Several figures are seeking to bolster their position within the Zimbabwe government in the hope of taking over from president Robert Mugabe
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Bethuel Kiplagat, an experienced diplomat and veteran of peace negotiations in southern and eastern Africa, was designated special representative of [...]
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After having been named special advisor to president Marc Ravalomanana in October, in charge of supervising the realization of Madagascar's [...]
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A former communications specialist (advertising and public relations) in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996-1998), Zeona Motshabi, is preparing to [...]
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A former leader in the company Air Djibouti, which was liquidated in 2001 after accumulating huge debts (ION 980), was [...]
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During a trip to Europe between Jan. 24-31, Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana is due to drop in on Germany where [...]
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Ethiopia's information minister, Bereket Simeon, used a three-day seminar on the press in Addis Ababa last week as a launch-pad [...]
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A delegation from the association Appel Franco-Arabe (AFA), created in 1990 by dozens of French and Arab intellectuals to contest [...]
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Exporters of canned tuna fish and skipjack from the ACP countries - including Kenya and the Seychelles - will meet [...]
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The national company Mauritius Telecom (MT) is seriously interested in becoming a shareholder in Kencell, the second largest GSM operator [...]
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The shipping company Spanfreight Group owned by a Kenyan of British origin, David Mitchell, took over management of the port [...]
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Starting from June 30, Madagascar will receive 70 million Euros in budget assistance under the 9th European Development Fund's national [...]
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The number of holiday-makers turning up in the Seychelles in 2002 - they totaled 132,246 - rose by 2% compared [...]
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A confidential document dating back to 1997 shows how a minister at the time worked to drum up money from a Swiss bank to bankroll an election campaign.
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The central bank just noted a hike in capital flows and a devaluation of the shilling following the liberalization of the foreign exchange market.
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The head of the Public Enterprises Supervising Authority (PESA), a State organization under the office of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, [...]
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A Madagascar United States Business Council was inaugurated this week in Antananarivo by the United States ambassador.
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President Mkapa ordered the restitution of property, which had been appropriated by a Tanzanian businessman, to Julius Nyerere's widow.
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While voices are being raised to demand the resignation of chief justice Bernard Chunga, the entourage of new president Mwai [...]
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Thabo Mbeki solicited Mandela's intervention with the ANC and Inkatha leadership in order to reduce tension in Kwazulu-Natal.
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The Union of Comoros Islands government wrote to the IMF to contest certain propositions in its December 19 memorandum.
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A good part of the former ambassador's staff remains, but his successor is beginning to put his own team in place.
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The former opposition figure Mahamoud Soidiki has rallied the camp of president Assoumani Azali who named his wife head of the Chamber of Commerce.
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A newcomer to the government's team, the minister of industrialization, [...]
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The TIM presidential party finished taking up the country's political [...]
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The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has a new leader to [...]
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President Isaias Afwerki named a new minister of transportation and [...]
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The 23rd annual conference of the International Association of Ports [...]
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The member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and [...]
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The International Organization for Migration began a head-count this week [...]
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During his talks in Washington this week with Djibouti president [...]
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The question of whether Mayotte's regional council should throw money [...]
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Canmin Resources Ltd., the Uganda affiliate of Canada's International Business [...]
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The Mauritius Telecom (MT) company is thinking of investing nearly [...]
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The leader of the Seychelles National Party (SNP) and of [...]
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During his visit to Nairobi on January 20, the French [...]
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A member of the central committee of the Tigray People's [...]
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