Former health minister in Djibouti, Mohamed Djama Elabe formed the Mouvement pour la Paix and Reconciliation before taking over at the head of the Front Uni de l'Opposition Djiboutienne (FUOD) in ...

The national oil firm is currently focused on drumming up interest for two offshore blocks that have not found a buyer: 4/05 in the Congo Basin and 5/06 in the Kwanza Basin. Wanting to sell these as ...

Amid continuing tensions between France and Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou has chosen a new ambassador to take over its embassy in Paris.

Three candidates have come forward as would-be successors to Central Bank of Libya (CBL) governor Al-Seddik Omar Al Kabir in the event that he should lose his job as a result of the as yet unlikely ...

The minister and his new director have known each other for many years. In the early 2000s when he was at the helm of the SNPC, Itoua dispatched Onanga to train as an oil engineer in Houston.

When the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meets at its next ordinary summit in Abuja, the commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, will present his ...

From the outset of the crisis between Kinshasa and Kigali, Chinese diplomats have been keeping a low profile. But even though foreign minister Qin Gang has studiously avoided getting involved in the ...

The minister, who is close to Russia, seems to be falling out of favour with President Touadéra. Earlier this month, he was prevented from leaving the country to receive medical treatment. Livestock ...

Although the outgoing DG of the tax service has gone back to his old post as a teacher at Universite Marien Ngouabi (UMNG) in Brazzaville, the same is not true of his colleague at customs. Onanga, who ...

After waiting since last July, the Algerian government has finally named Amine Kherbi rather than Mohamed Salah Dembri as Algeria's ambassador to Washington. The Bush administration reportedly ...

The Rio Tinto representative arrived in Conakry a few days ago to discuss with Winning Consortium potential collaborations on the Simandou iron project's infrastructures.

The contract is nevertheless an important one. The Tebessa Infrarail unit is in charge of building a second line between Tebessa and the Djebel Onk phosphate mine operated by public sector Somiphos 80 ...