South Africa's president was to attend the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry's annual congress
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This week, tension increased in the jurisdiction conflict opposing the Union government to that of Ngazidja island.
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Donors remain prudent on the capacity of the new Malagasy government to respect the pledges it made to them.
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Portugal's influential lobby in the energy sector has been applying strong pressure lately on Mozambique's energy and mineral resource minister [...]
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One year after the wave of arrests of dissidents and independent journalists, those political prisoners have still not been given the right to a trial, to the dismay of freedom lovers around the world.
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Security problems in Ethiopia are legion, according to an American consular document destined for U.S. travelers, warning them of dangers from pickpockets to land mines.
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Vice-president and finance minister James Michel has received details on the $150 million loan obtained by the Seychelles government from [...]
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On the eve of the choice of an Air Tanzania buyer, the airline's personnel have come down strongly against a buyout by South African Airways.
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Since the dismissal of its president and several of its leaders early this year, indicted for corruption, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has been going through some rocky times.
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In order to promote the generation of electricity through wind power, several donors have contributed to finance a study on the wind's speed.
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The East African Community is taking initiatives in order to activate operations of oil and gas exploration in its three member states.
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The head of state has asked a Malagasy expert to help him define a development strategy for the Big Island's fishing sector.
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After reading our account on the creation of the Dji-Pharma company (ION 1007), the director of Djibouti's Organisme de Protection [...]
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The Sudanese government has decided to privatize the Bank of Khartoum, the oldest trade bank in the country. The governor [...]
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All British investors in Zimbabwe are not in as bad straits as the farmers. The Rio Tinto Zimbabwe Ltd (RTZ), [...]
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The Swedish-Swiss company ABB has won a $32 million contract in Mozambique to set up a 110-volt electric transmission line [...]
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Replacing Tom Phillips as Britain's new high commissioner to Kampala is a recent entry into the world of diplomacy. Adam [...]
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The temporary general manager of the agency in charge of attributing licenses to fixed and mobile telephone operators and to [...]
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As foreseen by your favorite weekly (ION 1007), Madagascar's new ambassador to France – also accredited to Great Britain, Spain, [...]
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A rear admiral has taken command of the Indian Ocean/Djibouti maritime zone for the French navy. An officer of 52, [...]
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The episode of the 1992 break of diplomatic relations between Tunisia and Sudan, because Khartoum supported Tunisian Islamists, is forgiven [...]
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The former Comoro prime minister who is currently chargé d'affaires at the archipelago's embassy in Madagascar is still persona non [...]
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A lack of funds will prevent Uganda from reopening its embassies in Paris, Berlin, Kinshasa, as had been scheduled, and [...]
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With the organization of Trois Journées Mauriciennes between October 22 and 24, the Board of Investment (BOI) is preparing a [...]
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The director of the head of state's cabinet, Gédéon Rajaonson, [...]
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President Robert Mugabe has asked his mining minister to prepare [...]
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Incensed about former vice-president George Saitoti's refusal to accede to [...]
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The opposition National Alliance party of Kenya (NAK) has finally [...]
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The marketing and operations manager of Caltex has succeeded Raghupati [...]
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The deputy director general of the International Security Organisation (the [...]
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A small Australian mining company is to start a gold [...]
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A Kenyan bank belonging to VIPs close to the régime [...]
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The recent announcement of the replacement of France Telecom (FT) [...]
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A training institute in financial techniques is to be created [...]
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In late July, the president of the island of Anjouan [...]
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