Kenya's former secretary to the government and head of the Kenyan civil service (until unexpectedly replaced by Dr. Richard Leakey in July) took up his new functions this week as Kenyan permanent ...

The former diplomat and education ministry official Benjamin Kipkulei has been appointed by president Daniel arap Moi to be permanent secretary to the finance ministry. He takes over from Karuga ...

French companies working in the defence sector approached Mohammed Badaru Abubakar when he came to Paris in November as part ...

A handful of French military veterans, ex-employees of the private security company EPEE, provided training to around 20 ...

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 ...

According to the government of Zanzibar, the international court of arbitration of the Paris International Chamber of Commerce (ICCP) found in its favour in its dispute with the Italian construction ...

Ronak Pratap Madhvani, generally known as Roni Madhvani, is becoming the most widely known member of this powerful Asian family. He has just been appointed chairman of the board of the powerful Uganda ...

Moulay Idriss Filali, whose mother is King Mohammed VI's elder sister, is gradually expanding his economic empire. With help ...

The Ivorian president will head to France on 15 January for personal reasons on a visit that coincides with his Angolan ...

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 ...