Algeria’s government has decided to break with the 33-year-old practice of observing the weekend on Thursdays and Fridays, a move investors greeted as a step to improving the difficult business climate.
Algeria is a major exporter of oil and gas but outside its energy sector, growth and investment have been modest. Business people blame heavy [...]
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Gabon’s interim government has sacked four ministers who are standing against the ruling party’s choice of Ali Ben Bongo, son of the late president, in upcoming elections, state television reported late on Wednesday.
Another minister has been removed in a government reshuffle that comes just weeks before Gabon is due to hold an election to replace [...]
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Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told lawmakers on Wednesday there were no splits in the coalition government’s cabinet about how to deal with perpetrators of last year’s post-poll violence.
How to deal with the masterminds of the bloodshed has worried markets, donors and Kenyans alike. The cabinet has twice [...]
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South Africa’s government will crack down on violent protests which erupted this week over delivery of basic services, a cabinet minister said on Thursday,
Police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Wednesday at township rioters demanding better services and more jobs, in one of the biggest challenges to President Jacob [...]
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