In holding general elections in approximately free and fair conditions on 15 May, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi perhaps did not suspect he would be putting his regime in danger. With a very high turnout, this ballot revealed to what extent [.
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During a meeting in Brussels on 17 May with Alpha Oumar Konaré, the chairman of the African Commission, the European [...]
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President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG), made a brief stop in Paris on May 17 on his way back from Washington [...]
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The French ambassador in charge of joint development, Christian Conan, came to the end of his ten day working visit [...]
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Several leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) who are also officials in the Movement for Democratic Change [...]
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The Deputy Prime Minister has obtained an equal split of candidates with his partners in the governing coalition for the general elections.
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Some sacked police officers have taken their dismissal to court and are asking for damages.
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The opposition won all the seats in play in the general election in Addis Ababa and so it will govern the city and appoint a new mayor.
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The Ugandan army is still continuing to try to quell the rebels remaining in the north of the country by force.
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The government of the Walloon Region of Belgium is to send a mission to Tanzania to verify compliance with the [...]
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On May 19, the Reunionese businessman Jacques de Chateauvieux, floated his company CBo Territoria on the Alternext market in Paris.
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The government of South Sudan has not yet been formed, but its firm Nile Petroleum Corp is already quoted on the London Stock Exchange through its stake in White Nile.
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Once again, pressure is being applied on the French company Lafarge to sell part of its stake in the Kenyan cement industry.
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A recent discussion document from inside the ANC suggests a softening of the labour legislation for the first time.
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A new board has just been appointed for the Office Malgache des Hydrocarbures.
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In November 2005 the Canadian company Dynatec Corporation will choose its two partners for the nickel and cobalt production project, [...]
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The Djiboutian Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh is a veritable travelling salesman for Dubai companies in Djibouti, where he is managing a [...]
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Charles Andriantsitohaina, the chairman of the board of Ultima Media, and his son Naina who is the director general of [...]
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This week the government of Tanzania decided to take over the management of the water supply in Dar es Salaam, [...]
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It was indeed a woman who was appointed deputy governor of the Central Bank of Kenya last week, but not [...]
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Jean François Gordon, the former ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Ivory Coast is to replace Adam Wood (transferred [...]
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Jean Pierre Rakotoarivony, the new Malagasy ambassador to Addis Ababa accredited to the African Union (AU) and the Economic Commission [...]
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At 42, the lawyer Matthew Chaskalson is continuing his brilliant career in the footsteps of his eminent father Arthur Chaskalson, [...]
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Contrary to what we said in The Indian Ocean Newsletter [...]
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The seminar on the role of negotiators held in Antananarivo [...]
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The International Development Association (IDA, part of the World Bank) [...]
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Other people have copied the idea of paintings by Nelson [...]
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During the Cannes film festival in France this week, the [...]
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The President of the Union of the Comoros, Assoumani Azali, [...]
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The American firm Halliburton, which provides logistics support to a [...]
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Since last month, the American consultancy headed by Richard Alvarez, [...]
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Artumas Group Inc., a small Canadian company is to be [...]
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Egypt has decided to reopen its consulate in Port Sudan. [...]
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The Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, last week appointed [...]
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Natacha Tempez, deputy to Pierre-Henry Lenfant of the French economic [...]
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The director of protocol of the Turkish National Assembly, Osman [...]
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The Prime Minister of the interim government of Somalia sacked [...]
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