IFC new managing director Senegalese Makhtar Diop

Tanzania: Africa Energy Summit plans to expand energy access to 300M Africans by 2030

Preparations are well underway for the African Heads of State Energy Summit that will take place in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam on 27-28 January. The event aims to advance an ambitious plan to deliver electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030. The so-called Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit is a landmark event that will […]

France Illegally Seized Equatorial Guinea’s Embassy in Paris – Malabo’s lawyers

Lawyers for Equatorial Guinea told United Nations judges Monday that French authorities illegally seized the central African nation’s embassy in Paris as part of a money laundering investigation on the son of the country’s president. On the first day of hearings, before the International Court of Justice, Malabo’s lawyers insisted the six-storey mansion at 42, […]

Libya: New GNU receives Tunisian president as first visiting foreign head of state

The Tunisian president visited Libya on Wednesday 17 March, the first visit by a head of state to the new leaders of the national unity government.   The menu of the meeting was copious: the fate of the families of jihadists, the position towards Israel and economic cooperation. During the eight-hour visit, Tunisian President Kais […]