The combined effects of the disclosures by the former anti-corruption Czar John Githongo and diplomatic pressure by certain Western countries (United States, United Kingdom) have obliged President Mwai Kibaki to let go several of his ministers involved in shady deals.
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The feminisation of the Bureau of African Affairs of the US State Department is continuing since the appointment of Jendayi [...]
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President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh signed a long decree on 21 January to set up a national organisation committee for the [...]
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In spite of pressure from the Mozambican government, the matter of handing back to Mozambique the majority of the equity [...]
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Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam of Mauritius will finally be coming to Paris in the last few days of March. He [...]
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With just two months to go until he retires, the chief of police has been the subject of strong criticism. But Kikwete will have to wait a little longer before replacing him.
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Solomon Mujuru’s manoeuvres to make his wife President Robert Mugabe’s heir apparent is starting to cause concern to certain of his partisans.
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Response was lukewarm for the UEDF’s call to hold a joint conference of all the political parties and create a joint task force to organise it.
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The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has renewed its partnership for 2006 with the Club Développement et Ethique whose chairman is Serge Zafimahova.
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The Seychelles government is still refusing inhabitants of Silhouette Island (the third largest in the archipelago) the right to acquire [...]
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The State oil company has made an offer to acquire the Kenyan independent company’s 45 service stations.
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A London based property company is to start selling the apartments and villas in the Anahita Mauritius project.
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Eight companies are on the short list out of the 22 which expressed an interest in the privatisation of the National Insurance Corporation.
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A mining company already present in Zambia is strengthening its team to try its luck in Madagascar, Tanzania and Mozambique.
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The international branch of the French employers’ federation is to step up its initiatives on Africa during the next few months.
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Hassim Amiraly has taken over the management of the Royal Itsandra.
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The United States Trade and Development Agency (US-TDA) has promised the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) that it will fund [...]
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The Indian State company Gas Authority India Ltd (GAIL) is planning to buy a majority of the equity of the [...]
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After the two mining prospecting licences awarded to Falconbridge Ventures of Africa (ION 1169), the Mozambican Minister for Mining Esperança [...]
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Calibra Ressources and Engineers Madagascar (CREM) headed by Haleloia Montaharoson Rakotandriana, better known by his nickname of Tonton Mota, has [...]
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While visiting Djibouti two years ago to inaugurate the Doraleh free trade zone, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of the [...]
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The Mayor of Mogadishu and governor of the surrounding area of Banaadir, who had been appointed to this post in [...]
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The Swedish government this week appointed Ambassador Marika Fahlen, 60, as special envoy to the Horn of Africa. She will [...]
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Arthur Mutambara¸ a professor from the Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) of the University of South Africa (Unisa) has [...]
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The Malagasy Ambassador to Germany is a newcomer to the world of diplomacy. Better known for his nationalistic stance in [...]
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ, an NGO based in [...]
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The American company DORS Inc. headed by Joseph Dorfler, a [...]
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The UNDP has just awarded three high level training grants [...]
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President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique is to go to Lisbon [...]
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The opinion poll on the perception of corruption carried out [...]
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The French government has attributed 1 million Euros to fund [...]
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The last minute shift of the date of the 23d [...]
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Chiwon Suh has just been appointed CEO of Samsung Electronics [...]
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Following the appointment of Zdenek Turek to be in charge [...]
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Société de Développement de la Région de Madagascar (Soderema) has [...]
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Guy Van Ass, the director general of Banque Internationale Chine [...]
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Three new non-resident ambassadors have just presented their credentials to [...]
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The new head of the Force Nationale de Police (FNP) [...]
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The German President Horst Koehler is to go on a [...]
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Lazarus Zim is to leave his post of CEO of [...]
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