Portuguese companies have been on the attack in Maputo since the beginning of the year, and not only in their prime sectors of the construction and banking industries. Cramped by a home market in a state of crisis, many of [.
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The Minister for Health Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil and several members of his staff are directly in the sights of an [...]
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The recent spate of deadly bomb attacks in Kampala perpetrated by Somalian Al-Shabaab Islamists, have brought to light the disorganised state of the Ugandan security services.
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The popular but controversial journalist Mutahi Ngunyi is paying for his support for a “No” vote.
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The new Minister for Communication is finding it difficult to get Cabinet approval for his choice of nominees.
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True to her reputation as a “firebomber”, the Portuguese Socialist MP Ana Gomes had explosive words for EU policy on Somalia.
The Ethiopian government is working at setting up a united front of Eritrean opponents in order to step up the heat on the regime of Isaias Afwerki.
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The ex-Prime Minister would like to be back in his post ahead of the elections. He would then resign three months before the presidential election to run as a candidate.
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It is now quite some time that the Kenyan company Transcentury has wanted to invest in the energy sector and [...]
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The von Pezold family has asked the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to arbitrate in its conflict in Harare.
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Ministers, Andry Rajoelina’s advisors and members of the HAT have become intermediaries for obtaining contracts for friendly companies.
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The Seychelles Licensing Authority wants to control the private individuals who rent their villas to tourists without paying State taxes.
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Compagri, a subsidiary of Agriterra, closed its doors a few months ago because of a badly managed labour dispute. It has just reopened with a new team at the helm.
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Corruption at the port of Dar es Salaam is nothing new. What is new, on the other hand, is the discovery of complicity inside the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
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Semlex, the company owned by the Belgian Albert Karaziwan, is on to a good thing in the Comoros: multiple contracts with the State-owned water and electricity company Ma-Mwe.
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The Canadian Thomas Cormier is to head a team of consultants from the small American company Democracy International which will [...]
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Since he recently returned to Antananarivo, Richard Randriamandrato has represented the think tank Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) there. [...]
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The Frenchman Jacques Blache, a former special advisor to the chairman of the Sacem (the company in charge of collecting [...]
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The Minister for Tourism, Najib Balala, a former friend of the Prime Minister Raila Odinga but with whom he is [...]
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After a spell of several months in the doldrums (ION 1280), the former minister for transport, Chirau Ali Mwakwere is [...]
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The former opposition MP Maximo Dias is not only the [...]
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The Belgian entrepreneur and lecturer in computing at University College [...]
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Fabrice David could join the local politics fray while he [...]
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During his Bastille Day speech on 14 July, the French [...]
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The opposition in Djibouti took a dim view of the [...]
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The Deputy Prime Minister under the previous regime, Zaza Ramandimbiarison, [...]
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The former head of the communications unit of Prime Minister [...]
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In spite of his advancing years – he is 90 [...]
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According to a British source in a private security company, [...]
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There has been more fallout after the failure of the [...]
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The South African oil company Ophir Energy, whose main shareholders [...]
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It’s not all a bed of roses for the Banque [...]
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European companies are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with [...]
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The Indian citizen Majeed Ayamutty, who had created the firm [...]
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Three well-known Mozambican journalists who own stakes in Mediacoop, namely [...]
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It’s not only the Tanzanian and Ugandan subsidiaries of Bank [...]
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The mobile telephone operator Zain Madagascar is set to change [...]
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The Australian junior mining company Nyota Minerals whose chairman is [...]
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