While he is the darling of Washington and London because of the well-oiled free-market economic views that he holds forth in international inner circles, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not show the same openness of mind when it comes to [.
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The new version of the bill on the Seychelles Media Commission (SMC) chaired by Ibrahim Afif, the former managing director [...]
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President Ismail Omar Guelleh did not appreciate the royal gift his rival Abdourahman Mohamed Mahamoud Boreh gave to the young Ugaas of the Issas.
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The general director of customs, Mohamed Daoud, was the big surprise in the 2009 election. He has now brought attention to himself by funding a militia in Moroni.
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The Head of State, still in conflict with General Salim Amir, has placed his men in the gendarmerie and the army.
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Hoping to be ready to take over from President Mwai Kibaki in 2012, Uhuru Kenyatta has created a foundation to help him impose himself as leader of the Central Province.
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Three journalists are combining the functions of chat host on a private radio station owned by Andry Rajoelina and posts of advisors to the president or the government.
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The Communist leader Paul Vergès lost more than the presidency of the Regional Council in the recent election.
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The chairman of the board of the investment company Moçambique Capitais (MC), Prakash Ratilal, sent a long letter on 16 [...]
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Solar Euromed has just inked a deal to install 2000 MW of solar generators over ten years. The hardest part is still to come: finding the funding for such an ambitious project.
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Many new companies are going into mining prospecting, in spite of the Malagasy political crisis.
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Holcim and Lafarge are worried about the forthcoming arrival of the Indian cement maker Binani in Mauritius.
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The group owned by the Tanzanian businessman Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa is to get a new loan from the IFC.
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One of the three members of the arbitration tribunal examining the dispute between Tanesco and IPTL has had to resign following pressure from Tanzania.
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The insurance company owned by Uhuru Kenyatta's family is finding it hard to get out of its hole. Some people are even calling for it to be put into liquidation.
The government is to attribute Radio Salam a licence to launch the country’s first Islamic TV channel.
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The head of Groupe Sodiat and the daily newspaper La Vérité, Maminiaina Ravatomanga, now has a new string to his [...]
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Wayne Hermanson, a former officer in the South African National Defence Forces (SANDF) where he spent 15 years before going [...]
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The new European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, is to go to Addis Ababa from 7 to 9 May, his [...]
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The head of the Brussels based firm HG Consulting, Meghan Sapp from California, is present on all fronts as founder [...]
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The media coverage of the recent Parti Lepep (formerly SPPF, government party) conference brought Marie-Antoinette Rose, the party’s general director, [...]
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The United Nations mediator in the Malagasy political crisis, the [...]
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A policeman opened fire on a vehicle on 21 March [...]
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The deputy chairman of Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM, government party) [...]
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Realising that he will not be able to keep his [...]
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Two Afarofficials in charge of livestock trading, Oudo Mohamed Abdallah [...]
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It is true that the State-owned companies, such as Jirama [...]
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Last week Jean Claude Dubois, a French architect who is [...]
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The European Union (EU) mission to observe the elections in [...]
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Several weeks after the Minister of Transport Chirau Mwakwere announced [...]
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The cabinet of the Djibouti government has just adopted a [...]
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The controversial businessman Kamlesh Pattni is to demolish the premises [...]
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The Minister for Agriculture, William Ruto, stopped at nothing last [...]
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From his villa in Houghton, a smart neighbourhood in Johannesburg, [...]
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The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank) [...]
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The German mining firm with a permit in the north [...]
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In spite of the denials issued by its directors, the [...]
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The costly expenditure linked to the project, partly bogged down, [...]
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After obtaining a licence to operate in South Sudan as [...]
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