Handicapped by the weakness of inter-island trade, the instability of the Comoros Islands and the difficulties of its secretariat, the IOC is celebrating a morose 20th anniversary this year.
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On the sidelines of President Thabo Mbeki's official visit to India this week, several Indian organizations have offered their technical [...]
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On October 14, the president of Air Bourbon, Erick Lazarus, wrote to the Indian Ocean Newsletter in response to an [...]
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Via a letter sent last week to the Comorian minister of state for infrastructures, Houmed M'Saidie, the Chinese authorities agreed [...]
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Back in Ethiopia after many years in exile, the writer Kiflu Tadesse heads a press group that he's having a hard time getting off the ground.
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Eight international public relations firms were contacted about a contract aiming to improve Tanzania's image abroad.
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The minister of mines is trying to ensure that if the Ashanti gold mine is put up for sell, it will be transferred to a local consortium of his choice.
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Along with several bilateral donors ($15 million), the International Development Association (IDA, World Bank branch) is preparing a $25 million [...]
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Several Reunion Island companies have projects in Mozambique, some of which were solidified during a recent mission in the country.
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The government will grant a foreign consortium 6,500 hectares of land for a large project to cultivate palm trees for oil.
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A long-time supporter of President Mwai Kibaki was recently named high commissioner to Great Britain, Kenya's most important diplomatic post. [...]
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A South African ambassador has just presented his credentials to the sultan of Oman. Yacoob Abba Omar has a degree [...]
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The oldest son of Albertina and Walter Sisulu, who was recently marginalized from political power (ION 1042), has just been [...]
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The young leader of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) was the co-laureate of the 15th Africa Prize for Leadership, [...]
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During the last session of its meeting in Rome from October 13 to 16, the ACP/European Union joint assembly, which [...]
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The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) and the Kenyan ministry of information, along with the head of the European Union delegation [...]
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The Malagasy minister of economy, finances and budget, Benjamin Radavidson, will take an official trip to Mauritius from November 3 [...]
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An MP from the MDC presented a very moderate point of view on the Zimbabwean crisis during the ACP/EU parliamentary assembly in Rome.
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The chief of state's loyalists have all the winning cards for the municipal elections: a new newspaper, candidates everywhere, and the support of the Church.
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The agreement on security and military measures during the transition period, signed in Naivasha (Kenya) on September 29 by Sudanese [...]
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The minister of capacity building is in public conflict with the federal anticorruption commission, which reports to the prime minister.
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Employees from the chief of state's firm are his party's candidates in the municipal elections.
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Clark Research Ltd, a firm based in Great Britain, is [...]
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The Agro-Chemical and Food Company Ltd (ACFC), which produces yeast [...]
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Riaz Barday, a Malagasy businessman, recently visited the Comoros Islands [...]
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The South African banking group Nedcor chose a new chief [...]
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The Somalia National Salvation Council (SNSC), recently formed by the [...]
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On October 15, President George W. Bush named a new [...]
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The French minister of equipment and transport will be in [...]
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The Malagasy ambassador to Ethiopia has just taken up his [...]
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The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) will receive a mission from [...]
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The second meeting of the Amis de Madagascar (Friends of [...]
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The committee of sages formed to study the future of [...]
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The head of the Somalian company Al Barakat, accused by [...]
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For his return to Moroni on October 13, after a [...]
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Prime Minister Jacques Sylla transformed his communications cell into a [...]
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