Two months after returning to power (ION 1142), the leader of the Labour Party and new Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, is forming his team of advisors in which members of his circle of friends are jostling with professionals [.
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The clan of the brothers of the Minister of Foreign Affairs is no longer invulnerable. One of them has been discreetly relieved of his functions of chairman of the APMF.
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The British Department for International Development (DFID) has recently drafted an addendum to its Country Assistance Plan (CAP) for Tanzania [...]
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The legislative elections in May left their marks on the government and opposition alike, making governing the country more and more difficult.
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The wife of President Dahir Riyale Kahin has drawn a considerable amount of animosity, to the point of becoming the target of a press campaign in Hargeisa.
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For twelve years Ramkalawan has combined the roles of reverend and leader of the opposition. Now he has gone on sabbatical leave from the Anglican church.
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The President of Mozambique Armando Gebuza should be one of the very few political guests of the XIX international inter-religious [...]
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The European Commission's proposal about the measures to be taken in favour of the 18 States signatories of the ACP-EU [...]
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The executives of the Sea Saigon Shipping Company (SSS, a joint venture between Vietnam and Denmark) have decided to file [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter in Maputo, the United States State Department, through the United States [...]
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The authorisation for foreigners to buy land in Madascar in return for a minimum investment of $500,000 has not yet [...]
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The banks want to create an arbitration body for conflicts with their clients in order to avoid Parliament passing a bill to control their rates of interest.
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Several firms from the Maldives have taken an interest lately in the tourism projects in the Seychelles, but results have been uneven.
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Zambezi Gas is one of the 4 private companies which has filed a request for a licence to generate electricity.
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The American USTDA has just agreed a series of grants to fund feasibility studies in several East African countries.
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The firm ExxonMobil preferred to pay a small fine in order to avoid legal proceedings and a disparaging campaign in the United States.
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The authorities of Anjouan have signed a convention with the Danish company Maersk to make Anjouan into a transhipment port.
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The small Canadian company Motapa Diamond Inc is to explore for diamonds in Mozambique, where it has just obtained two [...]
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A leading British company in manufacturing leather objects (gloves, shoes, sports equipment and luxury goods) is to manage the Ethiopia [...]
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A little behind on the undertakings the Tanzanian government made to the International Monetary Fund, (ION 1128), the Parastatal Sector [...]
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The Mozambican firm Linhas Aereas de Moçambique (LAM) and the private Mozambican transporter Transairways are on the list of five [...]
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has had a new director for its mission in Uganda since August, [...]
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A candidate for the post of French ambassador to the Ivory Coast a few months ago, Jean-Paul Angelier has finally [...]
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The former South African ambassador to Angola has just been transferred to the same post in Nairobi. He inaugurated his [...]
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General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga was officialised this week in the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Kenyan [...]
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The chairman of the Africa committee of Medef International and [...]
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Mozambican economist, Firmino Mucavele, has been at the head of [...]
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A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to [...]
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When President James Michel came to power, his companion Nathalie [...]
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From the beginning of September, a new editor has taken [...]
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The World Bank does not have absolute confidence in the [...]
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The Commission de Supervision Financière des Banques (CSFB) has given [...]
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The Union des chambres de commerce, d'industrie et d'agriculture des [...]
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The Rwandan company Silverback Cargo Freighters which used to fly [...]
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Ms Pirkko Heinonen is the new Unicef represetative to Eritrea. [...]
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The South African ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jeremiah Ndou (ION 864) [...]
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The new prepresentative of the World Food Programme (WFP) in [...]
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During August, the American diplomat Gregory d'Elia replaced Charles Neary [...]
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The Prefect of Reunion Island, Laurent Cayrel, has a new [...]
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