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    N°1291 - Paris, 08/28/2010
 
 02/09/2010 - Tanzania - Areva joins forces with Symbion to carry off a contract
 18/06/2010 - Djibouti - Government refuses to accept Boreh's French lawyer
Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
Kibaki wants an Odinga-Kenyatta ticket
The comfortable win by the Yes vote in the constitutional referendum on 4 August finally convinced President Mwai Kibaki that the best way for the Kikuyu to hold on to their riches and their political future was to back the candidacy of the present Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, a Luo, for the 2012 presidential election. (...)   [726 words]  [$9.5]
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Tanzania: Amani Karume worried about security
  The prospect of a government of national unity in Zanzibar has sparked a serious crisis among the top echelons of the island’s ruling party. (...)
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POLITICS & POWER
MOZAMBIQUE
The Guebuzas go into television
   The family of President Armando Guebuza has plans to go into the television broadcasting industry at the back of its mind.  (...)  [186 words]  [$5.4]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Antananarivo    Several candidates in the future presidential election - whose date has not yet been announced - are jostling to position themselves as potential leaders for the coastal electorate. (...)  [140 words]  [$1.8]
Addis Ababa    The federal court of the Ethiopian capital has ordered the CEO of Dashen Bank to be brought to appear before it, by force if need be. (...)  [86 words]  [$1.8]
Antananarivo    The former President of Madagascar, Didier Ratsiraka, and several members of his family are in a delicate situation in France. (...)  [68 words]  [$1.8]
Djibouti    The Brussels based Association Cultures et Progrès (ACP) headed by Dimitri Verdonck and Ali Deberkale is preparing a joint publication on the state of human rights in Djibouti. (...)  [78 words]  [$1.8]
MADAGASCAR
Chissano, an occasional mediator
   The complex role of mediator in the political crisis is a full time occupation. Hence the insistence for Joaquim Chissano to appoint a representative in Antananarivo.  (...)  [255 words]  [$5.4]
MAURITIUS
MSM still favouring the Vaish
   The appointment of MSM partisans to responsible posts is bolstering the Vaish caste Hindus in government institutions.  (...)  [224 words]  [$5.4]
DJIBOUTI
Sudden death strikes again
   After the suicide of the chief of the gendarmerie staff at dawn on 11 May, another high-ranking official in the secret services has just been found dead.  (...)  [221 words]  [$5.4]

ON THE LINE
ETHIOPIA
Next EPRDF national convention in Ethiopia
   It is far from certain that any major strategic change will arise out of the convention of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, governing coalition) which is scheduled to take place in September. (...)  [217 words]  [$1.8]
UGANDA
Amama Mbabazi losing influence in Uganda
   The appointment of Lieutenant Ronald Balya to the post of Director General of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) on 10 August is yet another sign of the loss of influence of the Minister for Security Amama Mbabazi. (...)  [201 words]  [$1.8]
SUDAN
EU to finance a referendum in South Sudan
   The European Commission is to provide technical support to the tune of € 15 million to hold the referendum in January 2011 to decide on the independence of South Sudan. (...)  [130 words]  [$1.8]
KENYA
Police services squabble in Kenya
   Under the terms of the new Kenyan constitution adopted in the referendum on 4 August, a new post will be created of Inspector General of Police, to be in charge of supervising the activity of all the police services. (...)  [203 words]  [$1.8]
TANZANIA
Tanzania: Amani Karume worried about security
   The prospect of a government of national unity in Zanzibar has sparked a serious crisis among the top echelons of the island’s ruling party.  (...)  [305 words]  [FREE]
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA
Asmara to unite Ethiopian opposition
   The Eritrean President has revived the idea of a united Ethiopian opposition to counter the Ethiopian government’s similar manoeuvres against him.  (...)  [329 words]  [$5.4]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Sambi still dragging his feet
   The President of the Union of the Comoros is giving the impression that he is playing for time to delay the election that will bring his current mandate to an end.  (...)  [304 words]  [$5.4]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
MADAGASCAR
Sunpec’s new go-between
   Tongues wagged at the end of 2009 when the firm Sino Union Energy Investment Group Ltd (Sunpec), which is headed by Hui Chi Ming and owns an oil exploration permit on block 3113 in  (...)  [275 words]  [$5.4]

COMPANIES
LAM Aircraft Appearance    MOZAMBIQUE   [109 words]  [$1.8]
Hatch Africa    MADAGASCAR   [86 words]  [$1.8]
Banque de Développement des Comores    COMOROS ISLANDS   [113 words]  [$1.8]
Madarail    MADAGASCAR   [109 words]  [$1.8]
Tantalus Rare Earths    MADAGASCAR   [81 words]  [$1.8]
PricewaterhouseCoopers    SUDAN   [49 words]  [$1.8]
Sunridge Gold    ERITREA   [75 words]  [$1.8]
Dombeya Mineraçao    MOZAMBIQUE   [114 words]  [$1.8]
Star Petroleum    SUDAN   [177 words]  [$1.8]
Monarch Properties    MOZAMBIQUE   [133 words]  [$1.8]
KENYA
Green light for port in Lamu
   President Mwai Kibaki is applying pressure for a ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the new port in Lamu to be held at the beginning of next year.  (...)  [285 words]  [$5.4]
KENYA
The Kenyattas to relaunch People Daily
   The family of the Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta wants to restyle the People Daily newspaper which it has just purchased from the family of Kenneth Matiba.  (...)  [184 words]  [$5.4]
MADAGASCAR
A Mauritius firm closes its doors
   The Antananarivo-based printing company MSM, owned by the Mon Loisir group, has had to pack its bags.  (...)  [193 words]  [$5.4]
TANZANIA
Sogea-Satom at the centre of tug-of-war
   A Mbeya local councillor has declared war on the French company Sogea-Satom.  (...)  [224 words]  [$5.4]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Air Mad to operate inter-island flights
   A Malagasy airline is to begin operating flights between the Comoros islands, much to the dismay of the two small local companies that previously had the monopoly.  (...)  [247 words]  [$5.4]
SEYCHELLES
Fisticuffs at the Central Bank
   Pierre Laporte has left his imprint on the Central Bank since he became its governor at the end of 2008, as some people have learned to their cost.  (...)  [191 words]  [$5.4]
MOZAMBIQUE
A new Portuguese bank?
   The rumour that the richest man in Portugal is planning to set up a bank in Maputo would seem to be confirmed.  (...)  [221 words]  [$5.4]

WHO'S WHO
FRANCE/DJIBOUTI
René Forceville
   The French Ambassador to Djibouti, Dominique Decherf is about to retire after an extensive career. His replacement, René Forceville, who will be 61 at the end of the year, is also  (...)  [139 words]  [$5.4]
MADAGASCAR
Eleonore Johasy
   A former journalist and later head of PR for the late Jacques Sylla while he was Prime Minister under President Marc Ravalomanana, Eleonore Johasy now finds herself in a somewhat strategic  (...)  [245 words]  [$5.4]
MADAGASCAR
J. Randrianarivony
   Business is going well for Jaobarison Randrianarivony, 47. He is a Merina businessman whom the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina, had given the  (...)  [120 words]  [$5.4]
FRANCE/UGANDA
Aline Kuster-Ménager
   A new Ambassador of France will soon take up her functions in Uganda to replace René Forceville who will move to Djibouti (see previous article).  (...)  [122 words]  [$5.4]
MOZAMBIQUE
Bonifacio Gruveta
   The Frelimo (ruling party) MP and former governor of Zambezia Province, Bonifacio Gruveta Massamba, is indeed the devoted supporter of forestry companies in Mozambique.  (...)  [100 words]  [$5.4]
KENYA
Joseph ole Nkaissery
   The Assistant Minister for Defence, retired General Joseph ole Nkaissery, would seem to have a rosy political future ahead of him once the main leader of the Massai community and current  (...)  [147 words]  [$5.4]


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