The purchase by the Comoros Islands state of over 350 vehicles and machines (tractors, mini-buses, lifts and cement-mixers etc), from Italy a few months ago, has brought to light a hitherto discreet mechanism for political funding.
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Following in the footsteps of South African minister of foreign affairs, "Pik" Botha and the director general of the same [...]
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The new Mauritian ambassador to Paris is expected to present her credentials soon to the French authorities. A long-standing member [...]
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General of the flying squad, he is the first air force member to become chief-of-staff of the Malagasy army. He [...]
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The Zimbabwean council of ministers recently discussed measures to restrict the independent press, that has upset some ministers whose professional [...]
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Mauritius' Prime Minister, Aneerood Jugnauth, said on April 14, that he is firmly against opening Mauritian hertzian waves to foreign [...]
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According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, during talks in Djibouti on April 7, between head of the [...]
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Sudanese government forces won a major victory at Bahr al Ghazal after breaking through the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) [...]
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Radio Addis Ababa reports that the OLF and the EPRDF [...]
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The provisional government of Eritrea has passed a nationality code. [...]
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The African Development Fund (ADF), affiliated to the African Development Bank (ADB) is to lend the Mozambican government aid to [...]
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Postponed since March, a delegation of French company directors to Botswana and South Africa is due to leave France on [...]
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Madagascar's government is considering a feasibility study for an agricultural inputs production plant on the western coast of the island [...]
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Four foreign banks have contacted the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) to inquire about the new legislation governing the banking sector [...]
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The International Development Association (IDA) a World Bank affiliate, has granted a 150-million dollar credit to Ethiopia and has reallocated [...]
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According to some Air Zimbabwe officials, the candidature of Pakistani Waqar azim Daoudpota (ION N°520) for the post of general [...]
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A large number of foreign investment projects are rejected by the government in Mozambique because they consider them too vague [...]
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The project to set up a joint venture between the Standard Bank of South Africa and Mauritius Commercial, to establish [...]
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Economic growth was down by 6% in Madagascar last year. [...]
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According to the Daily Nation, the company, Goldenberg International, that [...]
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Diplomatic spokesman for the Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité [...]
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Co-president of the Economic and Social Recovery Committee in Madagascar, [...]
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The local Kenyan press reports that President Daniel arap Moi, [...]
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The Ugandan millionaire of Indian origin based in London was [...]
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Onetime mercenary, this British national, who took part in an [...]
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Djibouti's foreign minister is due to arrive in Bonn, Germany, [...]
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The former Seychelles President, today, leader of the opposition Democratic [...]
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