The sudden disappearance of head of state Mohamed Taki Abdul Karim at dawn on November 6 has turned into an open battle for the vacant post of prime minister, seen as a veritable stepping stone in the forthcoming presidential election.
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A special council of ministers called on November 8 to discuss preparations for the funeral of the late head of [...]
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France's embassy in Addis Ababa has discreetly withdrawn three French nationals assigned to the educational institution Alliance Française in Dire [...]
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Three diplomatic missions in Asmara have been using GPS (Global Positioning System) to determine exactly the location around the little [...]
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Increased antagonism between trade unions and Government is evident following the successful November 11 nationwide industrial action organized by Zimbabwe [...]
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Libyan ambassador to Somalia Mohamed Zubeyd announced this week that his country was considering granting US$800,000 to the civilian administration [...]
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The former head of Diego Province (northern Madagascar) under a [...]
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The mission that Anjouan Island prime minister Abdou Madi had [...]
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Although Sukita, the commercial wing of government party Chama cha [...]
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Ground technicians of Ethiopian Airlines have been growling since mid-October [...]
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The 38-year old general was recently named deputy director general [...]
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Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd has signed two contracts for foreign firms to build and run thermal power stations, [...]
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Madagascar's deputy prime minister for budget affairs Pierrot Rajaonarivelo had his cabinet draw up an official – but unpublished – [...]
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The World Bank is tightening the screw on the Ugandan government to make it lift the ban on new operating [...]
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Privately-owned British Airports Authority is making a noted and sometimes controversial breakthrough in the airport sector on Mauritius. BAA is [...]
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The Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industry is considering its future following Government's decision to cut off overdraft facilities to [...]
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The joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund mission which is in Antananarivo from November 7 to 17 is expected [...]
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State-owned Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya Re) is having trouble finding a strategic partner to take up 12 percent of its [...]
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After several months with cashflow problems, two new banks have been closed: City Finance Bank and Prudential Bank were put [...]
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It's not simply at the airport (See Britain in the [...]
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A confirmed Americanophile, Zina Andrianarivelo Razafy, has been designated as Madagascar's new ambassador in Washington. After university studies in France [...]
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A somewhat controversial person, Mahamoud Mradabi (aka Jean), looks a very likely candidate to inherit the cloak of the late [...]
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The directorate of Central Intelligence Organization (CIO), which heads up Zimbabwe's secret service and the presidential security service, has for [...]
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The head of protocol in the Mauritian foreign ministry, Patrice Curé, will be acting Mauritian High Commissioner in Canberra from [...]
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Head of state Joaquim Chissano plans to visit the United States from November 29 to December 3 after having attended [...]
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Eritrean-Sudanese peace talks in Doha led to the signature of a six-point memorandum defining general principles for arbitration of the [...]
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At the beginning of last week, Western ambassadors in Addis Ababa were called in one by one to the Ethiopian [...]
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Mauritius government has told Raymond Divet, owner of Blue Mountains [...]
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The Calls for bids in privatizing the airline Air Madagascar [...]
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Calls for bids in Madagascar's privatization programme for petroleum distribution [...]
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British firm Paladin Resources (ex-Pittencrieff Resources) has signed an agreement [...]
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