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Spotlight | Indian ocean
A Morose Anniversary for the IOC

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. [...]

Published on 17/10/2003 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Africa
PARIS HEADS IOC

Through its overseas territory of Reunion Island, Paris wangles in as current (revolving) chairman of the Indian Ocean Commission at [...]

Subscribers only 18.04.1998

Spotlight | Africa
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

Undermined by intrinsic limits (weak trade between member states and chronic instability in some of these) and facing competition from a regional body (Indian Ocean Rim), the Indian Ocean Commission (which consists of Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, The Seychelles, plus [.

Subscribers only 04.01.1997

The Indian ocean islands
STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

In the framework of the Franco-African meeting in Paris on January 25 which brought together the delegates of thirty-four African [...]

Subscribers only 03.02.1996

European Union, The Indian ocean islands
FINANCING PRIDE

The European Union has allocated ECU 9.3 million (just over US$12 million) to the Programme Régional Intégré de Développement des [...]

Subscribers only 15.07.1995

France, The Indian ocean islands
DOING THEIR HOMEWORK

The Banque Nationale de Paris Intercontinentale annual report, presented to shareholders on May 22, says 1994 figures were acceptable. The [...]

Subscribers only 27.05.1995

The Indian ocean islands
SEVERE JUDGEMENT BY A GAULLIST

Originally expected to preside the dinner organized in Paris on April 28 by Rassemblement de l'Océan Indien pour la Victoire [...]

Subscribers only 06.05.1995

France, The Indian ocean islands
THREE FAC CREDIT LINES

The management committee of France's Fonds d'Aide et de Coopération (FAC), part of the cooperation ministry, has approved finance packages [...]

Subscribers only 24.12.1994

Spotlight | Reunion island
BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

The trip to sunny Reunion Island and Mayotte by French prime minister Edouard Balladur and three members of his government on November 24 to 26 is one more instalment in the increasingly rasping face-off between the prime minister and the [.

Subscribers only 26.11.1994

Comoros islands
FOR AIR COMORES, RIEN NE VA PLUS

A handwritten letter dated September 6 from C. Lauvernier, the special representative in Moroni of the Bureau Veritas Indian Ocean [...]

Subscribers only 17.09.1994

France, The Indian ocean islands
BNP-I RESULTS FOR 1993

Financial results for Year 1993 of Banque Nationale de Paris Intercontinentale and its subsidiaries in the Indian Ocean region bring [...]

Subscribers only 27.08.1994

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

In an urgent bid to fend off the competition from Indonesia and Uganda and from substitute products, vanilla exporting countries of the Indian Ocean region have become embroiled in a fierce price-cutting war which has resulted in sale prices well [.

Subscribers only 02.04.1994

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

As Omnium Nord Africain (ONA), the industrial group linked with Morocco's royal family and already in partnership with the French cooperative Pêcheurs de France, gets ready to buy 50 percent of Pêche et Froid, a shipowner with tunny boats and [.

Subscribers only 16.10.1993

Spotlight | Southern Africa, The Indian ocean islands
INDIAN OCEAN: A NEW REGIONAL DEAL

The predictable extension of trade relations between members of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and their neighbours in southern Africa, in particular with the Republic of South Africa, is expected to modify the whole panorama of regional cooperation.

Subscribers only 30.05.1992

Africa, France
FRENCH LET SLIP VIEW OF INDIAN OCEAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES

The French overseas aid (cooperation) ministry recently issued a paper detailing the economic and financial situation in 1990, and the [...]

Subscribers only 23.05.1992

Africa, France
FRENCH EFFORTS TO CASH IN ON REGIONAL SHIFTS

The French External Trade Centre (CFCE), the regional external trade office of Reunion Island, and economic expansion posts in Madagascar, [...]

Subscribers only 28.03.1992

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PARIS HEADS IOC

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CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

The Indian ocean islands
STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

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FINANCING PRIDE

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DOING THEIR HOMEWORK

The Indian ocean islands
SEVERE JUDGEMENT BY A GAULLIST

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THREE FAC CREDIT LINES

Spotlight | Reunion island
BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

Comoros islands
FOR AIR COMORES, RIEN NE VA PLUS

France, The Indian ocean islands
BNP-I RESULTS FOR 1993

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

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INDIAN OCEAN: A NEW REGIONAL DEAL

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FRENCH LET SLIP VIEW OF INDIAN OCEAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES

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The Indian ocean islands STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

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The Indian ocean islands SEVERE JUDGEMENT BY A GAULLIST

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Spotlight | Reunion island BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

Comoros islands FOR AIR COMORES, RIEN NE VA PLUS

France, The Indian ocean islands BNP-I RESULTS FOR 1993

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

Spotlight | Southern Africa, The Indian ocean islands INDIAN OCEAN: A NEW REGIONAL DEAL

Africa, France FRENCH LET SLIP VIEW OF INDIAN OCEAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Spotlight | Indian ocean
A Morose Anniversary for the IOC

Africa
PARIS HEADS IOC

Spotlight | Africa
CRITICAL IOC BALANCE SHEET

The Indian ocean islands
STATE OF REGIONAL COOPERATION

European Union, The Indian ocean islands
FINANCING PRIDE

France, The Indian ocean islands
DOING THEIR HOMEWORK

The Indian ocean islands
SEVERE JUDGEMENT BY A GAULLIST

France, The Indian ocean islands
THREE FAC CREDIT LINES

Spotlight | Reunion island
BALLADUR'S TRAVELS

Comoros islands
FOR AIR COMORES, RIEN NE VA PLUS

France, The Indian ocean islands
BNP-I RESULTS FOR 1993

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
BITTER-SWEET VANILLA

Spotlight | The Indian ocean islands
FISHERIES SHOW SIGNS OF MOVEMENT

Spotlight | Southern Africa, The Indian ocean islands
INDIAN OCEAN: A NEW REGIONAL DEAL

Africa, France
FRENCH LET SLIP VIEW OF INDIAN OCEAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Africa, France
FRENCH EFFORTS TO CASH IN ON REGIONAL SHIFTS