United States Central Command (CentCom) is forecasting that Ethiopia will launch a massive military offensive against neighbouring Eritrea, somewhere between Tsorona and Zalambesa and sometime within the next few weeks, in a bid to capture Senafe, key to the capital, [.
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The Seychelles ministry of tourism and civil aviation has named a new director general for tourism in the person of [...]
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The head of Pilgrims Security, the only privately-owned security firm on the Seychelles, was arrested in Mahe this week for [...]
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Energy and mining ministers of African countries meeting in Cape Town on February 8 heard a presentation by Jonathan Oppenheimer, [...]
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The American academic and expert on east and southern Africa is adviser on African affairs to Bill Bradley, who is [...]
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Thanks to the study of satellite photographs, US military intelligence was able to confirm several months ago the existence of [...]
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Kenyan head of state Daniel arap Moi has been invited to attend the National Summit on Africa (a conference organized [...]
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US defence secretary William Cohen's visit to the Republic of South Africa next week represents the United States' latest effort [...]
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Parallel to the sanctions the Organization of African Unity adopted on February 1 against separatist leaders on Anjouan Island (freezing [...]
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The agreement on 'reform and civil harmony' signed in Paris by the Djibouti government and Front pour la Restauration de [...]
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Although Kenya African National Union (KANU, government) could decide to hold party elections from June onwards, two rivals for the [...]
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Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF, government army) is believed to be spending some 8 billion Ugandan shillings (US$1 = 1,500 [...]
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The decision of police superintendent Raj Dayal to go into politics after being sacked from the force for misconduct is [...]
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Mouvement pour la Libération du Congo (MLC, one of the [...]
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Following a report in Indian Ocean Newsletter revealing the scandal [...]
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Recent tariff increases for drinking water (+38 percent), freight services (+3 percent) and port dues (+20 percent) will hike textile [...]
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Barely completed, the 80-bedroom Lemuria hotel which is scheduled to be the first five-star establishment built in the archipelago (on [...]
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Taking account of the arrival of Uganda Clays Ltd on the stock exchange two weeks ago, come to join East [...]
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European Development Fund is expected to decide, during its February 16-17 meeting, on a 11.4 million euro contribution for Tanzania's [...]
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Although Kenyan head of state Daniel arap Moi kept his cool while on camera, he was reported to be furious [...]
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Lifting the International Monetary Fund's declaration of non-cooperation with Sudan in August 1999 did not change anything much for Khartoum: [...]
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Mozambique's justice minister Ibraimo Jose Abudo is one of the local shareholders of a new banking institution, Banco Comercial e [...]
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To give even more importance to South African head of state Thabo Mbeki's announcement on February 4 of the creation [...]
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The largest tourism project ever dreamed up on Zanzibar with [...]
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French national Daniel Montalban, manager and principal shareholder of Madagascar's [...]
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The head of Portugal's Documentos e Eventos Comunicaçao e Imagen [...]
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The nomination of Eritrea's new ambassador to Kenya is expected [...]
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The new regional representative of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) [...]
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The vice chairman of Somali People's Democratic Party (SPDP), a [...]
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South Africa's former counselor for public affairs at its embassy [...]
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France's secretary of state for overseas territories expects to go [...]
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The merger between Hoechst of Germany and Rhone Poulenc of [...]
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This British company has won a Z$60 million (US$1 = [...]
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A hostile takeover bid by French cement giant Lafarge for [...]
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British Petroleum Amoco has completed a series of test drills [...]
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