Philippe Mbella, nephew of Cameroon's foreign minister, Lejeune Mbella Mbella, has been remanded in custody at Kondengui central prison. He is suspected of playing a central role in a network aimed at ...

Under the watchful eye of Paris and Brussels, the French employers' association, Medef, is working on organising a European forum in the French capital, with the hope of reviving private investment ...

Spotlight ECOWAS set to formalise departure of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The heads of state of the West African regional organisation will meet next month in Abuja. The main issue at their summit ...

French Equality Minister Aurore Bergé, will take part in a conference alongside key figures from the Moroccan feminist ...

Running story Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is ...

The congress of the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) presidential party is due to be held on 21 and 22 June, but Alassane Ouattara is not expected to announce his ...

The Algerian Ministry of Justice, headed by Lotfi Boudjemaa, has just selected the Paris-based law firm Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes to represent it in its dispute with the German company ...

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 ...

Appointed to head the Ministry of Economy and Finance in early May, BGFIBank's CEO Henri-Claude Oyima has said he is preparing to step down from his other duties, including that of chairman of the ...

The Guinean embassy in Washington, headed by Sidibé Fatoumata Kaba since 2023, has been working for several months on its flagship project: opening an air route between Conakry and the US capital. To ...

The return to the political scene of Fred Matiang'i, previously interior cabinet secretary, is shaping up.This former academic has just left his job as a consultant for the World Bank, and is ...

There's a new operator for South Africa Block 1, strategically located in the heart of the Orange Basin, on the border with Namibia. Its name: Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas.The Canadian company officialised ...