The political renaissance of the African continent will not be coming from leaders of former national liberation movements
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A lot of ideas are being floated to pull Madagascar out of political crisis, including that of establishing a transitional government between supporters of the two camps.
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Addis Ababa is addressing conflicting signals to Ethiopians living abroad. One hand says, come back to invest, while the other picks their pockets through taxes.
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The only person to have declared his candidacy so far, the outgoing president is already ahead in the race for the initial presidential (s)election of March 10.
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In spite of increasing pressure, a number of whites are openly members or sympathizers of the country's opposition. Among them [...]
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Ten days after the implementation of a (purported) national union transition government (GUNT) under caretaker Prime Minister Hamada Madi "Bolero", [...]
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Following a wave of political arrests in Eritrea in September 2001, the United States has modified its relations with Asmara. [...]
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Rejected by 60% of the electorate (and possibly more) on December 16, President Ratsiraka sees his name decried by hundreds of thousands of demonstrators every day.
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Daniel arap Moi having raised his voice against London, Tony Blair has decided to meet the Kenyan head of state in his Nairobi palace.
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So far, the negotiations to make the opposition agree to a second round with President Didier Ratsiraka seem unproductive.
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Drawn up for the U.S. Congress, a report on Africa and the anti-terrorist fight presents the five options that the United States could undertake in Somalia.
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Career diplomats are involved in an intense lobbying campaign in Kampala's parliament to secure the ambassadorial posts that are to be decided by President Museveni.
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After emerging victorious in a contract to fight corruption in Kenya, a British firm has decided to create a security company.
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Back in the game are the promoters of the gargantuan Solomon Pipelines project to build two aqueducts from the Congo river north and south to the middle east and to southern Africa.
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When the Petroleum Supplies Act becomes operational, the new oil distribution companies wishing to operate in Uganda will have to [...]
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A top-level Tanzanian delegation is to travel to the United States to try to convince the country's main jewelers to proceed with sales of tanzanite.
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With World Duty Free Mauritius bringing its operations to a halt in early March, a state company is to be created to manage the island's duty-free stores.
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In order to obtain more international aid, NGOs in Kenya are to put aside the defense of human rights in favor of the fight against corruption, currently more in fashion.
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With a large debt to Petronas, its official supplier in petroleum products, the archipelago is seeking new resources in Kuwait.
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An affiliate of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation [...]
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America's trade representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is [...]
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The French foreign ministry's deputy director in charge of central and eastern Africa is to be named ambassador to Eritrea. [...]
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Ousted from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the hard core of the ruling EPRDF, the former general secretary of [...]
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The recent death of Césaire Rabenoro ought to propel the current vice-president to the helm of the Académie Malgache des [...]
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The lawyer and former minister in the government of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) was elected president of the [...]
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During the coming month of February, Britain's secretary of state for international development will be visiting the Democratic Republic of [...]
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The diplomat from the American embassy to Kenya in charge [...]
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Over the next few months, Kenya's national airline will be [...]
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The Mauritius Telecom firm, which France Telecom participates in, has [...]
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The Aveng company has won the lion's share of the [...]
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The Navision South Africa computer company has put DCDM Consulting [...]
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