A truly hegemonic party - it has a majority in the National Assembly, among the country's mayors and tomorrow in the regional assemblies and the Senate - the Tiako i Madagasikara (TIM) is a ragbag of former managers from the [.
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The Mozambican government party Frelimo has just created a commercial [...]
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The Israeli authorities are starting to get worried about the [...]
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While the chairman of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), Maina Kiai (ION 1232) has attracted the attention [...]
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While Lucy Kibaki is once again acting like the Queen Mother of the State House, her rival Ida Odinga can already see herself as First Lady.
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The deputy chairman of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has written to the security services asking them to clamp down on the competing Islamic organisations.
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Certain ANC leaders are still hoping that Zuma will not be able to run for president if he is found guilty in a new trial for corruption.
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After three months of private meetings, the dialogue between President James Michel and the opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan is deadlocked.
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Since President Mohamed Bacar rejected a final attempt at diplomatic mediation this week, the way is open for military intervention on Anjouan.
Thierry Scoe has gone back to his first love. He is a Reunionese but for many years has been active [...]
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The former head of Celtel Madagascar has found choice partners in Maputo to launch a financial advisory consultancy.
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Four Chinese firms have bid for the work to extend the water distribution network in several towns in the country. Two of them have won contracts.
The IRS projects, the country’s main source of foreign exchange over the next five years, will be handicapped by the limit on the number of pleasure boat licences.
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After acquiring several companies and undergoing a spectacular expansion, British American Investment could now have the support of a strategic partner.
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The former minister in the South Africa regional government of Mpumalanga has gone into renewable energy in southern Africa.
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The political conflict has moved into economic warfare. The insurance company owned by Raila Odinga’s number two is being ostracised by Mwai Kibaki’s partisans.
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SN Power having pulled out, another Norwegian firm has taken over the project to build the Bugoye hydro-electric power station with support from the IFC and Norfund.
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The son of the late President of Mozambique, Samora Machel and of Graca Machel now remarried to former South African [...]
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Now back from Washington where she had been South African Ambassador for four years (June 2003 - August 2007), Barbara [...]
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The post of Japanese representative in Antananarivo will be Tetsuro Kawaguchi’s first as Ambassador. It will probably also be his [...]
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The Grandmaster of the Grande Loge de Maurice (GLM), created three years ago with the blessing of the Grande Loge [...]
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The Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsing, who is recovering from surgery carried out in India, may not regain his post [...]
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During President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to South Africa, his Secretary of State for Cooperation, Jean Marie Bockel signed cooperation agreements [...]
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The Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA), the Ethiopian-backed Eritrean opposition, is [...]
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Finote Radio (opposition) and Ethiopian opposition web sites are using [...]
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The chairman of the Reunion Island regional council, Paul Vergès, [...]
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The interim CEO of the Ethiopian Postal Service (EPS), the [...]
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The ex-Institut Royal des Relations Internationales (IRRI) renamed Egmont, a [...]
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A doctor at the Armed Forces Hospital was manhandled and [...]
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The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) finally managed to get [...]
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The Ugandan police ordered the 130 radio stations in the [...]
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( ) Since mid-February the Australian businessman Robert Nelson has [...]
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The firms Delta Trading & Cia and Edgeworth joined forces [...]
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The British company of chartered accountants which has just embarked [...]
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( ) The merchant bank which already owns 60% of [...]
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( ) The manager of MTI Holding Consortium, a company [...]
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( ) A new company specialising in commercial logistics and [...]
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The husband of Sarah Radavidra née Ravalomanana, the Madagascan President's [...]
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( ) The Indian company which won the call for [...]
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After Swiss Financial Investments, which has just created a bank [...]
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( ) This French company specialised in electronic document management [...]
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