Algeria: President replaces the long-standing intelligence chief
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday replaced the head of the Intelligence and Security Department (DRS) Mohamed Mediene after more than two decades in office. […]
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Gabon: Opposition politician accepts top cabinet post rejected by his leader
Gabon’s president Ali Bongo installed a new opposition figure to a senior ministerial post Sunday, three days after Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, a leader […]
DRC: Glencore starts talks with Gov’t on Katanga mine
Mining and trading company Glencore held talks with Congolese officials in Kinshasa about the company’s plans to suspend operations at one of the country’s biggest […]
Tunisia: IMF’s Lagarde ends visit, major reforms promised
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, at the end of a two-day visit to Tunisia on Wednesday, said she had […]
Zimbabwe: IMF forecasts lower growth after exports dropped
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday lowered Zimbabwe’s growth forecast for this year to 1.5 percent from 2.8 percent, blaming lower commodity exports of […]
Smile Telecom to expand African wireless with $365 mln
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has raised $365 million in debt […]
Morocco: Regional elections, a step forward on democracy path
The communal and regional elections held last Friday in Morocco were described by many pundits and politicians as a big step forward on the path […]
Boko Haram’s leadership decimated, Nigerian Army
The recent offensive operations carried out by combined forces, had decimated the central command and leadership base of the insurgents, the Nigerian Army said in […]
Sierra Leone: New Ebola death puts 50 people into quarantine
Fifty people have been placed in quarantine following the death of a middle-aged woman in Sierra Leone, medical officials said on Tuesday, setting back efforts […]
Failed rains put 4.5mln Ethiopians at risk of a food crisis
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates […]