President Yoweri Museveni is preparing to call a constitutional referendum in 2004 to obtain the right for a third consecutive mandate
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The Israeli minister of foreign affairs, Silvan Shalom, is set to go to Addis Ababa soon to meet with members [...]
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Concurring information indicates that military preparations are taking place on the Ethiopian side for the possibility of another armed conflict [...]
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The Chinese minister of foreign affairs, Li Zhaoxing, is set to tour several African countries next week. He plans to [...]
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Negative reactions are starting to surface in Ethiopia over the growing influence of Wahabism, a strict Islamist doctrine inspired by [...]
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Negotiations between Khartoum and the SPLA have entered the final phase, but are again coming up against stumbling blocks.
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The victory of its candidate during a legislative by-election gave energy to the anesthetized opposition.
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An incident involving two members of the presidential security team in Fianarantsoa has presented a strange mix of all kinds.
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An agreement on the management of customs, the transitional budget, the future legislative elections, and various security provisions was approved in Moroni last week.
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A new daily newspaper, called Le National, will be launched in January 2004 by Naina Andriantsitohaina, the chairman of NIAG [...]
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The company OGMA-Industria Aeronautica de Portugal (state conglomerate of the Portuguese military) decided to declare bankruptcy of its affiliate Industria [...]
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The South African government has just issued a request for intervention to companies interested in supplying container scanners for ports, [...]
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Several companies are interested in the privatization of 70% of the capital of the Uganda Dairy Corporation Ltd (UDC), and [...]
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The Tanzanian government decided to move from December 22, 2003 to January 14, 2004 the session to open bids from [...]
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While it praises the efforts of the Sudanese government, the IMF is questioning Khartoum's inability to reduce its foreign debt.
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The Zimbabwean authorities threw themselves into a new wrestling match with the head of Econet Wireless and the Daily News.
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The Kenyan government is undertaking significant infrastructure work in President Mwai Kibaki's native region and its surroundings.
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A North Korean firm offered to construct a building in Kampala for the Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Movement.
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Two groups specializing in registering offshore firms and de-taxation are at war over getting their hands on the Anjouan label.
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The Mauritian prime minister, Paul Bérenger, completed a minor ministerial reorganization last week, in which the most significant change was [...]
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The wife of Petros Solomon, the former Eirtean minister of foreign affairs held in secret for two years with his [...]
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The head of the company APB Consulting returned to Antananarivo in mid-December after a trip to Washington intended to prepare [...]
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The Kenyan government this week opened a consulate in Hong Kong and Macau (China). During a ceremony on December 30 [...]
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The mission that the Mouvement des entreprises de France (Medef-International) [...]
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The Eastern Africa Association (EAA), an employers' organization based in [...]
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The International Development Association (IDA, World Bank branch) plans to [...]
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The company Kallman Worldwide, directed by Tom Kallman and based [...]
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To wrap up negotiations with the Mozambican government over starting [...]
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The Agence française du développement (AFD) used strongman tactics to [...]
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The Canadian company Barrick Gold Corp. this week signed a [...]
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The European Union's trade commissioner is set to visit Mauritius [...]
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The African Microfinance Network (Afmin), which is headquartered in Abidjan [...]
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A new Eritrean diplomat has defected. Abdella Mohamed Ali, the [...]
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Beginning February 1, 2004, the South African Sunday Times will [...]
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The Zimbabwean government last week named the first two provincial [...]
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The draft bill foreseeing the creation and regulation of complementary [...]
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The general prosecutor of Mozambique, Joaquim Madeira, named a new [...]
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