The nomination of the chief magistrate of Nairobi to the supreme court strongly resembles a reward for the loyalty he has displayed towards the régime of President Daniel arap Moi, particularly in the ...

The European Investment Bank is to co-finance the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Kafr el-Sheik, in the north of the country. The project is expected to cost €23m.

The cards have been reshuffled in the race to become UfM's secretary general after the front-runner, Jordanian national ...

The current professor of sociology at Addis Ababa University, Andargachew Tesfaye, has been appointed chairman of Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO). This human rights organization set up in 1991 ...

Corporate bank Algest Consulting chairman Ibrahim Magassa, of dual French and Ivorian citizenship, was co-opted several months ago by Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo to provide guidance on Ghana's ...

Angola's Force Petroleum is no longer a shareholder in the onshore block Cabinda South, located in Angola's oil-rich Cabinda province, the exclave wedged between the Republic of Congo and the DRC. The ...

Retired major general Athmane Tartag, also known as Bachir, the former head of the DRS intelligence and security agency, has been placed under house arrest in the west Algerian city of Oran, where he ...

The road leading to the site of the future Sahofika dam (205MW), the largest electricity production project in Madagascar, around 100km south of Antananarivo, is about to have a complete makeover.

The defence team of former rebel leader Dominic Ongwen is contesting the sum, arguing that the victim count has been overestimated. But the victims' lawyers have rejected these arguments and support ...

ODEP, the agency that manages Morocco's ports, has announced a 114 million DH program to upgrade the port of Safi with the acquisition of new cranes and a tug. The program is aimed at increasing the ...

The European Union is set to send humanitarian aid to Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria which was struck by devastating floods after a dam broke on 11 September following unusually heavy rains.