"Approved by Parliament. Waiting to be signed into law." Since 25 April, these nine words have described the status of the ...

MAROCINVEST FINANCE GROUP has just started up business as a new investment consultant. It has a registered venture/development capital of $20 million. Its shareholders include the World Bank affiliate ...

The firm Greenstone Mining - a company based in Swaziland but with British shareholders - has found a well-known local partner in order to give impetus to its grandiose projects in Mozambique. These ...

The young Libyan company Arkenu Oil Co has the wind in its sails thanks to Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO). It is emerging as the National Oil Corp (NOC) subsidiary's new favourite partner, having scored ...

The chairman of Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition (SEPDC) and National Democratic Coalition (NDC) was elected chairman of the conference for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia, held in ...

After pledging to finance military equipment for the country's army and training 300 of its gendarmes, the European Union may provide training for forest rangers in the Comoé National Park who face ...

Parliament this week approved the nomination of Ben Okello Luwum as auditor general and of John Kisembo as inspector general of police. The first-named replaces James Kahooza who has held the post ...

A close supporter of Somali National Alliance leader Mohamed Farah Aideed and a top SNA official, Mohamed Nur Gutale "Dhalbas" was released by UNOSOM 2 forces in Mogadiscio on October 19. He is the ...

A Tunisian consultant, Ridha Mahjoub, has just set up Star Export to advise companies seeking to set up shop in Algeria and Libya. Star Export is to open offices in both countries. Mahjoub’s partner ...

SIPEX (Sonatrach International Petroleum Exploration & Production) announced it had found gas and oil on the onshore A1-65/02 block in the Ghadames basin in Libya.

The dynamic leader of the Genuine Leather Craft Plc company was elected chairman of the Ethiopian Private Industrialist Association (EPIA) on November 20. Teshome Kebede had already been serving in ...

Cameroon's national oil firm Société nationale des hydrocarbures (SNH) is anxiously seeking solutions to revive the country's morose oil industry, plagued by unrest in the anglophone and potentially ...