The privatization of twenty State enterprises and the restructuring of five big parastatals are at the centre of the Kenyan reform programme for the next two years. From a political point of view however, this is a highly sensitive matter, [.
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A former chargé d'affaires at the United States embassy in Djibuti (1977 to 1980) who has since held posts elsewhere [...]
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A grand shir (gathering) was attended by about 300 people (elders, customary chiefs, academics, politicians and soldiers), throughout the month [...]
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Fighting broke out in Kismayo in the night of 21 to 22 February between troops from the Somali National Front [...]
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The Secretary General of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros Ghali has appointed Lansana Kouyate as deputy special envoy to Somalia. [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the Banque de Djibouti et du Moyen Orient S.A. (Bedemo) is [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, four Somali Islamic organizations held a meeting on February 14 in [...]
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The French authorities appointed a new ambassador to Ethiopia on February 17. Louis Amigues is Deputy Inspector General at the [...]
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Just as expected (ION N°563), the prefect of the French overseas territory, Mayotte, Jean-Paul Coste, has been replaced before the [...]
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The report by the Tanzanian parliamentary commission on the membership of Zanzibar to the Islamic Conference Organisation (ICO) and that [...]
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East Africa Association (EAA) is holding a foreign investment promotion in Uganda conference in London on May 25 (for information [...]
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Tanzania signed aid agreements totalling 1.26 billion dollars with donors that was to be disbursed for use, theoretically, during the [...]
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Serious efforts have been made in the past few weeks to revive the Sudanese peace talks. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni [...]
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Government daily mouthpiece, La Nation reported on February 18, that [...]
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An official 49-page report on the state of Italian cooperation, [...]
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Bedemo is not the only financial institution in a tight [...]
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The Dutch minister for Cooperation and Development, Jan Pronk is [...]
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US General Thomas Montgomery is to serve as deputy to [...]
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Elf Sanofi's sale of Comoros Islands-based Bambao S.A.'s assets is at the centre of discussions that have yet to be [...]
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Leading European and French hotel chain, Accor has its sights set on Mozambique. An executive from the company who spent [...]
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The World Bank continues to pass the economic and social future of South Africa with a fine toothed comb. A [...]
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The second constitutional commission in the Seychelles that started its work in January, has been temporarily replaced in recent weeks [...]
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After a ten day visit to South Africa, from February 15 to 24, the roving ambassador in charge of foreign [...]
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The Italian authorities announced last week that they were taking official steps with the United Nations to be given "an [...]
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While the UN special envoy to Mozambique, Italian Aldo Ajello has suggested that given the delay in deploying UN forces [...]
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Société Comorienne de Navigation recently sold Bourbonnais, a 620-tonne coaster [...]
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A 3.7 million-dollar credit has been approved by the International [...]
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The principal recommendations made by the World Bank, on the [...]
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Director of Catinat Consult, has had the president of Transamerican [...]
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The Italian finance minister, Giovanni Goria, resigned last week from [...]
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The executive committee of the African National Congress (ANC) agreed [...]
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The director general of the Banque Nationale pour le Développement [...]
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