A small country with big ambitions, Eritrea has become the headquarters of opponents from all over the Horn of Africa. Asmara uses them against Ethiopia or as bargaining counters to make its presence felt on the regional diplomatic scene.
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The TIM (presidential party) has just had a serious electoral [...]
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In spite of using the services of one of the [...]
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As disclosed by The Indian Ocean Newsletter on 7 December, [...]
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President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) is coming on an official [...]
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The Italian State agency Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero [...]
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After the last act plays out on Friday, the curtain [...]
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The Swiss trade inspection, security and certification company Cotecna inaugurated [...]
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The new Somalian Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein known as [...]
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President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh signed two decrees on exactly the same subject over a three-week span: the nomination of the [...]
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An internal account of the last meeting of the ANC executive in mid-November lists the difficulties the South African governing party is encountering.
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Northern lobbyists want the head of the director general of Secren because he is a Betsileo.
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The President of the Union is disappointed the African Union does not want military action against Anjouan.
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The split between two leaders in Raila Odinga’s campaign team are now so deep that they haven’t spoken to each other for a week.
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Weary of his tangles with the capital's administration, the young Catholic businessman Andry TGV is standing as a candidate for the local election in Antananarivo.
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The arrival of the spiritual leader of the Ismaili movement in Antananarivo on 26 November almost resulted in a diplomatic incident.
The President of South Sudan wants to relaunch inter-Ugandan negotiations in Juba, whereas Kampala blows hot and cold over the LRA rebels.
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The shareholders of a property company created in mid-October called Cidadela de Matola include the wife of a serving minister [...]
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The subsidiary of the World Bank will participate in the launch of a new fund to invest in renewable energy in Southern Africa.
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Relations with the IMF have further worsened after Harare refused to receive a routine mission under the organisation’s Article IV.
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The authorities have cut off the satellite television operator’s signal. The government broadcaster RTD wants to fill the vacuum and launch its own bouquet of channels.
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The group of companies owned by President Marc Ravalomanana is continuing its strategy of diversification.
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This Spanish company is faring better in Uganda than in Kenya, where one of its bids was recently invalidated.
Over the years, several Middle Eastern companies have considered building an oil refinery in Djibouti. To date, none of these projects have seen the light of day.
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A Belgian association is to hold a forum to promote investment in the African continent alongside the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon.
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The next French ambassador to Madagascar is an Asia specialist who discovered his interest in Africa late in life. Currently [...]
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The chairman of the board of directors of Aérowatt SA, active particularly on Reunion Island, is to be the chairman [...]
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After giving the matter careful thought, the wife of a serving minister of the Malagasy government decided to run in [...]
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This young Irish property operator has been the largest private supplier of low-cost housing in South Africa for the last [...]
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The General Secretary of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is a thorn in the side of the ANC [...]
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A whole new board of administration was appointed for the Hydroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) after the ownership of the [...]
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Although until recently he was on quite cordial terms with [...]
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The victory of France Télécom and its allies in the [...]
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An Ethiopian MP and leader of the Southern Ethiopia People’s [...]
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One of the last letters to be signed by the [...]
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The hotel-owner and former opposition MP until May 2007 Alain [...]
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The leader of Renamo (opposition), Afonso Dhlakama, has just made [...]
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The general secretary of the Malagasy ministry for foreign affairs [...]
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The GlobalMauritian.com web site has put the damper on the [...]
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The leader of the opposition Wavel Ramkalawan was one of [...]
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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has just admitted to Parliament in [...]
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This German consulting company will provide support for the Seychelles [...]
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The chairman and joint founder of the American company Altour [...]
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The leader in the French market and number three world [...]
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This Bahrain-based company specialised in logistics contracts is to expand [...]
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The CEO of this Canadian company, Rick Schmitt, has made [...]
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This Birmingham (Alabama) based company has just won a triple [...]
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A representative of this Canadian company, Shaji Ravindran, went to [...]
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The Indian State bank is looking for a banking institution [...]
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The Canadian mining company whose chairman is René Bharti and [...]
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