Despite a lead of 13 points in the first round of the presidential election on impeached ex-president Albert Zafy, former president Didier Ratsiraka hasn't won yet. Everything will depend on the other presidential runners, ex-minister Herizo Razafimahaleo (15 percent) and [.
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Comoros Islands head of state Mohamed Taki Abdul Karim arrived in France on November 20 in transit for Geneva, Switzerland, [...]
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Former finance minister professor Simon Mbilinyi, who was recently asked to resign because of an alleged scandal involving undue tax [...]
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Prime minister (and acting president) Norbert Ratsira-honana met Madagascar's impeached ex-president Albert Zafy on November 18 for the fifth time [...]
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An amendment to the Seychelles' Social Security Act recently tabled in parliament aims to remove from the state auditor general [...]
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Sudan People's Liberation Army headed by colonel John Garang plans to retake Akobo, a Sudanese town in Upper Nile Province [...]
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Sudan has contacted France and suggested hosting on its territory for "humanitarian reasons" Rwandan Hutu refugees who do not want [...]
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The prime minister of Western Cape Province Raymond Mhlaba, who was a political prisoner on Robben Island and is currently [...]
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During his visit to Paris last week, head of state Joaquim Chissano spoke highly of the Indian Ocean Commission, whose [...]
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For the first time in twenty years, Port Louis will [...]
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Kenyan foreign minister Kalonzo Musyoka headed the delegation of the [...]
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The leader of the faction of USC/SNA which controls the [...]
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A young US citizen of Gharri origin (a community spread [...]
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According to representatives in Europe of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party, [...]
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The question of the size of the increase in electricity tariffs for the Cabora Bassa power station has still not [...]
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A Bill to split Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Corporation (KPTC) in three new and separate units (post, telecommunications, and a [...]
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The parastatal Comité Français des Manifestations Economiques à l'Etranger (CFME) and the French embassy's trade adviser in Johannesburg are preparing [...]
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A financial cell was set up in Moroni some time ago which unites several senior civil servants including the governor [...]
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A majority of Uganda's international fund donors retain a favourable stance to the Kampala authorities, having noted with satisfaction that [...]
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The Malagasy government has agreed to carry out an inventory of vanilla stocks currently in Europe awaiting sale (including some [...]
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A mission of representatives of Banque Nationale de Paris and Yamaichi Bank of Japan, the two principal promoters of the [...]
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A campaign by France's oceanological research institute IFREMER (November 23 to February 20) will evaluate fishery resources in Eritrea's exclusive [...]
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A national conference on decontrolling the air waves is expected [...]
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US oil major Caltex, whose local company was nationalized under [...]
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Reforms negotiated with the International Monetary Fund involve the loss [...]
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The poor impression that International Monetary Fund officials got during [...]
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Three of the seven candidates pre-selected by the South African [...]
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One of South Africa's two major sugar refiners, Illovo Sugar, [...]
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During his visit to Portugal this week, RENAMO leader Afonso Dhlakama was given the honoured guest treatment, installed in a [...]
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The prime minister of Gauteng Province, Mosima "Tokyo" Sexwale, has officially announced that he will not stand as candidate to [...]
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An Ethiopian branch of Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France (the association of French trade advisers) has been formed [...]
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The former Mauritian ambassador to the United States, Anand P. Neewoor, has been designated to occupy the post of principal [...]
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