While his sickness did not give Prime Minister Meles Zenawi time to prepare for his succession, he was nevertheless able to sow the seeds of it in the ministerial reshuffle that followed the general election in May 2010.
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There is nothing new in the dispute of the ownership of the Ilemi triangle, an area of land at the [...]
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A group of women ODM MPs are opposing Raila Odinga’s wife’s interference in her husband’s presidential election campaign.
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One of the founders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the former defence minister, Sebhat Nega, is trying to get back into the seat of power.
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Prime Minister Omer Beriziky wants to limit the price of oil so that it does not weigh down the accounts of the national water and electricity company Jirama.
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President Yoweri Museveni specialises in denigrating people as soon as they have too much power. Now it is the turn of Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi.
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It is no secret that the Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierrot Rajaonarivelo wants to run in the presidential election. This makes him a choice target for Andry Rajoelina.
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A joke by the Indian-born businessman Vaithinusamy Ramadoss upset President James Michel, who has now excluded him from Parti Lepep.
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Just before the mandate of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Mogadishu came to an end, the outgoing oil minister, [...]
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A major first: a conference on mines and energy organised by Tanzanian government bodies and the private sector, to be held in Arusha from 24 to 26 October.
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The Chinese company Fenxy Mining Industry Group has called for an investigation into the MP Kiema Kilonzo who opposes its project and reportedly tried to extort funds.
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The Airbus A310 leased by Comores Aviation for a weekly flight between Marseilles and Moroni made just two flights, leaving hundreds of people stranded.
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The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority chairman Robert Desvaux and his assistant Shenaz Omarjee do as they please - sometimes with unfortunate consequences!
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A member of the South African Limpopo regional government and a duo of mining experts are separately trying their chances in searching for mineral deposits.
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One of the largest real estate companies in the United Arab Emirates, Emaar, has just gained a foothold in Maputo. It may be interested in oil and mines.
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The Whatana Investments group, chaired by Nelson Mandela’s third wife Graça Machel, is to launch a micro-finance service in partnership with Bayport Management.
With five years to go before she retires, Pauline Musyoka, the wife of Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, is planning to [...]
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After many months of difficulties (ION 1322), the CEO of the Standard Group media company, Paul Melly, was unceremoniously dismissed [...]
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The former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has not said his last word in matters of politics, as can be seen [...]
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Davida Rajaon had thought he would get his own back. He had been a minister during the presidency of Marc [...]
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The chairman of the Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires d’Antananarivo (CROUA), Jean Bruno Abel Randriamiarinarivo, is the target of an [...]
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The former Prime Minister Luisa Dias Diogo has just formalised [...]
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The CEO of Swan Group (the leading insurance company in [...]
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Business is not going at all well for Holijaona Raboanarijaona, [...]
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The commander of the Administration Police (AP), Kinuthia Mbugua has [...]
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In acquiring the TV channel K24, the newspaper The People [...]
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Last month the Ethiopian Tewodros Dagnachew, naturalised American under the [...]
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After causing a storm of controversy recently through the publication [...]
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The public relations company APCO Worldwide shepherded the visit by [...]
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The Kenya based firm Crowe Horwath East Africa, specialised in [...]
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The trip to Maputo in March 2012 by two executives [...]
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The South African law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENSafrica) is [...]
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It all went topsy-turvy at the Grand Hôtel du Louvre, [...]
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The American retail giant Wal-Mart is still trying to penetrate [...]
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The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank) [...]
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The company Emirates Airlines is still applying pressure to obtain [...]
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The United States are currently working on improving the airport [...]
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A new company for transporting freight and commercial logistics services [...]
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