Having taken a leave of absence on health grounds, Madagascar's ambassador to France since 2019, Olivier Hugues Rija Rajohnson has left the post temporarily vacant.

The Tunisian government's deepening financial crisis has not entirely put the brakes on the armed forces' spending spree. According to sources in Tunis, the French missile manufacturer MBDA and ...

Discussions about combating irregular migration are continuing between Abuja and London. Having visited the British capital last month, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo could host his ...

Since President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz came to power in 2009, a number of members of his Oulad Bou Sbaa tribe have obtained key posts in the Mauritanian administration. Ahmed Salem Ould Tekrour, ...

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 ...

Félix Tshisekedi's government, which seeks to rival Rwanda's soft power in sport, is ready to spend some €4.8m on a ...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is considering a visit to Ivory Coast, which could take place in the first fortnight of April. It would be the first trip by the leader of the African Patriots ...

In the meantime, Rajaonarimampianina had been bold and far-seeing enough to stand in the presidential election under the colours of his own political movement, the Hery Vaovao hoan'i Madagasikara ...

A scientist by training, Gokana, 56, is one of the most influential oil industry experts in Congo-Brazzaville, which is sub-Saharan Africa's fourth biggest crude oil producer. A native of Boundji in ...

The secretary-general of Algeria's security agency Direction Generale de la Surete Nationale (DGSN), Mahmoud Mohand-Amokrane, is to attend courses this year at France's Institute for Higher Domestic ...

Having been prohibited from leaving Gabon for almost seven years, opposition politician Jean Ping, who still insists he rather than Ali Bongo was the rightful winner of the 2016 presidential election, ...

A UN evaluation team considers that the Sudanese capital is still too dangerous for the relocation of its activities, while the Sovereignty Council has set a six-month deadline for reinstating its ...