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South Africa : French businessman Éric Léandri provides cyberservices to Jacob Zuma

French engineer and entrepreneur Éric Léandri sent a team of consultants and cyber-experts to Johannesburg in mid-May to help former ​French engineer and entrepreneur Éric Léandri sent a team of consultants and cyber-experts to Johannesburg in mid-May to help former Read More

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Ivory Coast : Troubling times for speaker of parliament Adama Bictogo

In recent months, several companies founded by the businessman and president of the Ivorian National Assembly have been subject to tax audits or had certain contracts withdrawn. ​In recent months, several companies founded by the businessman and president of the Ivorian National Assembly have been subject to tax audits or had certain contracts withdrawn. Read More

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Libya : Aguila Salah Issa, the parliamentary kingpin with myriad networks

On 24 April, the South Tripoli Court suspended Aguila Salah Issa’s decision to approve the 27% tax on foreign exchange transactions requested by Libyan Central Bank (BCL) governor Al Seddik Omar al-Kabir. This ruling might expose the limits to the power enjoyed by the speaker of the Tobruk’s House of Representatives (HoR).Saleh sparked uproar among

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Barry Kemp, Who Unearthed Insights About Ancient Egypt, Dies at 84

An archaeologist, he wrote widely on everyday life under the pharaohs and did much of his fieldwork at Amarna, considered the Egyptian version of Pompeii. ​An archaeologist, he wrote widely on everyday life under the pharaohs and did much of his fieldwork at Amarna, considered the Egyptian version of Pompeii. Read More

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