Abdourahamane Tchiani's administration is about to finalise an unprecedented acquisition from Turkish drone manufacturer ...

A veteran of double-pronged diplomacy, Touadéra has recently initiated a rapprochement with Paris in an effort to distance ...

Gold miner Robex is considering a management buyout for its Malian Nampala mine and listing the company on the Australian ...

The young Libyan company Arkenu Oil Co has the wind in its sails thanks to Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO). It is emerging as the National Oil Corp (NOC) subsidiary's new favourite partner, having scored ...

One week before his official visit to France, Mozambican head of state Joaquim Chissano fired his interior minister Mucananda Manuel Jose Antonio (better known as Manuel Antonio) on November 7 and ...

The six young daughters of Portugal's late industrial magnate Jorge Jardim, are currently preparing a trip to Maputo on November first. Jardim used to live in Mozambique but opposed FRELIMO coming to ...

The new chairman of the Mauritian Syndicat des Sucres has been a well-known cane sugar planter in the Riche-en-Eau region since 1959. A former MP in Parliament (1976-1987) and former chairman of ...

A former member of the now defunct Federal Democratic Movement and today leader of a group of anti-government rebels based inside Uganda (see "Museveni plays it carefully", page 2 in this issue), Fred ...

The year has started badly for the boss of Malagasy company Ocean Trade, whose name appears on the list of companies which benefitted from undue fiscal exemptions. Police officers and gendarmerie ...