The future of Petromoc's oil refinery at Matola, nationalized in 1976 and mothballed since 1984, is the subject of bitter infighting between the Mozambican regime's technocratic arm (symbolized by finance minister Tomas Salomao) and its conservative faction (represented by natural [.
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Despite regular flights of anti-British rhetoric from head of state Robert Mugabe, Great Britain has just given his country's economic [...]
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Shrimp fishery company Aquamen, a joint venture of ex-presidential candidate Herizo Razafimahaleo and the French group Franzeri, has begun operations [...]
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The Mauritian council of ministers recently endorsed a draft trade agreement with Uganda which will now be submitted for approval [...]
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Tanzanians students have been on a sit-in in their country's embassy in Moscow for more than a week to get [...]
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Zimbabwe's national indicative programme under the second financial protocol of the European Development Fund Eighth Programme (1996-2000) amounts to ECU [...]
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Head of state Didier Ratsiraka is expected to go to Washington (ION N° 752), for meetings with officials of World [...]
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Electricity power cuts and water shortages have become a pattern of daily life on the Comoros Islands and have roused [...]
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How could the European Union come to the aid of Somali populations when there is no national indicative programme for [...]
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The bimonthly Afrique Projects published by the parastatal Centre Français [...]
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French printer Oberthur is to print cheque books for Ethiopia's [...]
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The European Union is considering a finance package of up [...]
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After having been general manager of National Travel Agency for [...]
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Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) executive secretary Bingu wa Mutharika, who is apparently on a hot-seat, has [...]
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An agriculture specialist who has spent most of his career at the World Bank, Randolph Harris becomes the World Bank's [...]
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A long-time militant of Eritrean People's Liberation Front has been named ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the Organization [...]
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Prime minister Meles Zenawi switched out agriculture minister Teketel Forsido on February 6 with the explanation that despite his valiant [...]
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At the beginning of February, vice president of Oromo regional state Hassen Ali announced the dismissal of members of Oromo [...]
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The Djibouti Bar Council recently suspended two of its members (Djama Amareh Meidal and Aref Mohamed Aref) after the procureur [...]
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The Comoros Islands opposition called at the beginning of this week for the organization of a "Dead Towns Day" on [...]
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The Japanese and US embassies in Nairobi issued an official statement on February 11 to protest against police brutality towards [...]
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South Africa's National Intelligence Authority has been charged with drafting a Bill to contain mercenary activities of the country's nationals [...]
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An opinion poll carried out by French pollster SOFRES for the Mauritian daily L'Express and published on February 12 appears [...]
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The former Sudanese vice president of Southern origin, Abel Alier (a Dinka from Bor like SPLA leader colonel John Garang), [...]
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Head of state Yoweri Museveni's brief visit to Paris on February 11, when he met with French head of state [...]
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Italy's special envoy to Somalia met Ali Mahdi Mohamed, the [...]
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The United States' First Lady may make a visit to [...]
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Zimbabwean head of state Robert Mugabe will head his country's [...]
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Ex-president Julius Nyerere may yet see the completion of the [...]
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Newly-elected head of state Didier Ratsiraka's platform promise of a [...]
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In the end, it was French junior minister for development [...]
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