Unless he takes the responsibility of plunging his country into the chaos of government by force, President Mwai Kibaki, who was hastily inaugurated for a second mandate on 30 December, will sooner or later have to accept to negotiate with [.
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A battle is raging between Mwai Kibaki’s governing coalition, the [...]
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The director of the World Bank for Kenya (and several [...]
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"Corruption remains a serious problem in Uganda". It was in [...]
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The arbitration tribunal of the United Nations Commission on International [...]
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Until now, the national working committee (NWC) of the African [...]
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Ephraim Isaac, a Falasha (Jewish Ethiopian) living in the United States who has already acted as a mediator (ION 1204) [...]
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Museveni has charged loyalist officers to control this region in the centre of the country. He is concerned about subversive activity linked to the land reform legislation.
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For the first time in its fifteen years of existence, the opposition has voted for the 2008 budget put before Parliament by the Finance Minister Danny Faure.
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The President is again talking about taking action against Anjouan. But his troops are not yet ready.
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William Gumede is lucky with his timing. Zed Books (London and New York) has just published the updated version of his book “Thabo Mbeki and the struggle for the soul of the ANC”, which originally appeared in South Africa in 2005.
Now that he has been elected mayor of the capital, Andry TGV has to constitute a team able to meet the inhabitants' expectations. A hard task is in store for him.
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The lawyers acting for the French-Comoros citizen Shamir Kamoula, currently in prison in Moroni following a legal conflict with BIC (subsidiary BNP-Paribas), have inundated the French authorities with protest letters.
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The recent cut in the import duty on oil products has even further increased the profit margins of the oil [...]
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The government should finally bring before Parliament a bill at the end of January to deregulate the electricity generation and distribution sector.
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After waiting for many months, Rajah Ramdaursingh is finally to be made chairman of the State Bank of Mauritius with the benediction of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam.
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The post-election political agitation will aggravate the problems of Kenya Airways. Its profits for the first half of 2007 had already been well down.
Three candidates are in the race to succeed Simon Rakotondrahova at the head of the Antananarivo Chambre de Commerce & d’Industrie. Verdict on 15 January.
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The government has promised to ensure that hotels allow the public to have access to the beaches. This issue has poisoned its relations with the hotel industry.
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Two recent accidents on Air Seychelles Boeing 767s have put the company into unforeseen financial difficulties.
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The Malagasy Ambassador to Paris, Jean-Pierre Razafy-Andriamihaingo has been posted to Rome and will be replaced in France by one [...]
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Up to now the legal advisor to the Canadian mining company IBI Corp (gold and uranium prospecting), the lawyer Elly [...]
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Tired of the slow progress in the Darfur situation and, it would appear, not holding the same position as the [...]
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The Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (CCSA) re-elected its outgoing chairman Eyesuswork Zafu for a two year mandate on [...]
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The governor of the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has been keeping a low profile for the last few weeks. It [...]
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The Honorary General Consul of Mozambique in Pakistan is to lead a Pakistani trade mission to Maputo in February. Khalid [...]
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The general manager of the communication company Toowell was very [...]
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The dismissal by President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on 16 December [...]
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Tension is at an all-time high between the chief of [...]
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The Ethiopian Prime Minister would appear to want to renew [...]
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A report dated 20 December 2007 intended for members of [...]
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The High Court of Dar es-Salaam issued an injunction on [...]
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The Deputy Commissioner for Ethiopian prisons, Wedi Shambel, is a [...]
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The former President of Kenya made the wrong choice in [...]
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The American Administration has just published the 2008 rates for [...]
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(Madagascar) The French firm Technofrance, founded in 1987 and specialised [...]
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A new company was created in St Denis on Reunion [...]
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(Sudan) After the Maghreb, Egypt and Senegal, the Spanish property [...]
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(Madagascar) Nirilalaina Andriamiharisoa has created a German-Madagascan company to produce [...]
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(Ethiopia) A new bank will see the light of day [...]
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(Reunion island) On 7 January, the agreement signed three months [...]
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(Ethiopia) The Norwegian company Yara International, one of the world’s [...]
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(Djibouti) The chairman of Yemenia (Yemen Airways), Abdul-Khaliq al-Qadi, signed [...]
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(Comoros) The unsuccessful candidate for the acquisition of the Galawa [...]
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(Mozambique) This Southern African country will soon have two new [...]
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