The increase in the price of oil and concern for the environment have opened the market for biofuels in western countries, hence pushing companies to look to Africa for somewhere to produce the raw materials needed for this new energy [.
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The future economic partnership agreements (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and the group of Eastern and Southern African countries [...]
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The Kenyan Minister of Trade and Industry, Mukhisa Kituyi, will be in Paris on 18 October accompanied by an official [...]
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The firm Tiko Air owned by President Marc Ravalomanana will finally be able to take delivery of the ATR 42 [...]
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The government of the Seychelles has raised $200 million in treasury bonds. They were purchased by a banking syndicate and [...]
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Hassan Abdulah Hersi al-Turki, one of the leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, interviewed by the Somalian [...]
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With the leaders of the CUDP still in prison in Addis Ababa, the executive in exile of this organisation is beginning to fall apart.
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After being thoroughly beaten by the police, several opposition leaders are now being indicted for illegal assembly.
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Whereas his partisans have created a party tailor-made for him, President Kibaki must also take into account some of his ministers who have concocted the launch of a third force.
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The President of the Union of the Comoros has warned the Presidents of the autonomous islands against letting their power get out of control.
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The current Ambassador of Madagascar to Russia, Alphonse Eloi Dovo, believes in being prepared and is readying to go into [...]
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Four foreign companies in quick succession filed requests for licences at the end of September to generate and sell electricity.
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An Australian company new to Africa has taken the majority stake in the exploration licences in the Lupa gold-bearing field.
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The Kenya Association of Manufacturers is to sponsor the launch of a new employers’ association gathering members from the whole export field.
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The majority shareholder in the firm Kudumba is a a naturalised Belgian from Lebanon and a member of a family that is very active in southern and central Africa.
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Barclays is preparing to stand up to the competition that the Standard Bank will bring it.
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Barclays Bank of Mauritius is to send a large delegation to England at the end of November to try to [...]
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A new insurance broker is about to begin operating in Antananarivo: the firm Albatros Courtage Madagascar, created in mid August, [...]
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A new economic publication is soon to be launched in Maputo, entitled Investir. It will be published by a company [...]
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Coleus Packaging, the only company to manufacture metal caps for bottles in South Africa, has just formed a joint venture [...]
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The present Italian Consul in Romania is about to take over from the Ambassador in Tanzania, Marcello Griccioli. He will [...]
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His country’s Ambassador to Yemen since 2003, Yuichi Ishii is about to take charge of the Japanese embassy to Sudan. [...]
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Martinez Tagliavia will shortly leave the protocol service of the Italian ministry for foreign affairs in Rome to take the [...]
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The former chairwoman of the firm Synergie Communications in Madagascar, who has joined in the race to be her country’s [...]
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The European Union (EU) is to grant the Malagasy national [...]
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The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has inked [...]
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A new Unicef representative for Madagascar, Mauritius and the Comoros [...]
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Mr Andrianjato, a journalist on Radio Nationale Malgache (RNM), has [...]
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The Spanish Minister for Health, Elena Salgado is not only [...]
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Ségolène Royal, the best placed Parti Socialiste candidate for investiture [...]
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The Ethiopian Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebels recently got themselves [...]
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The Californian company Cimbix Corporation presided by Robert Rosner has [...]
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The Kenyan authorities have approved the changes in ownership within [...]
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Strive Masiyiwa’s company Econet Wiereless (EW) is not out of [...]
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The present Ambassador of Mozambique to Ethiopia and his country’s [...]
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A new head of the French economic mission in Khartoum [...]
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The board of the Maritime and Transit Services Enterprise (MTSE) [...]
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A new Ambassador of the Philippines has just been appointed [...]
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