Certain of the most loyal Kikuyu supporters of President Mwai Kibaki can’t find a role in the new constitution that the Head of State will put to a referendum on 4 August. It is not only the text of the [.
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The African Union (AU) mediator on the crisis in Madagascar, the former President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano, should be going [...]
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The Djibouti courts ordered the seizure of the assets owned by the family of Abdourahman Boreh and at the same time refused him the right to be defended by the French lawyer Olivier Morice.
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Speaking to the US Senate Subcommittee on Africa on 17 June, Ted Dagne took stock of the recent diplomatic exchanges between Asmara and Washington.
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Trying too hard to please everybody, the deal for a way out of the crisis could end up disappointing many people.
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In spite of its international backing the Transitional Federal Government is still not able to launch an offensive against the radical Islamist group.
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A recent report of inspection of the US embassy in Addis Ababa illustrates how the military steals a march on politicians in American diplomacy.
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President Mwai Kibaki's advisors have drawn up a short list of candidates for the post of head of the police Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
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Two Malagasy networks are fighting it out over the ownership of a claimed cure for AIDS.
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The longstanding conflict between the firm Independent Power Tanzania (IPTL) and Tanzania Electric Supply Co (Tanesco), which has been in [...]
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The board of the Kenya Ports Authority is divided as a result of pressure from the minister of transport to impose a new head.
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The family of the late owner of the small American company Afar Exploration Co. is looking for a buyer for its oil permit in Ethiopia.
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The French company is in the stocks again for its alleged role in trafficking rosewood.
The private banks are refusing to comply with President James Michel’s call for them to cut their interest rates. The State-owned banks will do so in September.
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The new Minister for Tourism Nando Bodha (who is also an MP for the MSM party) is to set up an economic intelligence unit in his ministry.
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The African Banking Corp, which specialises in up-market clients, has just created an insurance company to expand its range of financial products.
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Several clues suggest that Fruitlink Ventures’ plan to launch a new daily newspaper in Harare has behind-the-scenes support from Zanu-PF.
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The Djibouti First Lady, Kadra Mahamoud Haid, has a reputation for being an accomplished businesswoman, although she does keep discreet [...]
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The French Socialist MP Daniel Goldberg is very interested in cooperation with the Comoros. His electoral constituency in Seine Saint [...]
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The former minister Rafael Tuju, who became an advisor to President Mwai Kibaki, has launched a foundation of his own [...]
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It was the Ugandan Minister for Finance Syda Bumba who convinced Hassan Basajjabalaba, the chairman of the general assembly of [...]
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The Minister of Health Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil is on the way out, following the recent strike by paramedical staff at [...]
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The next Slovakian Ambassador to Ethiopia is a career diplomat [...]
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After occupying his post for seven years, the head of [...]
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The delegation sent by the Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAP) [...]
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The Comorian customs administration wants the authorisation to inspect the [...]
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President James Michel has designated two new ambassadors, whose appointment [...]
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The former Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government in [...]
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The Abuna (patriarch) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), Paulos [...]
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Nadine Ramaroson, the minister for population and social affairs and [...]
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The South African company Eqstra Holdings last month created a [...]
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The International Finance Corp. (IFC, part of the World Bank) [...]
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During the presentation of the 2009 accounts of BNP Paribas [...]
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The South African company specialised in supplying communication services to [...]
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A Kenyan telecommunications company founded in 2005, Soliton Telmec, has [...]
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The Canadian company Africa Oil Corp has persuaded the Australian [...]
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The company selling renewable energy equipment online, World Energy Company, [...]
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The general director of the French oil company Total, Christophe [...]
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Throughout the lengthy procedure that culminated in a contract to [...]
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The largest bank in the country, Millennium BIM, is the [...]
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