The rapid degradation of relations between Eritrea and several of the region's countries has brought back the specter of a border conflict in the Horn of Africa. Animated by a common opposition to the régime of President Isaias Afwerki, the [.
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The impression that the campaign for the coming legislative elections has started was given last week when, turn in turn, [...]
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Fearing that Raul Domingos would create a new political party, the opposition Renamo party tried clumsily to recover its ousted dissident.
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Stunned by the reelection of President Robert Mugabe in the March presidential elections, the ZCTU is readying to remobilize its troops.
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Two experts form the international French-speaking organization are helping to find a way out of the intergovernmental crisis in the archipelago.
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Former Kanu ministers and implacable Moi opponents united this week against the president and his heir apparent, Uhuru Kenyatta.
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In the presence of delegates from African firms and embassies in Russia, several dozen Russian companies launched the Russian-African Business [...]
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In order to negotiate a solution with the government of Prime Minister Jacques Sylla concerning the problem of the Antananarivo [...]
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Djibouti's ambassador to Japan and Malaysia, Rachad Farah, recently signed agreements with two private universities in Malaysia which offer discounts [...]
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The first semester of 2002 saw France's trade with the countries of the Horn of Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan) [...]
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Last week, President Robert Mugabe appointed the head of Zimbabwe's secret service to serve as the country's high commissioner to [...]
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Following the mass resignation of the ministers belonging to the Rainbow Alliance, President Daniel arap Moi bestowed one of the [...]
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The new director general of Madagascar's main insurance company, Assurances Reassurances Omnibranches (ARO), is no newcomer to the post, having [...]
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The new head of the French embassy's economic mission in Antananarivo has trained and worked partly in the administration in [...]
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Chased away by the land reforms of President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's white farmers are seeking to purchase large tracts of [...]
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A suspicious expedition of coltan was stopped by Tanzania's harbor authorities, who are eager to regain the country's trust.
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Administration sluggishness is threatening to make mincemeat of the government's promise to reduce taxes on food imports.
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Tanzania's Songas Ltd company has attributed two World Bank-financed contracts for a total amount of $100 million to an Indian [...]
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The government's decision to end the monopoly of Mauritius Telecom (MT) as early as December 31, 2002, is riding roughshod [...]
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Madagascar's foremost food-processing group is seeking ideas in the matter of new wrapping technology. Last week, the JB group's technical [...]
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Some Mozambican firms have considerable influence on local contracts linked to Sasol's project to extract gas from the Temane plateau.
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After years of waiting, Comazar should be allowed to manage Madagascar's northern railway network starting in January 2003.
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After several decades at the head of Djibouti's chamber of commerce, Said Ali Coubèche will step down without a chosen successor to follow in his footsteps.
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In private, some diplomats of the French embassy in Moroni [...]
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The revelation by The Indian Ocean Newsletter of links between [...]
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On October 25, several hundreds of people are to participate [...]
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A host country has still not been found to take [...]
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Relations have tensed again between the Ethiopian government and the [...]
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Expect the new speaker of the House of Federation to [...]
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President Daniel arap Moi has appointed a new aide de [...]
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China's new ambassador to Victoria is a woman who served [...]
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There is no certainty that a Canadian will hold the [...]
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The president of Puntland, the autonomous administration in Somalia's northeast, [...]
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In late September, a company managed by a Russian citizen, [...]
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In spite of the difficulties in its Inez mine in [...]
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In charge of streamlining the financial situation of Air Madagascar, [...]
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