The Madagascan authorities have pre-selected four companies and consortia for the attribution of the contract for a concession for the [...]
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The promoters of the company Anglo Leasing & Finance Company, who had already had other shady contracts with the Kenyan [...]
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The discussions under article IV of the IMF have once more resulted in differences on what reforms to make in the banking sector.
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In view of the high cost of conventional oil exploration by drilling, Vuna Energy is giving priority to bituminous sands.
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The businessman most hated by President Robert Mugabe is sponsoring the football championship to boost his image in the country.
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In spite of being on poor terms with President Marc Ravalomanana, the Minister of Industrialisation has finally been able form his team of advisors.
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President Assoumani Azali visit to Paris was the occasion for a limited resumption of contact with French businessmen.
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The two main shareholders of the Banco Internacional de Moçambique (BIM), are both planning to sell their stakes in this [...]
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Air Seychelles cuts its fleet to survive
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After the green light was given by the General Council of Mayotte in mid-December (ION 1115), the ambitious tourist project [...]
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The Indian company Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has just been awarded a contract by the Sudanese authorities to [...]
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If the government coalition wins the general election, the present Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance will not only be renewed in his post but will also have to get ready for the job of Prime Minister.
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On 26 January, three opposition groups (SPDUN, CRN and RFN) agreed on the principle of ?jointly organising a national conference?, [...]
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The UEDF has not yet decided whether to participate in the elections in May. Nevertheless, it is registering its candidates so it can campaign.
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Following the inauguration this week of President Armando Guebuza, the names of possible candidates for ministries are starting to do the rounds of those in the know in Maputo.
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Former minister Nicholas Biwott was disappointed at not having been elected chairman of the principal opposition movement and is now thinking of starting a party of his own.
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As of 31 January, around a hundred MPs had not yet declared their assets to the Leadership Ethics Commission, as the constitution legally obliges them to do.
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The resumption of cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Sudan, announced on 25 January by the European Commission (ION [...]
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The representatives of the embassies of France, Germany and also of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung foundation in Antananarivo gave a [...]
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President Lula da Silva of Brazil wants his country to become a sort of pivot between South America and Southern [...]
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The official visit to Paris this week by the President of the Union of the Comoros, Assoumani Azali, was yet [...]
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A new French ambassador to the Comoros is soon to replace Jean Louis Lajaunie, who would have preferred to stay [...]
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A South African of Indian birth has just been appointed CEO of the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi (Kenya) and [...]
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President James Michel this week cut the number of ministries from 9 to 7 and sacked two ministers. The Minister [...]
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The former President of the Seychelles James Mancham has resigned from his functions at the head of the Democratic Party [...]
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The election of a new chairman of the French employers' [...]
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According to one source in the secretariat of the East [...]
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Meeting during the African Union (AU) summit in Abuja this [...]
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About six months ago, the United States embassy in Madagascar [...]
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During his official visit to France this week, the President [...]
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Several Eritreans expelled from Ethiopia in 1998, some accused of [...]
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The personal assistant of President Mwai Kibaki could be on [...]
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The State Bank of India (SBI) has completed its due [...]
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Edgard Razafindravahy, CEO of the group Prey-Ravate, which already owns [...]
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The firm Tanruss Investment chaired by Emmanuel Mantheakis, has sold [...]
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The French credit insurance company Coface has just acquired the [...]
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Lieutenant Colonel Maurizio Esposito is to replace Major Francesco Grimaldi [...]
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The former Southern rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Army [...]
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A representative of the British NGO Save The Children based [...]
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The firm Orange Madagascar has a new director general in [...]
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The director of the Banque française commerciale-Océan Indien (BFC-OI) in [...]
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