Next year's general election is already focussing the attention of the government and the opposition in Ethiopia.
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Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of Renamo (opposition), has just appealed to his ?friend and sister?, Maria de Jesus Barroso Soares, [...]
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The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) is considering invoking a ?cessation clause? with respect to Rwandan refugees present [...]
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UbiFrance, the French agency for the international development of businesses, is organising a seminar on trade prospects in Sudan.
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After sending Ugandan servicemen to the rescue of President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and [...]
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A recent report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia outlines the arms networks of Somalian Islamic fundamentalists.
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The President of the Union has put the finishing touches to the setting up of institutions by promulgating a law on the competency of the constitutional court.
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The independent anti-corruption bureau is to be housed in the premises of the former DGIDE, under the protection of the Central Intelligence Service.
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The leader of the Seychelles opposition has visited Brussels to meet Belgian businessmen willing to support his party.
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Just when a new mobile telephone operator, Bashair Telecom (a consortium of Sudanese and Yemeni investors) is about to begin [...]
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The company Thales has asked the South African courts to withdraw its name from the indictment against Schabir Shaik, whose trial for corruption begins on 11 October.
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Andile Ngcaba's career path is yet another example of former government top officials switching to the business world.
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Kampala needs $20 million to replace the radar coverage of Entebbe airport before the end of 2006, as obliged by the ICAO.
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A recent report by United Nations experts takes stock of the very lucrative activities of Somalian warlords and businessmen.
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Harare is resisting calls from local entrepreneurs to block imports from China because of Chinese support during the struggle against the colonial regime.
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Samuel Kamau Macharia, owner of the radio and television channel Citizen, is preparing to launch a new weekly magazine in [...]
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The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is financing the visit to the USA of a dozen officials of [...]
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The Norwegian company Det Norske Oljeselskap (DNO) has not been lucky with the two oil prospecting drillings it has carried [...]
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The Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) is about to hire a consultant to support it in drawing up the [...]
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Emmanuelle d'Achon, nee Michelin, has just been appointed ambassador to Tanzania, where she will replace Jean-François Lionnet. She is currently [...]
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After having had all of his career at the head of BP Southern Africa, Frederick Phaswana has just been appointed chairman of the board of Transnet.
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The chairman and CEO of Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) will leave his functions on 15 October to become chief executive [...]
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Former chairman and CEO of Air Mauritius, Vinod Chidambaram, is to take up the post of Vice President of the [...]
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American companies have until 14 September to come forward as [...]
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UbiFrance, the French agency for the international development of businesses, [...]
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The World Bank, in agreement with the Malagasy government, is [...]
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The head of the palace guards unit of the Prime [...]
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The prospect of a presidential election, scheduled for the second [...]
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Following the publication on 31 July of an article entitled [...]
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President Marc Ravalomanana was easily re-elected, on 27 August, vice [...]
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The shareholders of the Société djiboutienne pour la promotion du [...]
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The Eritrean government has signed a contract worth $300,000 a [...]
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The Indian electricity transmission company PowerGrid Corporation has just carried [...]
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General of the Air Brigade Michel Arrault took up his [...]
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The new chairman of the board of administration of South [...]
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The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has a new chairman [...]
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