The Cameroonian firm Prometal Mining is waiting for the Yaoundé authorities to decide whether to grant it a permit to prospect for iron ore at Lolabe II in the far south-west of the country, not far ...

As people in the Central African Republic prepare to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional changes, the country's armed groups appear not to be in a position to repeat the disruption they ...

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 ...

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

According to our information, late last year the Swiss trader Vitol was forced to give up its CI-202, CI-523 and CI-525 offshore blocks, the licences for their exploration having expired. The first ...

The Berrahal brothers have entrusted their Oran sugar refinery to a new executive director, a decision that shields them from the politics of the sector. The Oran ...

Col Assimi Goita, the vice-president of Mali's Transitional Council, has accelerated the motorization of the FAMa, which has just received a French donation of 20 MassTech pick-ups. These will ...

The company is known for its highly secretive mode of operation but is nevertheless one of the most powerful operators on the niche document identification and certification market. SICPA, which was ...

On Sadiba's orders, army and police officers led respectively by Colonel Mamadi Condé, commander of the military region of Kankan, and Abdel Kader Touré, the director of security in the same region, ...

Despite boasting extensive and diverse mineral resources, up to now there has been limited international investment in Angola's lithium in comparison to its neighbours, such as the DR Congo, Namibia, ...

Since October, on several occasions, US nationals have been stopped by border police at Bangui-M'Poko airport upon attempting to enter the Central African Republic. In late November, three American ...

Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso has decided at the eleventh hour to travel to Beijing on Saturday, accompanied by a large delegation of advisers, ministers and family members. He is keen to ...