A lot of changes at the top have occurred at the West African Portland Cement Company Plc (WAPCO) since it was taken over by Lafarge when the French group bought its parent company, Blue Circle ...

TotalEnergies' wait-and-see attitude is closely linked to the security context, which improved at the beginning of the year before deteriorating significantly in July and August (AI, 12/07/22).

On paper, it was unlikely Jazouli would be involved in the operation in which the United States agreed to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara region in return for Rabat renewing its ...

Affiliated to the United Grand Lodge of England, most African masonic lodges are said to be "regular", meaning in theory they do not accept any political debate within their organisation. Yet there ...

The process of selling these assets, which began several months ago, has been hindered by the protests of ExxonMobil staff, who vehemently opposed an on-site visit by Savannah until the subject of ...

Ever since 23 December, when a man bound for Dubai via Addis Ababa was arrested at Antananarivo's Ivato airport with a diplomatic bag containing 53kg of gold ingots, there has been no sign of Julien ...

The tender call for the installation of a second submarine cable link to Mauritania was launched in August and has attracted two foreign firms and one local company.

Consultancy EY (Ernst & Young) was awarded the contract for legal and financial studies for the reconversion of the port of Kenitra on March 22. Its task will be to find a new use for the city centre ...

The project to construct an inland container depot (ICD) in Kwala, which should have been operational as of January 2018, is not merely behind schedule but manifestly in trouble. There have been no ...

The Mauritius council of ministers last week finally named Ghislaine Henry as the country's new ambassador to Madagascar, more than a year after having earmarked her for the post (ION 775). Ms. Henry ...

A former police inspector who converted into real estate, Moussa Touati, wants to stand in the presidential election on April 8 on condition the Constitutional Council agrees. Touati made his debut in ...

With Sophie Ranaivo, the younger daughter of head of state Didier Ratsiraka, Justin Randrianasolo is one of the two administrators representing the largest shareholders of Banque de la Solidarité ...