Kenya’s Tourism Secretary Said Athman Mtwana will be the vice-chairman of the Pan-African financial institution.

Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB), the Pan-African Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) dedicated to promoting and financing housing, ...

Benin's Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz ...

Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE), has entrusted Lionel Zinsou, a recognized expert in African economic development, with a mission to assess the ...

Benin's prime minister has conceded defeat to a cotton magnate in the West African country's closely fought presidential election. The country held a presidential run-off vote on Sunday after the ...

Lionel Zinsou, Benin's Prime Minister and presidential candidate, casts his vote during a presidential election at a polling station in Cotonou, Benin March 6, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye COTONOU ...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Benin’s prime minister and a cotton magnate are leading in the presidential election, but neither has the majority of votes to win outright and they are expected to face each ...

Benin's ruling party candidate, Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, has failed to secure more than 50% in Sunday's presidential elections, taking the contest into a second round. Preliminary results show he ...

The candidate favored by Benin's president to succeed him in next month's election would make a disastrous leader of the West African nation, a group of dissidents from the ruling party and opposition ...

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