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

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 ...

The new Djibouti ambassador to Ethiopia, Dileita Mohamed Dileita, recently presented his Letters of Credence to the Ethiopian head of state. Born in Tadjurah on March 12, 1958, he went to high school ...

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 ...

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 government has given a green light to a move by Sonangol and the U.S. drilling contractor Global Marine to set up a joint venture named Empresa Servicos Sondagems Angola (ESSA). As Sonangol's ...

Ronak Pratap Madhvani, generally known as Roni Madhvani, is becoming the most widely known member of this powerful Asian family. He has just been appointed chairman of the board of the powerful Uganda ...

French companies working in the defence sector approached Mohammed Badaru Abubakar when he came to Paris in November as part ...

Hassanein Hiridjee and his brother inherited businesses started by their father. Hassanein, a member of Madagascar's Indo-Pakistani community, has French nationality and is very much the modern ...

A handful of French military veterans gave training to around 20 Senegalese officers in November. The officers who received the training are active in a range of services, from the gendarmerie to ...