Bogged down militarily in Somalia and still on the alert over the whole length of the Eritrean border, the Ethiopian government also has to face an economic situation considerably worse in 2008 than in previous years.
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Following an insistent demand by President Marc Ravalomanana, Paris is [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the [...]
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The trade mission which the French employers’ organisation Medef International [...]
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On 4 July, the French Council of State rejected the [...]
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The Italian Catholic community Santo Egidio is paying close attention [...]
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So as to not upset the political and ethnic balance created with much difficulty in constituting the Kenyan government coalition, [...]
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Parliament in Kampala is to debate a bill against money laundering. Something that Western countries have wanted Uganda to do for many years.
President IOG will not tolerate any dissension whatsoever. Now he wants to use the border conflict with Eritrea to muzzle his fragile opposition, in the name of national unity.
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The Parliament of the Union is to debate a bill on 11 July to award Comoros nationality to investors from the United Arab Emirates and their families.
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President Marc Ravalomanana, himself a high dignitary in the reform church FJKM, is now banned from taking Communion in Catholic churches in Madagascar.
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This family group which made its fortune exporting cash crops is reducing its activity.
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The elections are not due until 2010, but negotiations are already well under way in the ruling alliance which would like to tap into the Creole electorate.
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The South African multi-millionaire Arnold Pistorius, head of the firm Twin City Development, specialised in the construction and management of [...]
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The security premium paid to international civil servants at the ICTR living in private homes has been revised upwards substantially. Quite a windfall for local security firms!
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The law practice MGA Advogados & Consultores is very active in the mining sector on behalf of its members and also for anonymous clients.
The firm headed by some people close to the Head of State is in pole position to acquire Uchumi Supermarket.
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The Minister for Agriculture and member of the leadership of Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has an impressive portfolio of shares. Which could come in useful for the 2012 presidential campaign.
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Sure of wining a major nuclear energy contract in South Africa, the French company Areva is already preparing its sub-contractors. Could it be being overoptimistic?
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The Japanese authorities have reacted strongly to the discovery of significant traces of chemicals in coffee imported from Ethiopia.
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The newly elected President of Anjouan, Moussa Toybou, made the appointment on 10 July of a government representative for the [...]
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The chairman of the State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) is to head the Madagascan subsidiary of this bank from Port [...]
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This 44 year old lawyer, an open opponent to President Yoweri Museveni, is never out of the headlines in Kampala. [...]
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Invited to Paris in his capacity of former chairman of the Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Prince Sifiso Zulu [...]
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The Kenyan magnate, who is the subject of legal proceedings for his role while he was chairman of Uchumi Supermarkets, [...]
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Barely had the new CEO of the Lake Victoria Mining Co, a small company based in Colorado, been appointed to [...]
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One of the Djibouti entrepreneur Abdourahman Boreh’s relatives by marriage [...]
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A new person is to be in charge of South [...]
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The former Minister Herizo Razafimahaleo, now the head of the [...]
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The former chairman of the Maputo Municipal Assembly, Teodoro Andrade [...]
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The rise in the number of armed attacks is beginning [...]
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The spokesman of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF, armed Ethiopian [...]
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The Seychelles government is negotiating with the IMF about a [...]
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Before he had even reached retirement age, General Halo Dawi [...]
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A former member of the TIM executive committee, Jean Théodore [...]
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Although it was in pole position for the technical assistance [...]
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A company specialised in the gaming (casinos) and leisure industries, [...]
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The Italian company Avia, based in Biella, has gone outside [...]
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The independent weekly O Pais should become a daily before [...]
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In order to deploy its contract for the technical inspection [...]
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This Indian company registered in Dubai has just designated a [...]
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One of the few South African companies in the engineering [...]
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Certain Karana (of Indo-Pakistani origin) operators complain of the attitude [...]
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The Sicily based company Moncada Energy has signed an agreement [...]
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