The President of the transition, Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, would really like to stand up to his country’s international partners (SADC, United States, European Union and France) who are very strongly recommending him not to run in the presidential [.
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The list of people going to visit Djama Mahamoud Haid at his bed at the Aga Khan University Hospital in [...]
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The governor of the Banque Centrale de Djibouti, Djama Mahamoud Haid, is still in a coma following a stroke during [...]
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The governor of the Banque Centrale de Djibouti (BCD), Djama Mahamoud Haid, will find it difficult to continue his work [...]
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Several incidents between the law enforcement forces and Muslim demonstrators have occurred one after another at various places in the [...]
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Elected to the head of the Grande Loge nationale française (GNLF) at the beginning of December, Jean Pierre Servel then [...]
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The leaders of two Djibouti opposition groups, resident in Europe, were received by one of President Francois Hollande's Africa advisors at the end of December.
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The former civil service minister and sitting MP Junedin Sado could well end up joining his wife in prison.
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The 19-seat Let 410 aircraft which the Comoros government purchased from Brazil and took delivery on 29 December could very quickly become a cause for debate.
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s idea of a federal system driven by Mogadishu has already brought him difficulties.
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Since he was unable to replace Uhuru Kenyatta, Musalia Mudavadi will run for president. He stands no hope of winning but is planning to join Raila Odinga's side.
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Parliament is rebelling more and more. President Yoweri Museveni alternates between authoritarianism and clumsiness, but has not really found the right balance.
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The leaders of the Afar Regional State have yielded to pressure from their Tigray Regional State counterparts and entered negotiations with the Ugugumo rebels.
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The managers of the Cameroon unit of the American agriculture group Herakles Farms, which is linked to the American investment [...]
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The Israeli security group chaired by Chaim Mer has taken several initiatives to offer its services in the fight against terrorism and against zebu poachers.
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The trip to Beijing by President Ismail Omar Guelleh in July 2012 is beginning to bear fruit. Contracts for Chinese companies are coming in fast and furiously.
The Australian investors Gary Denham Seabrooke and Mark Jon Titchener are forming a large number of mining companies in Maputo.
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The Mozambican mediators in the Madagascan political crisis are not only keeping to the diplomatic issues. They are all also well-established businessmen in their country.
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The President of Tanzania and chairman of the SADC Troika, Jakaya Kikwete, is preparing to go to Paris with a large delegation to canvass French companies.
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The announced departure of Azad Jeetun as director of the Mauritius Employers Federation (MEF) opens the path for the MEF to merge with the Joint Economic Council.
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Although she is now 79, Ngina Kenyatta, the widow of Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta, still has a strong influence [...]
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The head of the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), General Michael Gichangi, is expected to leave his post after the [...]
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The new Kenyan political advisor in charge of Somalia, Ibrahim Ahmed Rashid (Hawiye/Degodie), who was appointed by Prime Minister Raila [...]
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After her trip to Nairobi in October 2012 (ION 1343), the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since [...]
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After he was cleared at the start of November 2012 (ION 1346) of the accusation of being an accomplice to [...]
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The Lebanese born South African Robin Alfred Yaghi has just [...]
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Relations are no longer sound between the commanders of the [...]
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The decisions by the IMF and the World Bank on [...]
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President Mwai Kibaki’s four children have decided to block the [...]
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Despite appearances, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), formerly the [...]
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For some time the Frenchman Gilles Assouline has been promoting [...]
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The European Union (EU) and the United States Embassy in [...]
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Georges Fraise, the head of the Henri Fraise Fils & [...]
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Retired General and former member of the Frelimo (ruling party) [...]
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The Madagascan subsidiary of the San Diego (United States) based [...]
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Simone Santi, the honorary consul of Mozambique in Milan, who [...]
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The Ugandan lawyer Julius Mukumbya Musoke joined the team of [...]
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A security company called Centre Opérationnel de Protection et de [...]
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The Reunion Island company Air Austral is to suspend its [...]
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A new pension funds management company was born in Maputo [...]
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