In spite of the chaotic situation in Mogadishu, a handful of local businessmen, mainly Hawiye, have made their riches these last few years due to commercial contracts with the United Nations or through the "informal" economy.
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Two members of the United States House of Representatives, the Republican from New Jersey Christopher H. Smith and the Democrat [...]
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The government of Lisbon has tried one last move to get the outgoing President Joaquim Chissano, to recognise Mozambique's substantial [...]
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The MPs from the Indian Ocean countries along with their colleagues from the island states in the Pacific and the [...]
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Kiraitu Murungi, the Minister for Justice, would seem to have finally succeeded in putting John Githongo, the Permanent Secretary for [...]
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Washington blames the Vice President of Sudan for Khartoum's policy in Darfur, but has not said so publicly.
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Sidelined from power, Nelson Mandela's ex-wife will fill her retirement from politics with plans for a film and an autobiography.
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The appointment of Joyce Mujuru as vice president has sparked off a conflict with supporters of her powerful rival Emmerson Mnangagwa
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One of the two parties in the government coalition is on the verge of an internal crisis over the general elections in September 2005.
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President Mwai Kibaki took on Stanley Murage as his new advisor in Strategic Policy Analysis, with the rank of Permanent [...]
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Rajan Swaroop has just been appointed the new CEO of Telecom Seychelles, subsidiary of the Indian company Bharti. For the [...]
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The Central Electricity Board (CEB) will have a new general manager from December 1st, Ravin Dajee. He will replace the [...]
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Since the beginning of the month, Italy has a new honorary consul in the Seychelles, in the person of Claudio [...]
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On a proposition by the Constitutional Court, the President of the Union of the Comoros, Assoumani Azali, appointed on 16 [...]
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The Kenyan MPs don't want to renew their insurance policies with Africa Air Rescue in 2005.
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Reviewing their programme on Djibouti for the first time, the IMF experts' opinion was mixed.
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The mission that the IMF has just completed in Moroni has set four conditions for it to sign a programme with the Comoros.
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The fruit company Del Monte Kenya Ltd, subsidiary of the American company Del Monte Produce Inc. is in a melancholy [...]
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According to an internal company source, the occupancy rate of the two new routes, started in June 2004 by Air [...]
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The Indian company specialising in exporting cut flowers, Karuturi Floritech, has the wind in its sails. It is currently discussing [...]
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The CEO of the company PREY Ravate (formerly the Stedic group) Edgard Razafindravahy has hired a consultant, Jorge Zandaza, to [...]
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The Ugandan government has decided to suspend the creation of a Kampala Inland Dry Port after failing to obtain the [...]
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A company based in Kenya which has already developed a vegetable oil production unit in Uganda is planning a similar venture in Tanzania.
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The wave of speculation on the retail price of rice has triggered social overheating and divided the government as to the possible remedies.
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The protocol for cutting customs barriers between the three countries [...]
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The Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) has sent a [...]
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The East African Association (EAA) has found a new local [...]
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The Eritrean national under 17 football team is decidedly out [...]
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The brand new Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social [...]
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Vaughan Lewis is to lead the delegation of Commonwealth observers [...]
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Mbuyiseli Vanguard Mkosana, a former trade unionist, has just been [...]
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With the support of his government, the former South African [...]
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The Tanzanian ambassador to Germany, Ali Abeid Karume, has presented [...]
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Robert Graziano, a product manager for the Ford Motor Company [...]
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The idea of setting up a tram service in Antananarivo, [...]
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The firm Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) filed a complaint at the [...]
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