It is much harder for African Heads of State to hand down their political inheritance than the assets they have amassed during their career to their offspring. Accordingly, few children of Heads of State or of governments are in line [.
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Patrice de Charrette de la Contrie, the former President of the Tribunal of Saintes in the South West of France, [...]
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Andile Abner Ngcaba has just resurfaced this week as leader of a consortium of black companies which is to acquire [...]
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Bulelani Ngcuka should soon be joining the private investigation and security company Stallion Security, headed by Clive Zulberg. Ngcuka is [...]
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The deputy chairman of the Confédération générale des petites et moyennes entreprises (Cgpme), Eric Magamootoo stands a good chance of [...]
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In July 2005, the International Development Association (IDA, part of the World Bank) is to decide the award of a [...]
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The Kenyan government is to organise a major trade conference in The Hague (Netherlands) at the beginning of 2005, for [...]
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The latest bulleting of the French economic missions to East Africa states that the Kampala branch is to be closed [...]
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The Zimbabwe government is planning to launch a general consulate in the Hong Kong Special Administration Region as a show [...]
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President Mwai Kibaki could decide in the very near future to carry out a mini reshuffle of his ministers, to [...]
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A professional communicator, Eduardo Namburete, is running the campaign of the leader of Renamo (opposition), Afonso Dhlakama, for the elections next month.
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The Ugandan army has gone back to using trained dogs to shoulder it in the fight against the LRA rebellion in the North of the country.
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The young director general of the Fonds d'Intervention pour le Développement is already walking a tightrope, less than a year after he was appointed.
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After an interview with the representatives of Meles Zenawi, the chairman of the EUDF met with the European ambassadors in Addis Ababa.
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First Rand is to be aided by the World Bank to fund the transfer of 10% of its capital to [...]
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The ministers of the two countries will once again discuss the modality for transit in Djibouti for freight imported from Ethiopia.
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It's not only in human rights that the situation in Eritrea is deteriorating: the economy is also in very poor shape.
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The forthcoming 150% rise in the entry tariffs for the Madagascan national parks is not to the liking of the tour operators and hotels.
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The Prime Minister had to intervene in a quarrel between two ministers over the way water from the hydro-electric dam at Mtera is to be used.
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Air Bourbon is in a tailspin. Air Austral is deaf to all its proposals of merger. The Air Comoros International project has been put back a year.
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The company EastCoast Energy, part of the PanOcean Energy Corporation and registered in Tortola (British Virgin Islands), is to start [...]
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The Prime Minister of Madagascar Jacques Sylla, his Deputy Prime Minister Zaza Ramandimbiarison, along with the finance minister Radavidson Andriamparany [...]
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Wilfred Kiboro, the CEO of Nation Media, one of the largest press groups in Kenya and East Africa, could leave [...]
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The Canadian company Lakota Resources Inc. signed an agreement with Barrick Gold Corporation on 4 November. Under the terms of [...]
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Under instruction from the World Bank, the Mauritius government has [...]
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Now that it has been privatised and sold to the [...]
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Mbhazima Shilowa, the Prime Minister of Gauteng province, has just [...]
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Jaberi Bidandi Ssali, the second Vice President of the National [...]
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A six man mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...]
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The United States Trade and Development Agency (US TDA) is [...]
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An operation for tagging tuna at an unprecedented scale is [...]
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While the new President of Somalia, Abdillahi Yussuf Ahmed, called [...]
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Norbert Ratsirahonana's AVI party has been giving Prime Minister Jacques [...]
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The chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa [...]
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The pan-African mobile telephone company Celtel has sponsored this week [...]
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The company Kobil Tanzania has just signed a two year [...]
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The increased oil production in Sudan coupled with a higher [...]
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The economist Pierre Dinan has resigned, as from 28 October, [...]
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