The United States recently offered technical assistance to promote transparency in the transactions of the Libyan Central Bank (LCB), support that Washington hopes will help it maintain its influence ...

For several years, the BEAC has been trying to get these funds, estimated to amount to several hundred million dollars, into its accounts, seeing them as potential foreign exchange reserves. The ...

A Tunisian consultant, Ridha Mahjoub, has just set up Star Export to advise companies seeking to set up shop in Algeria and Libya. Star Export is to open offices in both countries. Mahjoub’s partner ...

WANADOO to lower flag in Algeria? According to Africa Telecoms Intelligence’s sources in Algiers, the French Internet service provider Wanadoo, an affiliate of France Telecom, is on the verge of ...

One of the protagonists in the affair of fake Bahrein dinars, Hicham Mandari has been behind bars at the Sante prison in Paris since last September on charges of trying to extort funds from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of Zimbabwe's leading Black businessmen, Ariston Chambati has been asked to join the Private Sector Development Research Advisory Group at the World Bank. He is aged 56 and is a pioneer of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...