The combined presidential and parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso will take place on 11 October, according to two decrees published on 15 July. The first decree passed by Cabinet pertains to “convening the electorate to the legislative elections on Sunday 11 October 2015”. The second invites the voters for the first round of the presidential election also on “Sunday 11 October 2015,...

In Burkina Faso, “Saaga” is the name of the new government initiative dedicated to prevent poor harvests, thanks to the cloud seeding technique. Costing FCfa 650 million, this operation should allow for a good season and ensure that dams are filled according to a source from the Burkinabè ministry of agriculture quoted by the APA. The commissioning of this initiative comes in a context of...

The Cameroonian government has just launched an invitation for tenders to recruit a manager for the avocado oil extraction plant project in the town of Mbouda, in the Western region of the country. This agro-industrial project is implemented as part of the “basic poverty reduction sub-program”, established by the ministry of Economy with the support of the PNUD. The agro-industrial unit in...

Tired of rumours which poisoned the political and social life in Gabon, the office of the President decided to launch on this 17th July an anti-rumour website www.stop-kongossa.com.  “So in order to inform the public, who is sometimes misled by these rumours and misinformation, the Office of the President will launch online, from tomorrow Friday 17 July 2015, a information website fixed...

The ONEE (National Office for Electricity and Water) invites pre-qualification submissions for the realisation, operation and maintenance of three photovoltaic plants of 25 MW each. These plants will be located in the region of Tafilalet. Many international institutions such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the World Bank will put up the financing for US$...

The Société Tunisienne de Banque (STB) has been green-lighted by the Financial Market Council, the Tunis Stock Exchange regulatory body, to increase its capital to 652.57 million dinars (approximately US$ 330 million). The operation, which is within the framework of the recapitalisation of the public bank, will be materialised by the issuance of 130,515,000 shares at the price of 5.800 dinars...

Tough times for the press in Senegal. There was this brief custody, on 14 July 2015, of the chief editor of the daily L’Observateur, Alioune Badara Fall, and his colleague, the journalist Mamadou Seck. Brought to court, they came back on 15 July. On the same day, the chief editor of the newspaper Quotidien, Mouhamed Guèye, was taken into custody and referred to the Office of the Public...

Wafa Assurance Vie Cameroun S.A., Cameroonian subsidiary of the Moroccan Wafa Assurance, officially received their approval on 8th July by the Cameroonian ministry of Finance. The new company which target is to develop the life insurance market in Cameroon by relying on the SCB distribution network, banking subsidiary of the Attijariwafa Bank group, has already been given the green light by the...

The Board of the Maghreb Arabe Presse news agency (MAP) approved the management and financial report for the year 2014. The performance of the Moroccan news agency were put forward. The General Director, Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, presented the assessment of the activities outlining a production increase. MAP is now publishing over 530 dispatches per day, as opposed to 294 in 2011. This is a growth...

In Cameroon, the television channel Canal 2 International is again in the dock for “promoting of homosexuality”. A letter was addressed to the CEO of this private media, Eric Fotso (pictured) by the Cameroonian League of consumers (LCC). “Your channel has been broadcasting, for some time, a series titled “Double Jeux”. The episode shown on Tuesday 07th July and again the following day,...