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 ...

Championed by the Moroccan prime minister, the substantial investment Sunrise announced last year may be scuppered by the US ...

Off the Western Sahara coast, the fishing is always good for the politicians! In Dakhla, Parti Authenticite et Modernite (PAM) [...] ...

The meeting between President Umaro Sissoco Embaló's main political opponents that was held in Paris late April took place with the help of a French lawyer and a former Mexican ambassador to Europe.

US oil major ExxonMobil is cautiously moving forward in the Angolan part of the Namibe Basin. On 6 November, it obtained permission from the authorities to extend the initial exploration period on its ...

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 ...

After having begun his career as a modest seller of foodstuffs, 63-year-old Mohamed Ould Bouamatou has gradually established himself as a major business figure in Mauritania. His BSA group is present ...

Discussions about combating irregular migration are continuing between Abuja and London. Having visited the British capital last month, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo could host his ...

Lesotho's Chamber of Mines, presided over by the CEO of Storm Mountain Diamonds, Mohale Ralikariki, is dead set against the new tax regime parliament is about to ratify. Its members believe that some ...

The Tunisian government's deepening financial crisis has not entirely put the brakes on the armed forces' spending spree. According to sources in Tunis, the French missile manufacturer MBDA and ...