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Banker Farid Saab takes government to court

Having already initiated legal action against the Cypriot government and his own private detectives, on 16 April 2019 the co-owner [...]

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Saab brothers still in dark over content of confidential bank leaks

The bosses of FBME Bank, Ayoub-Farid Michel Saab (also known [...]

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Business remains sceptical of Ouattara's economic credentials

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Korchid tries to find a way out of BFT trap

Prime minister Youssef Chahed and his government are not conceding defeat in the battle over the expropriation of the BFT (Banque Franco-Tunisienne) by the Ben Ali regime in 1989. In July, the ICSID arbitration tribunal has ordered Tunisia to compensate [.

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The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) refusal to disburse a second instalment of a loan, announced on Feb. 27 by finance minister Lamia Zribi, is just one of the financial bombs threatening Youssef Chahed's government.According to our sources, Tunisia's other donors [.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Tanzania
Banker Farid Saab takes government to court

Tanzania
Saab brothers still in dark over content of confidential bank leaks

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Business remains sceptical of Ouattara's economic credentials

Spotlight | Tunisia
Korchid tries to find a way out of BFT trap

Spotlight | East Africa
Nairobi and Kigali, the new kingpins of arbitration

Spotlight | Tunisia
Chahed's government on brink of financial abyss