The parliamentary under-secretary of State at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was subjected to a barrage of questions
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The Addis Ababa government's official support for the British-American military operation against Iraq is beginning to cause problems.
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NGOs and professional organizations whose leaders are government advisors will have a hard time remaining independent.
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President Thabo Mbeki and several of his ministers held a two-day seminar with a handful of large-company bosses.
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A French-speaking delegation visited Moroni to follow-up on diplomatic efforts to resolve the Comorian crisis.
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The tension is seriously mounting in the Tigray regional state (North Ethiopia) over the border-delineation process with Eritrea. The Addis [...]
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At the age of 25, Nelson Chamisa has been the youngest MP in the Harare parliament since his election last [...]
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Samson Chemai, a telecommunications engineer-turned-diplomat, has just been named president of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA). After beginning his career [...]
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The director of MTN International, in charge of the African expansion for the South African cell phone operator since July [...]
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The South African major general Sipho Binda will lead the next African mission to Burundi. At the request of the [...]
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Two previously-reticent mining companies finally agreed to authorize their workers to unionize, as allowed for in Tanzanian law. An agreement [...]
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Two Seychelles banks, the Banque Française Commercial-Océan Indien (BFC-OI), an affiliate of the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB); and the Seychelles [...]
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Ever since Zazah Ramandimbiarison, who became vice prime minister in late January (ION 1027), took over the ministry of transport, [...]
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According to the Indian Ocean Newsletter's sources, small businesses from the building and public works sector are set to pick [...]
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The company Kodak Kenya Ltd (KKL) is in the process of transferring part of its Nairobi operations to Kampala. It [...]
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On April 10, the International Development Association (IDA, World Bank branch) is expected to grant a supplementary $6 million loan [...]
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The rise in military expenses and the lack of transparency in the management of Ugandan public finances irritates the IMF.
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A South African company plans to enter the media sector in Kenya by buying shares and launching a daily newspaper.
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A half-dozen international firms will compete for a contract to inspect Kenyan imports before shipment.
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A small Swiss investment fund has formed an alliance with two firms close to the Ethiopian power to build a coffee processing unit.
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The South African company that produces liquid gas pleaded its case before the MPs of the parliamentary committee on energy and mines.
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The controversy over the impact of building the road crossing the Kenyan Westlands has just returned to the European parliament. [...]
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Several Swiss investors are still waiting for a legal resolution to the Arnold Walker affair - a Swiss technician murdered [...]
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The activism of the British ambassador to Addis Ababa, Myles Wickstead, in favor of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's regime has [...]
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On his return from a visit to Finland and Sweden, President Joaquim Chissano was set to make a short stop [...]
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While a Swaziland national radio correspondent was caught during one [...]
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In addition to the two Kenyan drivers jailed in Iraq [...]
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The chartered accountant Bernard Pool, who left the presidency of [...]
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Some recent nominations by President Mwai Kibaki have appeared as [...]
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The Seychelles ministry of the environment will reorganize in mid-April [...]
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The chief secretary of the president and of the government [...]
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The president of the Bank of Abyssinia, Tekle Alemneh, had [...]
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The Ethiopian government is still looking for a way to [...]
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The American company ThermoChem Recovery International Inc (TRI) was retained [...]
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The Mozambican affiliate of the Portuguese company Petrogal wants to [...]
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The leader of the European Parliament's group of the European [...]
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The International Development Association (IDA, World Bank branch) initiated a [...]
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Reunion Island's regional council has just granted a 150,000-euro subsidy [...]
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