Guinea : Ex-minister Kanté sent for trial over alleged bauxite fraud
Examining magistrate Zaoro Konomou has taken the arguments of Alexander Zotov, head of African Bauxite Corp, seriously. Konomou has been...
Month : November 2023
Libya : Central bank governor Al Kabir battles for control of Libya’s petrodollars
Central Bank of Libya (CBL) governor Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir used the Zoom window of a computer, which lay on a covered table in...
Kenya : Ruto wants to streamline international aid
Kenyan President William Ruto wants to speed up projects financed by foreign donors. His deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, convened a meeting...
Liberia : George Weah launches investigation into mining contracts before handing over to Joseph Boakai
George Weah, who lost to Joseph Boakai in the second round of Liberia’s presidential election, is concerned about the manoeuvring...
Africa : Accra outlines roadmap for UN financing of AU missions
Accra has presented a roadmap to the United Nations Security Council about the future of the organisation’s operations in Africa....
Morocco : Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations
A French interior ministry delegation is due to visit Rabat before the end of December. Its members are expected to meet Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi...
Egypt : Belgian and Greek firms wait to find out who will build Egypt-EU electricity cable
Belgian giant Jan De Nul Group is due to shortly launch a feasibility study for the laying of an undersea...
Africa : Saudi Arabia and South Korea race to win African votes for Expo 2030
The host country of Expo 2030 will be revealed today during the 172nd General Assembly of the International Bureau of...
Senegal : PASTEF infighting continues in wake of Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s presidential nomination
The opposition may have settled on Bassirou Diomaye Faye as Ousmane Sonko’s fill-in candidate for the presidential election in February, but...
Madagascar : General Richard Ravalomanana’s army crackdown
Four high-ranking officers were arrested in the first half of November by interim President Richard Ravalomanana, who himself is a retired gendarmerie general.The first was...
