Libya's new ambassador to Paris, Mohamed Harari, is expected to shortly take up his functions. Named some time ago, he is awaiting the departure of his predecessor, Abdessalam El Mazoughi. A farewell ...

For the Congolese side, putting this contract into effect should allow the CIZ to become operational, prior to entering into fresh negotiations on the other offshore blocks coveted by Kinshasa (AI, 29 ...

The two companies accuse the French retailer of having reduced its Casino-branded food product range by around 30% since the summer and of having stopped selling non-food products overnight. They ...

The cancellation last week of the decree appointing Armand Ralaidovy to be coordinator of the World Bank health project known as Cresan was not enough to pacify the Bretton Woods institutions. Two ...

After waiting since last July, the Algerian government has finally named Amine Kherbi rather than Mohamed Salah Dembri as Algeria's ambassador to Washington. The Bush administration reportedly ...

MAROCINVEST FINANCE GROUP has just started up business as a new investment consultant. It has a registered venture/development capital of $20 million. Its shareholders include the World Bank affiliate ...

The new trade counsellor at the French embassy in Tripoli, Jean-Louis Fontenille, won't suffer cultural shock in the byzantime atmosphere in Tripoli. He has just spent four years in Damascus and had ...

According to well-informed sources, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki, who has recently managed not only to end the long isolation of his country but also to establish it as a key regional player, ...

The corporate brand and communication manager (since 1995) of Shell on Mauritius has been chosen by the government as board chairman of Export Processing Zones Development Authority (EPZDA), taking ...

Prime minister Navin Ramgoolam on November 24 suspended Raj Dayal as police commissioner after a long-running dispute (ION N° 787) and appointed a special inquiry commission headed by former chief ...

Abdul-Rahman Al Ageli, coordinator for security questions on the staff of former Libyan prime minister and defence minister Abdallah al-Thani is due to attend a lunch thrown by the Franco-Libyan ...

Mauritius' next prime minister Navin Ramgoolam, who is leader of the Labour Party and a partner in the victorious alliance with Paul Berenger's Mouvement Militant Mauricien, came late in life to ...