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Malia's armed forces announced late Saturday night the kidnapping of three Chinese citizens and two Mauritanians working for construction companies on Malia's border with Mauritania. as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel The company consortium is responsible for paving roads and building bridges in Malian region Nara, located…

French leaders of Amesys and Nexa Technologies are accused of participating in an act of torture for the sale of surveillance equipment to Egypt and Libya. This follows a complaint from the International Federation for Human Rights and The League of Human Rights. To date, four men, former directors or still in office, have been…

The new restrictions linked to Covid-19 are a blow to companies in the capital Kinshasa. Bars, nightclubs and terraces are forced to close by the authorities to deal with the "third wave" of the pandemic, more virulent than the first two. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaIt performs new measures against Covid-19,…

Funded by a 2% tax on wages and international support, the Central African Agency for Vocational Training and Employment works for the integration of young people and women as a priority, but is overwhelmed by the scale of the tasks. Business leaders and trainers who agree on one point: the solution lies in reforming the Central African education system.…

In South Africa, a non-public safety firm is coaching its canines to detect Covid-19. This firm is used to working at South African airports the place its canine brigades are in search of traces of explosives or shipments of medication. Elsewhere on the earth, anti-Covid-19 brigades have already been deployed at Dubai Airport within the United Arab Emirates or at Helsinki Worldwide Airport in Finland.…

In Madagascar, in the Ampefiloha district, a popular district in the capital, there were about fifty construction workers protesting against the government. The reason: almost two hundred small and medium-sized construction companies (SMEs) in construction (BTP) have not been paid by the state in eight months for road works commissioned and for which the contract has been awarded to them. .…

In a press release published on Friday, April 2, at the initiative of some thirty organizations, the reduction of the cocoa price to the producer by 25% is seen as a step towards a global multi-actor dynamic aimed at fairer regulation in the sector to get more yields for producers. The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has…

The recent announcement by the South African subsidiary of Coca-Colade to cede part of the capital to its employees is welcomed by the government. But overall, the record of positive discrimination policies that are supposed to promote the participation of blacks, meteis and Indian communities in addressing economic inequalities is still far from perfect.…

On March 13, Congo-Brazzaville awarded the Chinese Sangha Mining Development the exploitation of three iron deposits in the north of the country. These mining permits were first awarded to three companies linked to Australian interests before the Congolese government took them back in November and angered the miners. They are threatening the Congo with lawsuits and demanding billions of dollars in compensation. The case could lead…

After a blank year in 2020 due to a pandemic, the Franco-African Foundation will resume this month and until March 21 its call for applications to select a new promotion of 100 young African and French entrepreneurs. The Young Leaders, an initiative launched in 2017 by Beninese Lionel Zinsou with the support of the French public authorities, has become a private foundation, but the goal remains the same:…