President Marc Ravalomanana's militant Protestantism, coupled with the role the Conseil Chrétien des Eglises de Madagascar (FFKM) still plays on the Madagascan political scene, could lead the regime to evolve into a form of modern theocracy.
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The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF, Ethiopian opposition group supported by Eritrea) has no illusions about the outcome of the Ethiopian [...]
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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his wife are repeatedly stating that they have no confidence in the mayor of Addis Ababa.
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An American government report is "cautiously optimist" on the resumption of dialogue with Asmara on human rights.
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The promise to build social housing is at the heart of President Ismaël Omar Guelleh's campaign for re-election on 8 April.
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After various twists and turns, the licence for a Belgian firm to install a munitions factory in Tanzania has been suspended for three months.
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The government decision to attribute two new radio frequencies to the firm owned by Samuel Kamau Macharia has sparked off criticism.
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The Kenyan government has begun negotiations with Sumitomo Chemicals with a view to awarding this Japanese company the exclusive rights [...]
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The former Israeli ambassador to Kenya has just been named to Addis Ababa to represent his country there. Yaacov Amitai [...]
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The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia has just appointed a Commissioner of Police, General Abdi Hassa Awaleh, better known [...]
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A journalist on the Eritrean government television channel Eri-TV made [...]
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Tabor Bezabih, an official of the external relations department of [...]
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Brookside Ltd, the main dairy company in Kenya, owned by [...]
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The Swedish government has designated Bengt Sparre as its new [...]
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The Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SRRC) has a new [...]
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Nobel peace laureate and deputy minister in the Kenyan government [...]
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Ubifrance, the organisation for the promotion of French exports, is [...]
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The African Union (AU), the G8 and their partners are [...]
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The first candidates for the 2006 presidential election are beginning to make themselves known.
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Alex Erwin, the Minister for Public Enterprises, had harsh words to say about South African companies during a lunch with [...]
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After staking on desalination, the government has decided to build a dam.
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A company owned by a Reunionese and operating in Moroni for some years has carried off two contracts in the re-awakening construction market in the Comoros.
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Two groups have made offers to manage the railway line Fianarantsoa côte Est and Société de batelage de Manakara.
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The Deputy Prime Minister finally won his case on the points of disagreement which caused him to leave the government.
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The travel agency Cap Atlantis and the small French charter company Blue Line have joined forces to provide direct flights [...]
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Six foreign companies have been pre-selected by Airport Mautirius Ltd (AML) to design and monitor the work to extend Plaisance [...]
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Robert Slavik, the CEO of the mining company Savoy Resources Corporation, is to leave his functions next month to concentrate [...]
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This week the advertising agency Ogilvy South Africa promoted a black woman, Nunu Ntshingila, to the rank of CEO. Ntshingila [...]
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The banking group Absa has taken on a new consultant in black economic empowerment, relations with the government and corporate [...]
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The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has just called the government of the Union of the Comoros [...]
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President Marc Ravalomanana of Madagascar will go on an official visit to Reunion Island on 14 and 15 April. He [...]
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The Madagascan Minister of Foreign Affairs went on an official visit to India last week. On this occasion, Marcel Ranjeva [...]
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The President of the African Union (AU), Alpha Oumar Konare, is preoccupied by the new risk of deadlock of the [...]
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The Mauritius ambassador to Madagascar Shailendra K.S Dusowoth will no [...]
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President Marc Ravalomanana is to go on an official visit [...]
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The Tiko group, owned by President Marc Ravalomanana, has strengthened [...]
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The Reunion Island company Ouest Concassage, specialised in manufacturing various [...]
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The Seychelles Bankers Association (SBA) has a new chairman for [...]
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The director of the Seychelles firm Electronic 2000, Charlie NG [...]
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The International Development Association (IDA, part of the World Bank) [...]
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