The government coalition formed less than a year ago, in March 2008 by President Mwai Kibaki and his rival who became Prime Minister Raila Odinga, is already in danger. Kibaki lit the blue touch paper on 2 January when he [.
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On 16 January, four American Senators – the Democrats Russell [...]
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The dice have now rolled: the present European Union development [...]
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Over twenty requests for airline licences had been filed with [...]
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Ever since the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros controversially passed the nationality bill on 27 November 2008, the [...]
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Even though he doesn’t really believe that an early general election is likely to happen this year, former Prime Minister Paul Bérenger is nevertheless readying his party for the possibility.
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Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has decided to play for the highest of all stakes over solving the serious crisis in [...]
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The former cricketer has put his unsuccessful experience in the oil exploration sector behind him. He has now turned to the agriculture sector in Mozambique.
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After going through a bad patch, Sirama’s former CEO Zaka Rakotonirainy has just gone into the property business with some new partners.
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The French businessman Alain Moyon has several projects up his sleeve, in spite of his legal conflict with the head of Funigold, Mamimiana Rasolondraibe.
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The company owned by President Marc Ravalomanana is working on two projects for expansion by acquiring stakes in large local firms.
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The Seychelles casino magnate Vaithunasamy Ramadoss is never very far from controversy. The lottery that his company Inter Lotto organised [...]
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As well as being sidelined by President Marc Ravalomanana, Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara may also be suffering from health problems. [...]
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The government of Victoria is quietly withdrawing from the Seychelles [...]
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France played a decisive role in getting approval for the [...]
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A Lebanese businessman in his fifties, Naji El Haje, has [...]
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A small Swiss company which organises trade missions to Africa [...]
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The chief executive officer of the Mauritius subsidiary of the [...]
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The Madagascan subsidiary of the State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) [...]
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Asmara-backed Ugugumo rebels waged an attack on Ethiopia on 20 December. A little later, Ethiopia-backed RSADO rebels attacked an Eritrean military post.
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The tripartite military operation in north-eastern DRC has succeeded in destabilising the LRA, but has not eliminated this Ugandan rebel movement altogether.
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The retreat of Ethiopian troops from Somalia will fuel the power struggle between the various Islamist factions – which appeals to the strategic planners in Addis Ababa.
African countries do not all get the same treatment from the European Commission. Only seven of them will receive budgetary aid under the 10th EDF.
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Now that the EPRDF has been in power for almost two decades, its leaders have had time to accumulate wealth. We make a roundup – by no means exhaustive - of their activity.
Paris appears to be taking an interest in Djibouti for reasons that go further than merely its strategic and military value. It could become an entry point for the regional market.
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When he retired as a European Union (EU) top official two years ago and left his post as EU representative [...]
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Just two years in his post, the Eritrean Ambassador to France, Ahmed Dehli, has been recalled to Asmara. He has [...]
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The person who replaced Hyslop Ipu in the post comptroller of the State House (see p.1), Nick Gatheru Wanjohi, is [...]
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The Rockefeller Foundation’s managing director for operations in Kenya, James Karanja Nyoro, was delighted to learn in Nairobi this week [...]
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There were a few surprises in the list of donors [...]
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Ever since he abandoned his communist principles a long time [...]
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Elias Kifle, the publisher of the web site Ethiopian Review, [...]
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Two former ministers could have trouble in getting over the [...]
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As soon as Somalian President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned, another [...]
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Eritrean secret service agents arrested three youths at the end [...]
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The Australian mining company Peak Resources has decided on a [...]
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At the same time as Medef International (see p.6), Kassar [...]
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The safari company Leopard Tours is suffering very badly from [...]
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A company owned by a group of Kenyans of Somalian [...]
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The thirty young Madagascans who won a scholarship to study [...]
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