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Madagascar
Grumbling oil companies

A director of TotalFinaElf went to Antanarivo this week to present his company's grievances to the Malagasy authorities. [...]

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Mali
TWO IDA LOANS APPROVED

Madagascar
GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

Spotlight | Kenya
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Spotlight | Madagascar
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LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

Spotlight | Madagascar
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Spotlight | Kenya
FREE MARKET BLUES

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OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Spotlight | Nigeria
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Zambia
PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

South Africa
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Spotlight | Madagascar
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Madagascar
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Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Madagascar
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Kenya
OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

Spotlight | France
TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

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Spotlight | Zambia
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Madagascar
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Spotlight | Madagascar
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Madagascar GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

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Morocco IMPORTS MONOPOLY TO END

Spotlight | Madagascar BID TO REVIVE EXPLORATION

Madagascar LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

Spotlight | Madagascar 1995 A KEY YEAR

Spotlight | Kenya FREE MARKET BLUES

Kenya OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Spotlight | Nigeria ENDGAME FOR ABACHA?

Zambia PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

South Africa SASOL BARGAINING IN BRAZIL

Spotlight | Madagascar FRESH WOES

Kenya LIBERALIZATION ON FAST TRACK?

Madagascar ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Spotlight | Madagascar ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Madagascar ELF'S STRATEGY

Kenya OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

Spotlight | France TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

Mali IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Ethiopia FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Spotlight | Zambia REBOUND

Madagascar OIL SECTOR PRIVATISATIONS

Spotlight | Madagascar TURMOIL

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Madagascar
Grumbling oil companies

Mali
TWO IDA LOANS APPROVED

Madagascar
GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

Spotlight | Kenya
KENYA POWER SECTOR'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

Morocco
IMPORTS MONOPOLY TO END

Spotlight | Madagascar
BID TO REVIVE EXPLORATION

Madagascar
LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

Spotlight | Madagascar
1995 A KEY YEAR

Spotlight | Kenya
FREE MARKET BLUES

Kenya
OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Spotlight | Nigeria
ENDGAME FOR ABACHA?

Zambia
PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

South Africa
SASOL BARGAINING IN BRAZIL

Spotlight | Madagascar
FRESH WOES

Kenya
LIBERALIZATION ON FAST TRACK?

Madagascar
ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Madagascar
ELF'S STRATEGY

Kenya
OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

Spotlight | France
TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

Mali
IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Ethiopia
FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Spotlight | Zambia
REBOUND

Madagascar
OIL SECTOR PRIVATISATIONS

Spotlight | Madagascar
TURMOIL