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N°1281 - Paris, 03/13/2010
02/03/2010
- Mozambique -
José Socrates goes on a trade safari
01/03/2010
- Seychelles -
James Michel defends the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi
Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR
Editor in Chief
Rajoelina’s top ten advisors
For the last year, the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV has managed to stay in power by thwarting international pressure for him to install a consensus regime. Several of his advisors, each in a specific post, have had a significant role to play to help him get over this hurdle or help him find funding.
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FREE ARTICLE
President Sambi has gone too far
When he passed an act through Congress on 1 March extending his presidential mandate by 18 months, President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi got on the wrong side of many people.
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POLITICS & POWER
DJIBOUTI
The level of security as seen by UN
According to the evaluation made by the United Nations on a scale of one to five (where five corresponds to a need to evacuate its entire staff) the level of security in Djibouti is seen as being in phase one in much of the country.
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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Port Louis
The Deputy Prime Minister Rama Sithanen and the Consul of Mauritius in Malta, Mr Roberts-Sampson Bristol Azore have given the small French public relations agency Bygmalion the task of organising a press conference in Paris on 23 March.
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Djibouti
The Djibouti police have just undergone a kind of mini-purge.
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Addis Ababa
Several leaders of the governing coalition EPRDF will not run in the parliamentary election this year and should therefore have to leave their official functions.
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SEYCHELLES
This sheikh is controversial as ever
The opposition is still bitterly critical of the government over the preferential treatment it has given the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi and the company working for him.
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ETHIOPIA
Bleak future for Hailu Shawel
The health of the AEUP’s elderly leader has deteriorated and his party’s chances in the next election are slim.
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ETHIOPIA
Seye Abraha issues warnings
The former minister for defence who became a dissident has spoken out in the debate on the past diversion of humanitarian aid by the TPLF.
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ON THE LINE
MADAGASCAR
A new US embassy in Madagascar
The new United States embassy in Antananarivo, situated just outside the city, will be inaugurated in April 2010.
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MADAGASCAR
TGV’s mother plays the “mpiandry” card in Madagascar
Just before the start of the national mini-conference organised by the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina, on 5 and 6 March, his mother Nicole Rajoelina née Ramarofidy wanted to stack all the cards in his favour.
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KENYA
GSU lacks new weapons in Kenya
The General Services Unit (GSU), an elite paramilitary unit that is notably in charge of protecting the Head of State and the more vulnerable border posts, is short of new weapons.
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DJIBOUTI
A French lawyer’s social fund in Djibouti
The accredited defender of Mohamed Hussein al Amoudi and administrator of one of his companies, Société Djiboutienne du Terminal Vraquier (SDTV), the Paris-based lawyer François Meynot is at the head of a social fund with a tidy sum.
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MAURITIUS
Iqbal Mallam-Hassam invests in property in Mauritius
The managing director of the State Investment Corporation (SIC), Muhammad Iqbal Mallam-Hassam has nothing to worry about if his contract at the head of this State body is not renewed after the general election this year.
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UGANDA/RWANDA
Renewed tension with Kigali
Several small recent incidents reveal that the diplomatic climate between Uganda and Rwanda has once again become strained.
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SOMALIA
Africom to train TFG troops
Washington wants to coordinate its action providing military aid to Mogadishu with the European Union.
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COMOROS ISLANDS
President Sambi has gone too far
When he passed an act through Congress on 1 March extending his presidential mandate by 18 months, President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi got on the wrong side of many people.
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BUSINESS CIRCLES
KENYA
France Telecom has been had
The telecommunications company France Telecom, which in partnership with the Kuwaiti firm Alcazar Capital Ltd acquired 51% of the national company Telkom Kenya for $ 390 million at
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COMPANIES
PAE Group
DJIBOUTI
[132 words] [$1.8]
Mada Aust Sarl
MADAGASCAR
[108 words] [$1.8]
Dowans Holding
TANZANIA
[182 words] [$1.8]
Noventa Ltd
MOZAMBIQUE
[117 words] [$1.8]
Rural Road Technology
MADAGASCAR
[86 words] [$1.8]
Assist Security
MADAGASCAR
[66 words] [$1.8]
Comoro Gulf Holding
COMOROS ISLANDS
[92 words] [$1.8]
Spencon International Ltd
KENYA
[104 words] [$1.8]
Rede Eléctrica Nacional
MOZAMBIQUE
[107 words] [$1.8]
Elsewedy Electric
MOZAMBIQUE
[72 words] [$1.8]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Aviation in a bad way
The outlook is bleak for the aviation sector: Comoro Islands Airline is verging on bankruptcy, Comores Aviation is in conflict with the State and Comores Airways is still awaiting its authorisation.
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MOZAMBIQUE
Phil Edmonds enters medical sector
After his setbacks in South Sudan, the former cricketer Phil Edmonds turned his attention to agriculture. He will now invest in the medical sector in Maputo.
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DJIBOUTI
Al Amoudi's new company
The Saudi-Ethiopian magnate will export cereals grown in Ethiopia to the Middle East from Djibouti.
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MOZAMBIQUE
The heirs are still in business
The children of Mozambican Presidents, past and present, are still very enterprising in business. We present a spotlight on their latest projects.
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MADAGASCAR
Madamobil goes on the offensive
Under threat of losing its licence, the firm Madamobil responded by accusing the telecommunications ministry of undue favouritism for Telecoms Malagasy.
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AFRICA
IFC to press ahead at funding Funds
During the next few weeks the IFC is to provide funding for three investment funds centred on Africa.
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WHO'S WHO
UGANDA/IRAN
Yoweri Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni would not seem to be able to go without his annual trip to Iran in May.
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KENYA
Peter Mwangi Kagwanja
The founder of the African Policy Institute (API) and former director of the International Crisis Group (ICG) for southern Africa, Peter Mwangi Kagwanja, has joined the team of advisors
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UNITED STATES/UGANDA
Frank Musisi
The former chairman of the several thousand members strong Uganda North American Association (UNAA), Lieutenand Frank Musisi, has just created an NGO in the south of Uganda, the country
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MAURITIUS
Josie Lebrasse
The journalist Josie Lebrasse should soon be officially appointed editor of the weekly magazine Week-End, a function that she has already been exercising de facto for some time.
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KENYA
Fani Kruger
One of the last heirs of the Afrikaners who settled over a century ago on the fertile Uasin Gishu plateau should soon be leaving Kenya after selling his property to a Kalenjin ass
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SEYCHELLES/FRANCE
Michel Trétout
The former French Ambassador to the Seychelles, Michel Trétout, has always had good relations with President James Michel, coupled with a tendency to snubbing the opposition.
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