Of all the European countries which have moved closer to Sudan these past months, no approach has been more accommodating to Khartoum and the furthest from America's hard-line version than that of the French. On February 12, the same day [.
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American military instructors have landed in the south of Ethiopia, some 200 km from the border with Somalia.
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Kampala and Kinshasa are engaged in discrete high-level discussions aiming at the coming normalization of the diplomatic relations between their countries.
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u In the wake of a group of French-speaking MPs (ION 983) and the head of the OUA, a United Nations envoy and a former U.S. president are going to do their part in trying to defuse the island's political crisis.
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An Irish company which has recovered $24 million in Russia's oil fields will use some of its profits to buy [...]
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France's Bouygues group, which is considering the sale of all its activities in the sector of water supplying to Germany's [...]
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After three years of preparations and considerable expenses, the joint venture between the Comoro Société Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications [...]
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Formerly named the Lyonnaise des Eaux, the Ondeo Services company beat Vivendi, its fellow French rival, for the management contract [...]
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A license for leasing activities has been obtained by an [...]
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A Hong Kong-based maker of clothes, including various types of [...]
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The central Bank of Uganda (BoU) has been having a hard time trying to sell the collection of cars and [...]
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While some Mauritian operators installed in Madagascar are virtual hostages of the local political crisis, others are hoping to settle in the big island should Marc Ravalomanana win carry the presidency.
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The French authorities have removed Mauritius and the Seychelles from France's list of countries forming its priority solidarity zone for 61 developing countries.
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Two Russian companies want to take shares in Calub's gas project through conversion in investments of part of Ethiopia's debt to Moscow.
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An agreement was signed between Tanzanian authorities and American jewelers in Tucson on how to supervise the trade routes of tanzanite.
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During his attendance at the African mini-summit organized by President Jacques Chirac last week, Daniel arap Moi was invited to [...]
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A Swiss delegation headed by ambassador Oscar Knapp, in charge [...]
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A row has broken out between energy minister Raila Odinga and Sally Kosgei, who as head of the civil service and secretary of the government keeps him away from matters of importance.
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In addition to the blows that its Mogadishu enemies rain on it, Somalia's transitional government is the object of lively internal dissent.
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After two months of crisis following the first round of Madagascar's presidential election, a compromise seems to be materializing between [...]
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Zimbabwe's intelligence service is concerned about the importance that the head of state grants to the optimistic information he has been receiving from certain ministries.
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After tough negotiations, the opposition agreed to join the transitional government of national union which will lead the country until general elections are held.
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By February 13, no fewer than 14 candidates had registered [...]
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Vacant since the assassination of Kinfe Gebre-Medhin in May 2001, the post of head of the security and immigration authority [...]
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The man who served as Great Britain's ambassador to Khartoum between 1995 and 1999 and who was asked by the [...]
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After years spent in the provincial administration under the authority of Kenya's head of state, a former district commissioner has [...]
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Between February 15 and 23, the European Union's development commissioner [...]
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