The Mauritius council of ministers last week finally named Ghislaine Henry as the country's new ambassador to Madagascar, more than a year after having earmarked her for the post (ION 775). Ms. Henry ...

The former governor of Tanzania/s central bank, the Bank of Tanzania, Idris Rashid whose contract expired last July, has not taken long to find a new job. He has become director general of Akiba ...

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 ...

A lot of changes at the top have occurred at the West African Portland Cement Company Plc (WAPCO) since it was taken over by Lafarge when the French group bought its parent company, Blue Circle ...

Italian businessman Luciano Fragola who runs the Eldo group has dropped his project for an industrial zone specializing in clothing textiles, " Carthage Fashion City, " that was to have opened in the ...

Speaking at a press conference in Paris on 5 February, TotalEnergies' CEO said he was particularly optimistic about the ...

Consultancy EY (Ernst & Young) was awarded the contract for legal and financial studies for the reconversion of the port of Kenitra on March 22. Its task will be to find a new use for the city centre ...

According to well-informed sources, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki, who has recently managed not only to end the long isolation of his country but also to establish it as a key regional player, ...

Hydraulics specialist Envex is to rehabilitate the Les Dunes and Bousfer sea water desalination plants in Oran, two of the seven sited in the wilaya. The Oran water resources department awarded it the ...

Marc Deballon is to step down as the head of the economic service of the French embassy in Libya in mid-February. Guilhem Roger, his deputy, will fill in for him until his permanent replacement is ...

Tunisia's finance minister, Taoufik Baccar, has been complaining in public that his powers are limited, and in particular in the banking industry. The heads of Tunisia's banks report only to the ...

Sunergy Inc will begin doing the rounds of potential investors and banks in coming weeks to drum up finance for its new operations in Sierra Leone. The American junior, based in Arizona, has just ...