Gulf state airlines are vying with each other for airspace in Mauritius while at the same time having to contend with the aerial manoeuvres of Ethiopian Airlines (EAL), which is also angling for clearance to land on the island.
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Despite frictions, for the next three years Sudan will be ruled jointly by civilians and the army.
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Since late April, an inquiry has been ongoing into a foreign freighter whose cargo has prompted extensive speculation.
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The British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt was a guest at a World Press Freedom Day event held in Addis Ababa [...]
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Although the cabinet reshuffle had been eagerly awaited since the parliamentary elections in February 2018, Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) put [...]
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According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, on 3 May a draft bill endorsed by the cabinet [...]
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As the businessman and Sodiat CEO Maminiaina Ravatomanga, aka Mamy, embarks on a new venture in the energy sector (see [...]
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According to consistent testimonies gathered by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, a Kenya Defence Forces contingent has been on a war [...]
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The visit by a Swiss parliamentary delegation to Maputo from [...]
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A week after the Somalian defence minister, Hassan Ali Amardambe, [...]
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On 14 May, Djibouti's ambassador in Addis Ababa and its [...]
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Even as the under-secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [...]
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The president of Somali National Regional State (SNRS), Moustapha Mouhoumed [...]
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On 5 May, Yoweri Museveni's media advisor, Tamale Mirundi, launched [...]
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According to military sources, the Ethiopian head of the Ceasefire [...]
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Brussels has pledged to invest €200 million in industrialising Ethiopia.
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The port and special economic zone will not see the light of day any time soon, despite Chinese pressure…
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After the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali set the clock ticking by setting a deadline of September 2019 ( [...]
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According to our information, the government has had to backtrack on its plan not to renew the licence of the [...]
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The president of the auditing firm Swale House Partners (SHP), the American Laura Robinson, was recently called upon to clarify [...]
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Surfing on the wave of industrial development in the country, firms providing services for the executives of foreign companies are prospering.
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As of 30 May, certain cargo ships hailing from, or having transited through, Djibouti will be subjected to the strictest [...]
According to our sources, certain electricity suppliers have been complaining [...]
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Total's head of marketing and services, Momar Nguer, and the [...]
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The leading oil company Trafigura is due to drop anchor [...]
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The Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) has finalised the details [...]
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The Australian graphite firm Volt Resources has upped the stakes [...]
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Kee Chong Li Kwong Wing, the chairman of SBM Holdings [...]
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Adenia, the private equity firm run by Antoine Delaporte, has [...]
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Already active in the energy sector, the discreet businessman Kenneth [...]
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of [...]
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The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy of the letter of resignation that the CEO of Uganda National Oil [...]
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Following an interview posted on 27 April on the Somalian Facebook account of Dahir Abdulle Alasow in which he denounced [...]
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The former police force commander of public order has no intention of bringing his career to an end, despite being [...]
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As predicted two years ago by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, Mauritius's former ambassador in Paris Joel Rault has stepped down [...]
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Barely had he arrived in France than the Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, set about trying to resolve his [...]
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The diplomatic crisis between Kenya and Somalia has taken another turn for the worse, the Indian Ocean Newsletter has learnt. [...]
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