A Tunisian consultant, Ridha Mahjoub, has just set up Star Export to advise companies seeking to set up shop in Algeria and Libya. Star Export is to open offices in both countries. Mahjoub’s partner ...

Since the arrest of a man with a diplomatic bag containing 53kg of gold ingots, there has been no sign of Julien Fanambinana Soananata.

The new ambassador of Great Britain to Mauritius, who will take up his functions at the beginning of November replacing David Snoxell, is a diplomat with a long experience in Asia and Africa. Anthony ...

Moulay Idriss Filali, whose mother is King Mohammed VI's elder sister, is gradually expanding his economic empire. With help ...

The Ivorian president will head to France on 15 January for personal reasons on a visit that coincides with his Angolan ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just four weeks before Kenya's general elections on December 29, head of state Daniel arap Moi has named the chairman of the national electoral commission, justice Zaccheus Chesoni, 61, to be Kenyan ...

Returning home on June 18 from Tunis (where he attended the Organization of African Unity summit) and from Paris (where he met his French opposite number Edouard Balladur), Mauritian prime minister ...

ODEP, the agency that manages Morocco's ports, has announced a 114 million DH program to upgrade the port of Safi with the acquisition of new cranes and a tug. The program is aimed at increasing the ...

One of the protagonists in the affair of fake Bahrein dinars, Hicham Mandari has been behind bars at the Sante prison in Paris since last September on charges of trying to extort funds from the ...

Two rival chambers of commerce, the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Seychelles Chamber of Commerce decided last week to merge. The chairman of the new SCCI is Micky Mason, ...