Originally scheduled for the end of March, the departure of the last 8,000 men in contingents of the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) has now been brought forward a full month under the needling pressure of the United States.
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The former executive chairman and director of Air Seychelles, Conrad Benoiton, has been appointed managing director of the newly-created International [...]
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The director general of Madagascar's central bank since 1989 has been named interim governor of the bank. Gaston Edouard Ravelojaona, [...]
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New Zealand businessman David Morris, who is chairman of Morris Supplies, a company with an annual turnover of US$150 million [...]
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French ambassador to Djibouti Jean Marie Momal (ION N° 635) signed an official advisory note on February first for public [...]
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Two trading companies who have spent the past several months squabbling over Somali bananas are now reported to have stepped [...]
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US company Canyon Resources Africa Corporation and Canada's Golden Star Resources Corporation have been awarded contracts to operate gold mines [...]
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South African investments in Uganda are expected to become rapidly more diversified, judging by projects under way, although they are [...]
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Belgium foreign trade minister Robert Urbain wound up a tour of the Republic of South Africa last week with a [...]
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Following its resumption of cooperation and assistance with Uganda last [...]
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Air Comores obtained the use of a Fokker 50 aircraft [...]
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The French bank Lazard Brothers is to act as adviser [...]
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In a communique of five pages dated February 3, Kenyan head of state Daniel arap Moi has condemned anti-government activities [...]
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Roman Catholic archbishop of Beira (Mozambique) Jaime Gonçalves, who has been in Lisbon, met Portugal's head of state Mario Soares [...]
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The first congress of Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Renouveau (RDR), held in Moroni last week, confirmed the hegemony [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, Ismael Omar Gelleh, the chef de cabinet (and nephew) of Djibouti's [...]
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Representatives from the eleven-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union met in Lilongwe last week to remove [...]
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The US Task Force on Ethiopia (ION N° 650), set up by the outgoing chairman of the House Sub-Committee on [...]
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Although Ms. Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra resigned as the Mauritius ambassador to [...]
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Shortly before the meeting of Zimbabwe's fund donors due to [...]
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French cooperation minister Bernard Debré's chef de cabinet Jean Marc [...]
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The secretary general of Kenya's Democratic Party (opposition) has left [...]
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