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Tunisia
Construction group SNC-Lavalin completes withdrawal from North Africa

AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin) is ending its activities in the Maghreb. The Canadian group has been hit by a number of corruption scandals, particularly in Tunisia and Libya.

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2025

Tunisia
Paris challenges Berlin's leadership on solar energy market

Germany has been investing in solar energy in Tunisia for over a decade, but France's EDF group has now set up its own subsidiary there.

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2024

Libya
Former SNC-Lavalin executive Riadh Ben Aissa wins legal battle to keep Paris flat

Riadh Ben Aissa, convicted in Switzerland in 2014 for bribing the son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has had the seizure of his Paris apartment overturned by a French court.

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2023

Algeria
GE insurers strongly oppose arbitration over Hadjret En Nouss plant

The US services giant wants to settle its dispute over an incident at the Algerian thermal power plant with its insurers by arbitration but the insurers are having none of it.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2022

Liberia
George Weah determined to end ArcelorMittal rail monopoly

As negotiations stall, Liberia looks set to strip steel giant ArcelorMittal of its exclusive use of the decrepit railway linking its iron ore mine to the port of Buchanan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 28.07.2022

Algeria
GE says its battle with insurers over Hadjret En Nouss plant must go to arbitration court

The dispute between the US engineering giant and its insurers over the Algerian Hadjret En Nouss thermal power plant has so far only played out in US courts but it could very soon find itself handling an arbitration case in Geneva.

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2022

The Algerian thermal power plant of Hadjret En Nouss.

Kenya
Britain's Atkins unveils plans for Nairobi train station mega-project

Atkins Global consulting firm has beaten off competitors from Korea and the Arabian Peninsula with its plans for Nairobi's giant new train station, which were unveiled last month with great fanfare.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 01.06.2022

Canada, Tunisia
Quebec employers push to regulate Francophone workforce training

Riding off the launch of the Francophone employers' alliance in Tunis late week, Quebec business leaders called for a common framework on training workers throughout the French-speaking world. Shared protocols would help the qualified workers Quebec needs migrate to the country.

Subscribers only Business 05.04.2022

Karl Blackburn, président du Conseil du patronat du Québec, lors de la cérémonie de lancement de l'Alliance des patronats francophones à Tunis le 29 mars 2022.

Algeria
General Electric in court over Hadjret En Nous power plant

The US giant GE, whose slow decline prompted it in November to divide its business up into three distinct entities (energy, health and aviation), is currently grappling with a lawsuit centred around the Hadjret En Nous power plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.12.2021

Algeria
Sonatrach-Cosider desalination partnership hits the rocks

At the head of a group of 11 desalination plants, Sonatrach is looking for a subcontractor to build and put into service a new unit near Algiers. Its construction, and that of two others, had however been the subject of an agreement with the national construction company Cosider.

Subscribers only Business 19.10.2021

France, West Africa
Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Bolloré's competitors now have until mid-January to eat into the French giant's transportation action in West Africa after France re-issued a request for bids it had abandoned.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.12.2020

Algeria
Former commando Lionel Deneuville takes charge at Amarante

The Algerian subsidiary of French security company Amarante has a [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.06.2019

DRC
NewPro helps Tiger Resources revise its strategy in Kipoi

The Australian firm Tiger Resources has completed a study to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.06.2019

Mauritania
Cheibany Ould Weddady follows Kinross' tracks to find gold

A new contender has joined the Mauritanian mining players' race for the country's prime deposits of gold, silver, copper and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.04.2019

Libya
Saif al Islam Gaddafi's envoys in Europe

Saif al Islam Gaddafi, who has been virtually invisible since he was "liberated" by his Zintan captors in mid-2017, has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2018

Eritrea
Geologist Bereket Berhe's homecoming

In early December, Bereket Berhe, Eritrean-born Canadian geological engineer was due to travel to Asmara to officially submit his request [...]

Subscribers only Mining 26.12.2017

Algeria
Turkey's Renaissance goes into energy with Youkais

Turkish construction group Renaissance (aka Ronesans), which has become frustrated with the continuing freeze on the projects it signed at [...]

Free access Business 07.12.2017

Tunisia
Ansaldo Energie beats Siemens to Mornaguia contract

Ansaldo Energia is to build the gas-powered electricity power station in Mornaguia in the south-eastern suburbs of Tunis. The Italian [...]

Free access Business 28.09.2017

Guinea
Rancourt: a business angel for Lola graphite project

A lawyer and businessman active up to now in the media and sports equipment, Jean-Pierre Rancourt has positioned himself in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2016

DRC
Copper dives deeper

A 12% drop in copper production announced by the Federation [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.05.2016

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Construction group SNC-Lavalin completes withdrawal from North Africa

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GE insurers strongly oppose arbitration over Hadjret En Nouss plant

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GE says its battle with insurers over Hadjret En Nouss plant must go to arbitration court

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Tunisia Construction group SNC-Lavalin completes withdrawal from North Africa

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Libya Former SNC-Lavalin executive Riadh Ben Aissa wins legal battle to keep Paris flat

Algeria GE insurers strongly oppose arbitration over Hadjret En Nouss plant

Liberia George Weah determined to end ArcelorMittal rail monopoly

Algeria GE says its battle with insurers over Hadjret En Nouss plant must go to arbitration court

Kenya Britain's Atkins unveils plans for Nairobi train station mega-project

Canada, Tunisia Quebec employers push to regulate Francophone workforce training

Algeria General Electric in court over Hadjret En Nous power plant

Algeria Sonatrach-Cosider desalination partnership hits the rocks

France, West Africa Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Algeria Former commando Lionel Deneuville takes charge at Amarante

DRC NewPro helps Tiger Resources revise its strategy in Kipoi

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Tunisia
Construction group SNC-Lavalin completes withdrawal from North Africa

Tunisia
Paris challenges Berlin's leadership on solar energy market

Libya
Former SNC-Lavalin executive Riadh Ben Aissa wins legal battle to keep Paris flat

Algeria
GE insurers strongly oppose arbitration over Hadjret En Nouss plant

Liberia
George Weah determined to end ArcelorMittal rail monopoly

Algeria
GE says its battle with insurers over Hadjret En Nouss plant must go to arbitration court

Kenya
Britain's Atkins unveils plans for Nairobi train station mega-project

Canada, Tunisia
Quebec employers push to regulate Francophone workforce training

Algeria
General Electric in court over Hadjret En Nous power plant

Algeria
Sonatrach-Cosider desalination partnership hits the rocks

France, West Africa
Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Algeria
Former commando Lionel Deneuville takes charge at Amarante

DRC
NewPro helps Tiger Resources revise its strategy in Kipoi

Mauritania
Cheibany Ould Weddady follows Kinross' tracks to find gold

Libya
Saif al Islam Gaddafi's envoys in Europe

Eritrea
Geologist Bereket Berhe's homecoming

Algeria
Turkey's Renaissance goes into energy with Youkais

Tunisia
Ansaldo Energie beats Siemens to Mornaguia contract

Guinea
Rancourt: a business angel for Lola graphite project

DRC
Copper dives deeper