During the five-year congress of the African National Congress (ANC) in Stellenbosch in December, the country's president will try to strengthen his grisp over the ruling party
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Ever since his eldest son again made headlines in the local press (ION 1012), tension and division have been reigning [...]
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A group of KANU defectors is to join the opposition before Uhuru Kenyatta can be appointed as the ruling party's presidential candidate.
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International donors nary blinked when they were informed of the firing of their interlocutor, Madagascar's finance minister.
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The nomination of the CIO's director general as ambassador has launched the race to succeed him at the head of Zimbabwe's secret services.
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During his recent official visit to Paris, Djibouti's president had a malaise and had to be briefly examined at a military hospital.
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On October 7, the Banque centrale des Comores (BCC) gave its agreement in principle for the creation of a second [...]
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In the knowledge that he will not be able to reach his objectives in the matter of inflation, the finance minister wants to change the rules for evaluating it.
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Harboring grave doubts, President Museveni has requested a report on foreign firms having won trials with interest against his country.
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South Africa's ministers have been having a hard time keeping their ministries' director generals, because the appetite of the latter [...]
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According to the board president of the largest tire-building factory in Mozambique, Hermenegildo Gamito, the strike of the company's employees [...]
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In a move which will benefit the Mauritian group which bought the Reef Hotel at Anse des Pins last year [...]
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Before the month of October is out, an initial decision must be taken on a technical level concerning the privatization [...]
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Due to a boycott of the country's private sector, Mugabe's new finance minister will have to delay the presentation of the 2003 budget.
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Following the recent political crisis, the Malagasy state has accrued close to 100 million euros in private debts to French companies.
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On the advice of the International Monetary Fund, the Ethiopian government is to introduce VAT and reduce import taxes.
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The financial secretary of Mauritius's finance ministry has been named the island's substitute governor at the World Bank. Aged 54, [...]
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With a view to supporting Uhuru Kenyatta, the handpicked choice of President Daniel arap Moi who is faced with Rainbow [...]
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After the government council of the city of Addis Ababa is dissolved by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the current deputy [...]
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The liberator of the Fianarantsoa governor's palace during the recent political crisis will replace Andriamandaminy Ackram Mohajy as director general [...]
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During his Paris trip last week, the Seychelles foreign minister, who also wears the hat of president of the Commission [...]
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During a visit to Maputo this week, Portugal's secretary of state on foreign affairs and cooperation stated that a "complete [...]
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Contacted by The Indian Ocean Newsletter this week, European Union officials in Brussels denied the information published in a Kenyan [...]
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For the past two weeks, the Ethiopian flag has replaced Britain's Union Jack towering above the Addis Ababa school for [...]
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Although it apparently did not give rise to any significant [...]
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It's hardly an up-and-running start for the man whom the [...]
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On September 30, the Seychelles' ambassador to France, Callixte D'Offay, [...]
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A new commander for the United Nations mission in Ethiopia [...]
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After nine years as director general of the Housing Development [...]
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The Malagasy judicial branch is the scene of new appointments. [...]
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A ubiquitous American hotel group is considering the construction of [...]
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Ethiopia's foremost private investor, Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi, is to [...]
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An American company based in Colorado was chosen by the [...]
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As soon as the Malagasy parliament gives its nod to [...]
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After the border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia broke out [...]
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Next January, the executive council of the World Health Organization [...]
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