Head of state Benjamin Mkapa has his back to the wall: his government must commit itself to accepting the International Monetary Fund's conditions for an enhanced structural adjustment facility (for 1996-1999) worth US$200 million before the end of June.
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Germany's Siemens group has a number of projects under way in the Republic of South Africa. In competition with four [...]
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During the World Bank consultative group meeting on Mozambique held in Paris in April (ION N° 715), the Mozambican delegation [...]
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Whilst French cooperation minister Jacques Godfrain was on the Comoros Islands on an official visit (May 16 to 18), a [...]
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The Seychelles government has decided to stop pegging the value of the Seychellois rupee to International Monetary Fund Special Drawing [...]
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With a view to future agricultural projects, the European Union is envisaging finance to a level of ECU 4.5 million [...]
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Mauritius wants to welcome delegates to the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) group's fifth ministerial conference for sugar producing countries, [...]
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A report on the capacity of Madagascar's Office National de l'Environnement (ONE) by the Malagasy consultants Mpanazava and the French [...]
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After having attended in Paris this week a conference financed by Japan and organized by the World Bank on the [...]
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The Mozambican-Portuguese company Entreposto, which is associated with Instituto de [...]
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The World Bank subsidiary International Development Association has put out [...]
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The World Bank has granted Zimbabwe a loan of Z$700 [...]
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France's ambassador to Madagascar since 11 November 1994 has been named to head the African and Malgache Desk in the [...]
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The deputy administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) John F. Hicks has been nominated by US president [...]
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The new Mauritian ambassador to Madagascar, Ravindranath Lochun, was expected to take up his post in Antananarivo this week. Aged [...]
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US president Bill Clinton announced on May 13 he had nominated Stanley Schrager of Chicago (Illinois), a career diplomat with [...]
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General Muhidin Kimario has been charged in Dodoma with illegally obtaining goods and services in Iran and illegally using his [...]
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Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) revealed on May 14 that armed clashes have occurred in recent months between state [...]
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After having produced sparks in the international community because it guarantees immunity from criminal prosecution for major investors who bring [...]
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Following the May 9 presidential election which was won (by a resounding 74.2 percent of ballots) by incumbent head of [...]
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When International Monetary Fund director general Michel Camdessus visited Madagascar at the beginning of May, he was told that French [...]
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The corridors of Madagascar's national assembly were buzzing this week with the intrigues which had permitted 92 MPs (more than [...]
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Head of state Robert Mugabe carried out a ministerial reshuffle on May 9 where the principal objective was installing ex-industry [...]
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Following the death of the Mauritian Leader of the Opposition Gaetan Duval on May 5, head of state Cassam Uteem [...]
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A group of Madagascar's army officers met general Dolin, army [...]
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General Mohamed Farah Aideed signed a decree last week ordering [...]
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Head of state Benjamin Mkapa has been officially designated by [...]
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Comoros Islands head of state Mohamed Taki Abdul Karim is [...]
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The ambassador-designate chosen by US president Bill Clinton to represent [...]
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The former Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting minister who was reshuffled [...]
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