Mozambican head of state Joaquim Chissano put his visit to Portugal this week to good use by launching his campaign for the October general election and on the eve of his departure for Lisbon at the head of a large [.
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Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic fundamentalist sect with a public office in the Vatican, is very active in Kenya where [...]
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The relaunch of activities by Ugandan rebels in Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the north and in Allied Democratic Front [...]
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The Ethiopian government has for several years been opposing the departure of former African National Congress representative in Ethiopia Andrew [...]
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Businessman Sam Kruschev Shollei handed over a thick confidential dossier (of which The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy) [...]
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According to a European Commission report distributed in Brussels in mid-April, Ethiopia was the leading African beneficiary of European aid [...]
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Richard Nyaga is to replace Kenya Airways director general Brian Davis during a smooth changeover over three months, with the [...]
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Former head of the Horn of Africa service of the Voice of America in Washington Ms. Annette C. Sheckler has [...]
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The new general manager of Stanbic Bank Uganda Ltd of the Standard Bank of South Africa (SBSA) group, Anton Kleinschmidt, [...]
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The minister of finance should table shortly in Parliament the [...]
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This businessman has no luck. Already, the construction work at [...]
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The former head of Ethiopian TV now staying in the [...]
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Eritrea has sharply tightened up on conscription for military service. [...]
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A loan of US$15 million from Kuwaiti Fund, where chairman Badre al Humeidi signed the financial convention in Djibouti this [...]
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State Trading Corporation is to issue an international Call for bids next month for supplying Mauritius with petroleum products during [...]
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The government holding company Cosproh announced this week it was putting its five hotels up for sale. Prices range from [...]
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The governments of Addis Ababa and Asmara have outdone each other with contradictory commentaries on Ethiopian air force bombing raids [...]
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In a deal brokered by Libyan head of state colonel Muammar Kadhafi, Ugandan head of state general Yoweri Museveni and [...]
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The candidature of France (in the name of its overseas possession Reunion Island) for membership of Indian Ocean Rim Association [...]
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Mauritius has asked the World Bank for an unspecified loan and says some of the money would go to hire [...]
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Madagascar's fiscal revenues were, again at the end of March, well below objectives fixed by the International Monetary Fund and [...]
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The representatives of about a dozen American companies in South Africa met recently at the invitation of American Chamber of [...]
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The vice chairperson of Tourism Business Council of South Africa, Ms. Danisa Baloyi, was promoted chairperson of the organization on [...]
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An agreement in principle on maintaining the Comoros Islands' territorial integrity was expected to be taken in Antananarivo on April [...]
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A telecommunications engineer, the new general manager of Telecel Zimbabwe Alain Girard has work to do. This cellular telephone operator [...]
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The prime minister of Eastern Cape Province will go to [...]
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Directors of De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd led by Gary [...]
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South Africa's state-owned electricity utility Eskom obtained a donation of [...]
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US firm Digitel Inc is believed to be interested in [...]
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As reported in The Indian Ocean newsletter (ION 853), Anadarko [...]
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