A long-time militant of Eritrean People's Liberation Front has been named ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the Organization of African Unity. Girma Asmerom Tesfay replaces Haile ...

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 ...

Though the war in Ukraine has slowed some of their activity on the continent (AI, 06/07/22, 09/06/22), Russian oil and oil services companies are poised and ready to negotiate new deals in Africa.

Total Gabon has reached agreement with its personnel at the Cap Lopez oil terminal on the terms of their departure from the company and transfer to Perenco. The Franco-British group announced at the ...

The former diplomat and education ministry official Benjamin Kipkulei has been appointed by president Daniel arap Moi to be permanent secretary to the finance ministry. He takes over from Karuga ...

The honorary consuls active in the country are in the process of creating an association to better coordinate their ...

The Algerian public electricity utility Sonelgaz is due to select by November companies or consortia for a $2bn project to construct solar power plants with a combined capacity of 2,000MW, mainly in ...

After 30 years at the State House, President Yoweri Museveni, or "M7" to use his campaign nickname, is aiming at the age of 71 to obtain a fifth mandate, which he hopes to win thanks to his hold on ...

As a member of the Nigerian delegation led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Paris in November, Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar was approached by a handful of French companies. Some of the ...

Ever since 23 December, when a man bound for Dubai via Addis Ababa was arrested at Antananarivo's Ivato airport with a diplomatic bag containing 53kg of gold ingots, there has been no sign of Julien ...

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire has just given the French state's guarantee to a major €150m loan to Senegal. The decision was contained in a decree dated 21 March. The funds will be made ...

The four Belgian military personnel who were still working in Niger returned home in December. Brussels had maintained a ...