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

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 ...

Ethiopia's former minister of transport and telecommunications, who gave up his post several years ago to become a UNICEF deputy director of emergency operations, has returned to public service with ...

Andry Rajoelina, who has been president of Madagascar's High Transitional Authority since March 2009, is Africa's youngest head of state. The controversial circumstances of his accession to high ...

Development works for the Mbalam-Nabeba cross-border iron ore mining project may soon commence. An official ceremony to mark the handover of equipment required to launch operations is due to be held ...

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.

He served briefly as adviser to prime minister Jacques Sylla from 2002 to 2004 but, since then, has avoided taking political sides too openly in public. He has not forgotten the problems encountered ...

Jimnah Mbaru has been head of the Dyer & Blair investment bank, which today is highly prosperous, since 1983. He also has a substantial portfolio of shares in other flourishing companies. Born in 1947 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tunisian Air Force commander Mohamed Hajjem is working hard to make a success of the International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (IADE), which will be held from 11 to 15 May in Djerba. While in ...