newsAFRICA : French operators bag €100m in EU security contracts in AfricaTheWorldsNewsJuly 8, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 8, 20230 French operators are among the biggest financial beneficiaries of the European Peace Facility (EPF), a structure that the European Union...
newsBURKINA FASO : Souleymane Boly, Endeavour Mining’s new boss in BurkinaTheWorldsNewsJuly 8, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 8, 20230 The mining company Endeavour Mining, headed up by French CEO Sébastien de Montessus, is expected to make the role change...
newsGUINEA : Business partners turn against ex-minister KantéTheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 20230 Ahmed Kanté, who served as the minister of mines from 2007 to 2008 during the last two years of Lansana Conté’s 24-year presidency and then...
newsSOUTH AFRICA : Ramaphosa struggles with shortage of top advisersTheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 20230 The war in Ukraine, the organisation of the BRICS summit, and the energy crisis are among the issues piling up on Cyril Ramaphosa’s desk. But...
newsMADAGASCAR : The restaurateur behind Corsair’s returnTheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 20230 The French-Madagascan businessman Franck Legrand, who owns Le Rossini restaurant in the heart of Antananarivo’s central Isoraka district, was the...
newsIVORY COAST : Sarkozy’s discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with OuattaraTheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 7, 20230 Nicolas Sarkozy made a short, low-key visit to Abidjan on 3 July to meet with the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara....
newsIVORY COAST/NIGERIA/SENEGAL : Thales rejigs its West Africa operationsTheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 20230 First Abuja, now Abidjan. French electronics giant Thales will soon be shutting down its Ivorian branch, housed in the Plateau...
newsDRC : Rubaya mine at heart of vast coltan trafficking networkTheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 20230 The production and export of coltan by Societe Miniere de Bisunzu (SMB) around the town of Rubaya in the Masisi territory of North Kivu remains...
newsEGYPT : Cairo seeks to secure a positive legacy for its lacklustre COP27TheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 20230 Egypt is determined that the loss and damage fund for vulnerable countries hit hard by floods, droughts and other climate disasters...
newsBENIN : Ukraine war sets back Benin’s plans to buy Russian helicoptersTheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 2023 by TheWorldsNewsJuly 6, 20230 Benin’s government has made the strengthening of its air force a priority in recent months so as to bolster its...