Comforted by a recent opinion poll giving the Labour Party in pole position in the event of a general election now (ION 886), prime minister Navin Ramgoolam has broken with his traditional immobility and is trying to leverage some of [.
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With competition for United States sugar quotas increasingly lively between Southern African and Indian Ocean sugar-producing countries, most of them [...]
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The signature on November 30 of a treaty setting up a new East African Community (EAC) and shelving for four [...]
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The boss of Midroc Ethiopia Group, the Ethiopia-based Saudi magnate Mohamed Al Amoudi, not only has a plethora of 'advisers' [...]
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The arrival of a new investment firm on Mahe with the statutes of a joint venture — between a parastatal [...]
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Barely installed as head of the national police force on January 1, Jackie Selebi is already the subject of two [...]
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The military offensive launched in Democratic Republic of Congo at the beginning of the month by MLC (a Congolese rebel [...]
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French diplomatic and business circles' relations with the new mayor of Antananarivo, Marc Ravalomanana, are likely to be a lot [...]
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The former Speaker of Sudan's Parliament, Hassan El Turabi, has made a return in strength to the helm of power [...]
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The Ethiopian authorities seem to want to use all possible [...]
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Head of state Robert Mugabe wants a referendum on February [...]
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Head of state Didier Ratsiraka has contracted chartered accountants Fivoarana run by Raymond Rabenoro to implement his project of setting [...]
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The rapprochement in Lisbon by using crossed holdings between Banco Comercial Português (BCP) of Jardim Gonçalves and Jose de Mello's [...]
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Barely fifteen months after starting up cellular telephone operations in Uganda, South Africa's Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) has cleaned up [...]
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A new Belgian ambassador has just presented her Letters of Credence to Mozambique's head of state, Joaquim Chissano. Ms. Benedicte [...]
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The Tanzanian international civil servant who is now deputy head, investment department, of International Finance Corporation (a World Bank subsidiary), [...]
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Shaken by several defections which put it in a bad position in negotiations with its partner in the opposition alliance [...]
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The French businessman of Egyptian Jewish origin who almost provoked the resignation of Israeli head of state Ezer Weizman when [...]
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Despite the halftone analysis of International Monetary Fund experts at the end of last year (ION 887), Fund missions continue [...]
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Regional ambitions of State Insurance Company of Mauritius (SICOM) have seen some encouragement with the recent contract signed in Maputo [...]
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Out of US$115.7 million in VAT due but not collected by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), some two-thirds ($77.6 million) is [...]
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After World Bank vice chairman in charge of Africa Region Callisto Madavo sent a fax message to Comoros finance minister [...]
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Conflict is growing over the agreement the state-owned Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) passed with South Africa's Trans-Africa Railway Corporation (TARC) [...]
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Sucreries de Bourbon, a company registered on the French possession [...]
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The management of La Vanille Crocodile Park on Mauritius this [...]
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The African Development Bank (ADB) envisages presenting its management committee [...]
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Compagnie Minière Or (Cominor) was last week awarded a gold [...]
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A new car importer has appeared on the Djibouti scene, [...]
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Societe Reunionnaise de Radiotelephone (SRR), the cellular telephone operator on [...]
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Mozambique's present ambassador to Portugal is expected to give up [...]
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Libyan deputy foreign minister Ali Triki, who is responsible for [...]
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The French Socialist Party MP for an Ille and Vilaine [...]
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