The ‘Big Island’ has not yet become the new Eldorado for international mining and oil companies that the Malagasy authorities had hoped. Nevertheless, the attractiveness of Malagasy exploration permits is confirmed by the arrival of newcomers.
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The secretary general of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), Abdou Diouf, dispatched a "fact-finding and support mission to [...]
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The European Commissioner for fisheries, Joe Borg, and the Minister for Rural Development, Fishing and Maritime Affairs of the Comoros, [...]
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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is among the Heads of State invited to the France-Africa summit in Bamako on 2 [...]
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Alan Boesak, 60, a mixed race priest and veteran of the fight against apartheid who had fallen into disgrace after [...]
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A new incident has taken place in the North of the country, after the death near Obock in March 2005 [...]
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After doing everything possible to dissuade Ethiopian opponents from demonstrating in the United States, Donald Yamamoto went on a mission to Addis Ababa.
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President Museveni counts on a group of four officers for protection against threats against him and to bring the opposition to heel.
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By meeting former President Daniel arap Moi this week, Mwai Kibaki wants to appeal to the Kalenjins ahead of the 2007 general election.
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President Marc Ravalomanana wants his government to be united. Meanwhile, some of his allies are acting on their own in the wings.
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The World Bank is about to attribute a credit of $213 million to the new administration of South Sudan in [...]
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The children of the historical leaders of the ANC have not all succeeded in business.
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A former provincial Zanu-PF official had his company licence withdrawn the very same day as President Robert Mugabe attacked him in a public meeting.
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The Tanzania Green Co is a discreet firm with ties to the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM, governmental) which is starting to get noticed.
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The contract signed by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) with an American firm for the security of the Somalian coast has got off to a bad start.
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The husband of Vice President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka hasn't stopped collecting black empowerment deals since he left the magistracy for the private sector.
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The new holiday village to be built by Club Méditerranée (Club Med) at Albion (Mauritius) before 2007 will be a [...]
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Two years after it was created, the Somalia Financial Services Association (SFSA) has a mixed record. While it has succeeded [...]
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According to information The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained in Maputo, a group of journalists is to create a new [...]
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The Portuguese group Visabeira is planning to invest $30 million over several years in partnership with a South African company [...]
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This week the Dutch diplomat Alphons Hennekens was in Djibouti where he presented his credentials to President Ismaël Omar Guelleh. [...]
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The regional director of Somalia programmes of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Hugh Fenton based in Nairobi is to hold [...]
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President Marc Ravalomanana has just appointed his military chief of staff, Lieutenant General Charles Rabemananjara, to the post of Minister [...]
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The mayor of Kampala is the new president of the Democratic Party (DP) and will be one of President Yoweri [...]
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It is taking longer than originally planned to set up [...]
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The World Food Programme (WFP) is looking into alternative ways [...]
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The London based Eastern Africa Association (EAA) consisting of firms [...]
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The personnel of the United States embassy in Khartoum didn’t [...]
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The final phase in the battle to take control of [...]
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The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) head of external relations for [...]
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The arrest by the presidential security services of Yvon Randrianoavay [...]
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The Kenyan Magadi Soda Company (MSC) has just changed hands, [...]
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From 1 July 2006, a woman, Dominique Ving, will take [...]
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The French firm Navcontrol, based at Antibes on the south [...]
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While NEPC India is planning to deploy its technology for [...]
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The Spanish company Castells, specialised in the research and production [...]
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The Malagasy ambassador to Japan has just presented his credentials [...]
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A general has just been appointed chairman of the board [...]
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The outgoing chairman of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France [...]
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The British ambassador to Mauritius, Anthony Godson, has just been [...]
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Halliburton Pipeline and Process Services has just designated an operation [...]
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