Philippe Mbella, nephew of Cameroon's foreign minister, Lejeune Mbella Mbella, has been remanded in custody at Kondengui central prison. He is suspected of playing a central role in a network aimed at ...

Under the watchful eye of Paris and Brussels, the French employers' association, Medef, is working on organising a European forum in the French capital, with the hope of reviving private investment ...

French Equality Minister Aurore Bergé, will take part in a conference alongside key figures from the Moroccan feminist ...

The congress of the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) presidential party is due to be held on 21 and 22 June, but Alassane Ouattara is not expected to announce his ...

The German company Heitkamp has initiated proceedings against Algeria before the World Bank's arbitration tribunal. The ...

Shipping giant CMA CGM is planning to expand its operations in South Africa. Led from Marseille by Rodolphe Saadé (AI, 29/11/24), the French group wants to develop an air and rail freight business in ...

President Donald Trump's administration recently appointed Bryan J. Ellis as the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs. He will have the role of overseeing military cooperation ...

Announced at its first conference last month (AI, 28/05/25), the Sudanese civil alliance Somoud's international tour aims to initially win over countries on the African continent that play an ...

The CEO of French bank Credit Agricole, Philippe Brassac, is expected in Cairo over the next few days to take part in the CICA's (Confédération Internationale du Crédit agricole) annual congress, ...

Of the €10m in budgetary aid granted by France to the Central African Republic last November, half has been disbursed. The first €3m (2m CFA francs) were used to pay the country's arrears to its ...

The Russian authorities have insisted that Finance Minister Hervé Ndoba establish a monitoring committee to oversee the sale of the 30,000 tonnes of fuel that President Vladimir Putin proposed to his ...