The young Libyan company Arkenu Oil Co has the wind in its sails thanks to Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO). It is emerging as the National Oil Corp (NOC) subsidiary's new favourite partner, having scored ...

Genielake, an Algerian building firm run by Noureddine Lakelak, was one of the guests of honour at UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) at its Plantworx building and public works fair near Birmingham between ...

The son of an Algerian diplomat, Anouar El Mili, is reportedly being sought by the Algerian and American authorities for money-laundering. El Mili has already been sentenced in absentia to 10 years in ...

Elected a member of parliament five months ago, Abdelkrim Ghrieb has given up his seat. On post in Bamako as Algeria’s envoy to Mali, Ghrieb has decided to remain in that job. Ghrieb is the leading ...

The junta suspected that Baykar had overcharged for the contract and wanted to avoid negotiating directly with the Erdogan family. It then tried to put in an order with Malhat, an offshoot of the UAE ...

The Office Interprofessionnel du Lait et des Produits Laitiers (ONIL) could beat its own record for powdered milk imports. The volume of its purchases between January and September increased by 12% ...

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 ...

The Addis Ababa Hilton recently celebrated its thirtieth anniversary by announcing the arrival of a new general manager, German national Klaus Schack. Schack studied in Germany and Australia before ...

The former minister for industrial development Yekoyada Francis Omoto Masakhalia has inherited the finance portfolio, taking over from outgoing Simeon Nyachae, who was moved to another ministerial ...

Head of state Robert Mugabe has named a new director general of Zimbabwe's secret service, the Central Intelligence Organization, to replace Elleck Mashingaidze, who retired in November on health ...

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 ...

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 ...