Pending a replacement for the ailing Olivier Hugues Rija Rajohnson, Lionel Ratsirimpady has been appointed chargé d'affaires.

When he came to power on December 21 2010, President Alpha Conde promised a "new era". Two years on, it has become clear that management of the country's mineral resources is more than ever under his ...

A duo of Ghanaian generals recently took charge of the West African regional security organisation and have been tasked with ...

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 ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is considering a visit to Ivory Coast, which could take place in the first fortnight of April. It would be the first trip by the leader of the African Patriots ...

The political stalemate in the north of the country is intricately linked to mining activities in Tigray. An audit carried out by a senior member of the transitional administration was met with a ...

For reportedly throwing support behind president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, colonel Abdelkrim Hammad was relieved of his post as director of a preparatory school for engineering students and transferred to ...

First in the line of this new generation of businessmen born in the age of President Marc Ravalomanana, is his son Tojo, 28, who has been the manager of IrtoTrading since the end of 2004 jointly with ...

Although he is now over 70, Franco-Greek businessman Panayotis Taloumis, known by his friends as "Pana", remains an authoritarian figure who keeps a tight hold on the reins of his group. A genuine ...