Not without a certain degree of resistance by some of the leading figures of the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete has managed to place his faithful allies in the posts of Speaker of Parliament, Prime Minister and in [.
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Burundian traders are concerned by the blocking of several thousand tonnes of their merchandise in the Tanzanian port of Dar [...]
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The Egyptian businessman Ahmed Bahjat, was given the red carpet treatment in Khartoum this week when he headed a delegation [...]
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The European Commission (EC) is to devote an envelope of 165 million euros to aid certain African countries that have [...]
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The Conseil Français des Investisseurs en Afrique (CIAN) has just published its 2006 report. It contains the results of a [...]
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A number of new diplomatic appointments have already taken effect in Mauritius. Meanwhile, Mookhesswur Choonee is still waiting his nomination [...]
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A group of MPs from the Central Province is trying to get a meeting with the President to outline its concerns.
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The head of the FCO Africa Department has looked back on the six months of British presidency of the European Union with a certain amount of humour.
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Several international donors have reduced their budgetary aid, so Kampala is having to tighten its belt and dig into its foreign currency reserves to make up for the shortfall.
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A former minister of the interior is meditating about how to restructure the Malagasy administration.
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A young officer, aged 32, has been charged with liaising with the intelligence services of the other countries in the region.
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The blooming horticulture sector in Ethiopia is not only attracting the attention of Dutch firms (ION 1162). Indian companies are [...]
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Certain stockbrokers are threatening to denounce two contracts for irregularities and favouritism awarded by KenGen ahead of its flotation on the Stock Exchange.
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The government of Maputo wants the agreement for the handing back of Cahora Bassa to be signed before the Portuguese presidential election on 22 January.
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The second mobile telephone operator wants to lobby the authorities to get clients among the State employees.
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The firm Gondwana Resources is interested in acquiring a Madagascan mining company, three of whose shareholders are already Australian.
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The stand-off between Amine Kalfane and the tax office has hardened, with the seizure of goods owned by this Comoran businessman.
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President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh made a decree last month appointing six new Djiboutian members to the board of management of [...]
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The chairman of the board of management of the Malagasy Office National du Tourisme (ONT) Henri Roger, is expected to [...]
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The promoters of a tourist project in Mayotte received a letter on 19 December from the Prefecture. It promised them [...]
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The Seychelles government is currently in the process of negotiating the sale of Union Estate to a consortium from the [...]
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The next Italian ambassador to Uganda is a highly experienced diplomat who has already held several posts in Africa. Umberto [...]
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A 71 year old British Born Kenyan has just been awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire), one of [...]
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At the head of the Ministry of Community Development, Women and Children for five years, Asha-Rose Migiro has just been [...]
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The chairperson of the black empowerment company Ayavuna Women’s Investments (Pty) will join the board of Sasol in June 2006. [...]
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The general meeting at the end of December of the [...]
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Since the beginning of this year, the Portuguese Fernando Matos [...]
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The Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) headed by Lieutenant-Colonel André D. [...]
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A Système National d’Observation de la Corruption (SNOC) is to [...]
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Thorleif Enger, the Norwegian boss of Yara International, one of [...]
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The consultancy Harson Development Consulting (Hardev) owned by Fidy Raharimanana [...]
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The Canadian company Pan African Mining (PAM) has embarked on [...]
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The Mauritius group Rogers is to send a canvassing mission [...]
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The Djibouti cabinet of ministers decided this week to create [...]
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The President of Djibouti received the credentials on 26 of [...]
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The Nation Media Group of Kenya has just designated a [...]
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While Samuel Sitta recently became the new Speaker of the [...]
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