The 47 county governor seats that were created in the 2010 constitution and are to be filled in the March 2013 general election, are a powerful magnet for several high profile people in the business world who want to throw [.
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In ousting the Al Shabaab Islamists from Kismayo port last week-end, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) achieved the target the [...]
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Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita was ousted from his seat of deputy chairman of the executive committee of the Rassemblement [...]
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The new secretary general of the Indian Ocean Commission (known by its French initials of COI), Jean-Claude de L’Estrac, has [...]
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The Frenchman Philippe Divay is bustling about in Malagasy political circles, presenting himself as mandated by Paris. But the Elysée knows nothing about him.
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The sacking of the head of the police Violent Crime and Intelligence Unit is another example of the political battles around the Ugandan security forces.
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The former defence minister now in opposition Seye Abraha argues the case for reconciliation. But the TPLF will have none of it.
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President Isaias Afwerki has begun to distribute arms to older civilian citizens. He may be worried about a future threat from outside or he could want to make up for desertions from the military.
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Now that the posts of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have been distributed, the organisation of post-Meles Zenawi power is beginning to take shape.
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The ruling RPP party is in a pitiful state according to a study carried out by an internal evaluation committee. It makes some startling revelations.
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Norah Guebuza, one of the Mozambican President’s two daughters, has found a new business partner. At the beginning of September, [...]
MicroCred Banque Madagascar (MBM) is in good financial health, but is having a hard time finding an insurance company to cover non-repayment risks.
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The finance minister Njeru Githae is opposing the chairman of the Capital Market Authority (CMA), Kungu Gatabaki, on the selection of the body’s CEO.
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The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy of the proposal Alex Stewart presented to the Malagasy government.
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The government decree authorising the Ambatovy mining project passed on 12 September is coupled with a financial agreement that is kept secret.
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The government is not happy. The World Bank and the IMF insist on the privatization of Comores Telecom, but its staff and MPs oppose it.
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The owners of rental boats and undersea diving clubs want to have access to the beaches and the coast of private and State-owned islands.
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The discreet owners of Mobitelea may be about to sell their 5% stake in Safaricom
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There have been murmurs in the corridors of the Kenyan television channel K24 for some time now that the star [...]
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The former minister for revenue, Getachew Belay, is taking his time to go home after going on his annual vacation [...]
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Times have indeed changed since the current Minister for Energy Kiraitu Murungi was a mere partner in a humble law [...]
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The diplomatic blunder committed last week in Mogadishu by the Kenyan foreign affairs minister Sam Ongeri, gives a good illustration [...]
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Houssein Idriss Gouled known as Sékou Touré, the nephew of the late President Hassan Gouled, took up his seat on [...]
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The Tanzanian government decided last month to change the cost [...]
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The Madagascan operators in the printing sector have their eyes [...]
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During the cabinet meeting last week, the Malagasy finance minister [...]
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The participants in the mission to Zimbabwe on 18 and [...]
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The French Consul in Tanzania, François Guyot, sent an email [...]
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President Mwai Kibaki could designate a new minister for internal [...]
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The announcement by the governor of Anjouan, Anisse Chamsidine, last [...]
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The President of the High Authority for the Transition (HAT), [...]
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Ten newcomers made their entry into the executive committee of [...]
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Eight employees of the Enterprise Product Group (EPG) of the [...]
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The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank) [...]
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Jean André Soja, the CEO of Groupe Kaleta, from the [...]
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In addition to the assorted work to expand and improve [...]
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The Seychelles-registered company Astra Aviation Holdings has formed a subsidiary [...]
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The retail banking division of HSBC Maurice, which has assets [...]
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The cost of the new prison for drug dealers is [...]
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The company Tecnica Engenheiros Consultores Lda (TEC), founded by a [...]
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The French-Malagasy entrepreneur of Indian descent Amiraly Hassim is currently [...]
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