Undermined by intrinsic limits (weak trade between member states and chronic instability in some of these) and facing competition from a regional body (Indian Ocean Rim), the Indian Ocean Commission (which consists of Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, The Seychelles, plus [.
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The prefect of the French overseas territory of Mayotte Island, Philippe Boisadam, has been given a new cabinet director, François [...]
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The election of Salim Djabir as chairman of the Comoros Islands federal assembly on December 26 (see Taki takes the [...]
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The man whom Ugandan anti-government rebels named to head their united opposition group in November (see Rebellion gets its act [...]
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The new CEO of Zimbabwe's Export Processing Zones Authority is Walter Chidakwa, aged 34. He studied in Bulgaria and graduated [...]
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One year after its landslide victory (60 MPs to zero) in the December 20 1995 election (ION N° 699), the [...]
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Five Belgian tourists (four women and a man) from Louvain and their Eritrean driver were ambushed and murdered on December [...]
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Several rebel movements opposing the regime of head of state Yoweri Museveni met in Juba, southern Sudan, in mid-November under [...]
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A four-page Amharic-language communique issued last month has revealed the formation of a brand-new opposition movement. Benishangul People's Democratic Movement [...]
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President Benjamin Mkapa has accepted at the end of december [...]
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Mozambican foreign minister Leonardo Simao confirmed this week that his [...]
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Head of state Mohamed Taki Abdul Karim completed his official [...]
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According to the Somali newspaper Mogadishu Times of December 29, [...]
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The education ministry's permanent secretary Simeon Lesrima recently announced the [...]
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In his New Year message, Mozambican head of state Joaquim [...]
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A conflict of interest has shown up between Mozambican enterprises in Beira and Nampula over the proposed construction of a [...]
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Djibouti is expected in coming months to light the fuse on several major economic shake-ups which it has long promised [...]
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Reunion Island magistrate judge Niel is expected in Paris early this year with a rogatory commission to continue investigations at [...]
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State-owned utility Eau et Electricité des Comores (EEDC) has got a new collective management following the firing of general manager [...]
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Six companies were shortlisted last month in the project to take up 75 percent of the Tanzanian government holding in [...]
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Parastatal Caisse Française de Développement (CFD) decided at end-December to [...]
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The general manager of Zimbabwe Sugar Sales announced in Harare [...]
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Portugal's Petrogal backed the right horse in joining the consortium [...]
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The London office of Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority, [...]
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The international trade show in Khartoum in January 1996, the [...]
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Details have now been published for operations of the Tanzania [...]
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During his mid-November visit to London, head of state Benjamin [...]
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