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Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz seen at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, August 14, 2017. (Flash90)

August 15, 2019, 9:21 am

Lawyer for Israeli diamond magnate Steinmetz denies corruption claims

Tycoon and two others face indictments in Switzerland over alleged bribes to former wife of Guinean president

By Jamey Keaten

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Chadian President Idriss Deby as they deliver joint statements in Jerusalem, November 25, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)

November 27, 2018, 2:31 pm

Netanyahu to fly to Chad to announce resumption of diplomatic relations

Nearly 50 years after ties were severed, PM to become first Israeli leader to visit Central African Muslim-majority nation

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Idriss Deby of Chad meet at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 25, 2018. (GPO)

November 25, 2018, 7:19 pm

Meeting Israeli leaders, Chad president says he wants to restore diplomatic ties

In Jerusalem, Idriss Déby hails ‘historic’ visit, but says Palestinian issue can’t be ignored; Netanyahu signals upcoming visits to Arab states following secret Oman trip

By Raphael Ahren and Michael Bachner

President of Chad Idriss Deby at a conference in Beijing, September. 3, 2018 (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

November 25, 2018, 12:06 pm

In unprecedented ‘breakthrough’ move, leader of Chad lands in Israel for visit

Idriss Déby heads Muslim-majority nation in Central Africa that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel; Netanyahu hails ‘historic visit’ ahead of meeting

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with Senegal's President Macky Sall in Monrovia, Liberia, June 4, 2017. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

August 4, 2017, 9:27 am

Two Muslim-majority Africa states to send first-ever envoys to Israel

Non-resident ambassadors from Senegal and Guinea, which recently upgraded diplomatic ties, to present credentials to the president next week

By Raphael Ahren

April 24, 2017, 12:52 pm

Naomi Chazan

Gassim died at home

The brief life of a refugee, the Israelis who loved him and the country that refused to be his home

George Soros speaks at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy in 2012. (Wikimedia Commons, Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0)

April 15, 2017, 5:48 pm

Billionaire vs. billionaire: Israel’s Steinmetz sues Soros

Beny Steinmetz’s mining company files a suit against the US-Jewish philanthropist, for trying to sabotage mineral interests in Guinea

By TOI staff

Former president Yaya Jammeh (C,up), the Gambia's leader for 22 years, waves from the plane as he leaves the country on 21 January 2017 in Banjul. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)

January 22, 2017, 11:43 am

Gambia’s defeated leader cedes power, flees country

Ending a 22-year reign of fear, Yahya Jammeh goes into exile after regional powers threaten military intervention to end political crisis

By AFP

January 5, 2017, 9:44 am

Israeli billionaire in Africa bribery scandal released from house arrest

Beny Steinmetz suspected of paying off Guinea officials, including one of president’s wives, to advance business interests in mineral-rich country

By TOI staff

December 20, 2016, 4:16 pm

Second Israeli arrested in massive Africa bribery scandal

Asher Avidan detained a day after arrest of business mogul Beny Steinmetz, suspected of paying millions of dollars to Guinea officials

By TOI staff

December 19, 2016, 1:52 pm

Israeli diamond mogul arrested in massive Africa bribery scandal

Beny Steinmetz suspected of paying millions of dollars to Guinea officials, including one of president’s wives, in order to advance business interests mineral-rich country

By TOI staff

Delegates from West Africa at an agricultural conference in Israel, December 5, 2016 (courtesy Mashav)

December 5, 2016, 12:26 pm

African ministers in Israel for first-ever agricultural summit

Top officials from 13 West African states come to Jerusalem to discuss sustainable productivity in arid and semi-arid regions

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets leaders and representatives of African states on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

September 23, 2016, 4:05 am

At UN, Netanyahu meets 15 African leaders to talk tech, rapprochement

Israel’s efforts to rekindle ties throughout the continent, including in Muslim-majority states, looms large at global gathering in NY

By TOI staff

Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold (left) meets with the president of Chad, Idriss Déby (right), in the presidential palace in the city of Fada, in the heart of the Sahara desert, July 14, 2016. (Courtesy Foreign Ministry)

September 21, 2016, 12:37 am

PM may meet Chad president at UN to push renewed ties

Possible summit with leader of Muslim-majority central African nation part of Netanyahu’s new outreach effort in Africa

By TOI staff

July 22, 2016, 10:42 am

As Israel pivots to Africa, top diplomat meets Chad president

Foreign Ministry chief Dore Gold travels to Fada, in heart of Saharan desert, to deepen ties with another Muslim-majority African nation

By Raphael Ahren