President France Albert René's appointment of his young wife, Sarah René, as member and vice chairman of the board of the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has stirred fresh criticism of the ...

The United States recently offered technical assistance to promote transparency in the transactions of the Libyan Central Bank (LCB), support that Washington hopes will help it maintain its influence ...

Development works for the Mbalam-Nabeba cross-border iron ore mining project may soon commence. An official ceremony to mark the handover of equipment required to launch operations is due to be held ...

Before it resumes operations at its mine in Haut-Katanga at some point later this year Kipushi Corp (Kico) still has to build a new road to evacuate its zinc production. This will link its Kico plants ...

"Approved by Parliament. Waiting to be signed into law." Since 25 April, these nine words have described the status of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) Bill on a website that tracks ...

For the Congolese side, putting this contract into effect should allow the CIZ to become operational, prior to entering into fresh negotiations on the other offshore blocks coveted by Kinshasa (AI, 29 ...

The two companies accuse the French retailer of having reduced its Casino-branded food product range by around 30% since the summer and of having stopped selling non-food products overnight. They ...

CITIC/CRCC (China) has signed an agreement with Algeria's public works ministry to build a training center for middle-management staff in the construction sector.

JOANNOU & PARASKEVAIDES J&P OVERSEAS (Greece) has won a contract to build a 120 km-long gas pipeline between Melitah and Tripoli.

A former police inspector who converted into real estate, Moussa Touati, wants to stand in the presidential election on April 8 on condition the Constitutional Council agrees. Touati made his debut in ...

Italian businessman Luciano Fragola who runs the Eldo group has dropped his project for an industrial zone specializing in clothing textiles, " Carthage Fashion City, " that was to have opened in the ...

Located 550 km south-west of Addis Ababa in the regional state of Oromia, the Yayu coal field was discovered in 1996 by the Ethiopian Institute for Geological Surveys (EIGS). Late last year, four ...