President Jakaya Kikwete killed two birds with one stone when he reshuffled his cabinet on 19 January. On the one hand, he took a firm line by not yielding to pressure from the secretary general of the ruling party Chama [.
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The new President of Madagascar Hery Rajaonarimampianina invited a few [...]
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. Whereas the Seychelles government doesn’t know what to do [...]
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At the end of last year, the Comorian MPs decided [...]
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With Madagascar’s election of a new president, Ubifrance, the French [...]
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Other companies are beginning to follow the example of the British company Aegis Defence, which provides both onshore and offshore [...]
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Ma-Mwe, the State-owned water and electricity company that has been in the red for two decades, has just had its third managing director in three years.
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Soma Oil & Gas, which is headed by Michael Howard, the former chairman of the UK Conservative Party, has found some Russian financial backers.
The Malagasy banking authorities have put back their final decision on the sale of Credit Agricole's stake in BNI Madagascar to IOFH until March.
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The mayors of two Norwegian towns are to visit their Tanzanian twins situated near gas fields. Statoil is not very far from the scene.
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Dar es Salaam has issued an injunction against IMX Resources to pay certain taxes in return for approval of its joint venture with MMG Exploration Holdings.
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Antananarivo will soon no longer be the anchor point for the regional head of the World Bank in charge of all the islands in the south west of the Indian Ocean.
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Whereas the number of tourist arrivals is on the increase, the government decided to freeze the number of big hotels on the island of La Digue for the time being.
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The Sri Lankan company Hairu Fisheries Management is continuing to [...]
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The result of a merger between the firms Coteba and [...]
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The American electricity giant, General Electric (GE), whose African headquarters [...]
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The French national Hugues Chomeaux, the managing director of Pharmexport-Perffarma, [...]
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The managing director of Housing Finance (Kenyan company specialized in [...]
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The skies are beginning to cloud over a little in [...]
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The Mauritian subsidiary of the Tunisian group Tuninvest is about [...]
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The Swedish heavy goods vehicle manufacturer Scania, which is 49.3% [...]
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President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) has for the first time expressed an interest in leading negotiations with the Union pour [...]
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Madagascar’s new President, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, will have to wait until the parliamentary election results are officially proclaimed on 7 February, [...]
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As The Indian Ocean Newsletter disclosed last week (ION 1372), the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has instigated legal proceedings against [...]
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The first official visit to France last week by President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud aka Silanyo of Somaliland was marked by [...]
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It is beginning to be clear which of the new diplomats nominated last week (ION 1372) will get which posts. [...]
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