsible for protecting and managing cultural heritage, which selects sites for inscription on the World Heritage List. Following ...

By early October, the presidential office had already initiated mass reporting of accounts deemed particularly virulent, without any account closures taking place. This situation has irritated the ...

Moroccan diplomats are organising the Conference on African Victims of Terrorism on 2 and 3 December, and Morocco is particularly keen to involve the Sahelian countries in the initiative. Rabat has ...