The arrival of Rouge Mining is raising eyebrows in the Guinean copper ore industry. The group has succeeded in obtaining a ...

Félix Tshisekedi's government, which seeks to rival Rwanda's soft power in sport, is ready to spend some €4.8m on a ...

Having taken a leave of absence on health grounds, Madagascar's ambassador to France since 2019, Olivier Hugues Rija Rajohnson has left the post temporarily vacant.

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 ...

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At the end of March, Kenya's Mines Minister Ali Hassan Joho acknowledged receipt of two new applications for exploration licences in the country. The public has 42 days following the ministry's notice ...

As people in the Central African Republic prepare to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional changes, the country's armed groups appear not to be in a position to repeat the disruption they ...

With his Franco-Malagasy nationality, his Karana Indian origins, his Italian wife and Indian overseas citizenship, Ylias Akbaraly is a businessman with an international outlook. He was trained by his ...

The Zambian mining sector has been in a state of high tension since populist Michael Sata became the country's president at the end of September 2011. During his election campaign, Sata promised to ...

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 ...

His association with TGV has boosted the activities of the Sodiat group he set up in May 1990 and which today counts a dozen or so companies in different fields of activity. In return, Ravatomanga ...