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Djibouti (18/06/2010)
Government refuses to accept Boreh's French lawyer
The Djibouti authorities have just objected to the French lawyer Olivier Morice who was to act in Djibouti for the businessman Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh in the legal proceedings the government has instigated against him for “terrorist activity ” (ION 1287). (...).
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Madagascar (01/06/2010)
Nestair in the government’s crosshairs
The transition government of Prime Minister Camille Vital is planning to reclaim a certain number of plots of public land that had been sold in the past to private companies. (...).
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Djibouti (21/05/2010)
President Guelleh to meet Morin in Paris
The President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG), is scheduled to be received by the French Minister for Defence Hervé Morin at 11 am on 25 May. (...).
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Madagascar (19/05/2010)
Joaquim Chissano’s plan for a way out of the crisis
The mediator in the Madagascar crisis, Joaquim Chissano, has not let himself be swayed by the recent unilateral initiatives of the President of the High Authority for Transition, Andry Rajoelina (ION 1285). (...).
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Madagascar (19/03/2010)
Major meeting on rosewood
The French Ambassador to Antananarivo, Jean-Marc Châtaigner, received a group of ambassadors, representatives of NGOs and international financial institutions at his residence on 16 March to discuss the fight against the traffic in rosewood. (...).
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Seychelles (01/03/2010)
James Michel defends the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi
President James Michel used his speech to the nation on the evening of 26 February to try to appease the discontent caused by the affair of the pollution of water supply to La Misere village caused by the work to build a luxury villa owned by the Reigning Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (ION 1280). (...).
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Madagascar (27/01/2010)
Andry Rajoelina transits through Paris
The President for transition, Andry Rajoelina, known as TGV, arrived in Paris discreetly in the night of 26 to 27 January, accompanied with his advisor Norbert Ratsirahonana and the Senator Sylvain Rabetsaroana. (...).
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Djibouti (19/01/2010)
Nicolas Sarkozy to meet Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
The presidential aeroplane taking President Nicolas Sarkozy back to Paris after his official visit to Reunion Island and Mayotte on 18 and 19 January is due to make a refuelling stop in Djibouti. (...).
[242 words] [$1.8]

Madagascar (18/12/2009)
Rajoelina angry with Joyandet
The communiqué issued by the French ministry for foreign affairs on 16 December was not to the liking of the Malagasy Transition President, Andry Rajoelina known as TGV. (...).
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Mozambique (05/11/2009)
Afonso Dhlakama raises the tone
Beaten by Frelimo and President Armando Guebuza in the general election on 28 October, the head of Renamo (opposition) Afonso Dhlakama is refusing to accept this outcome, denouncing election fraud for which he presents some quite disturbing evidence. (...).
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Mozambique (03/06/2010)
Drug money has no smell
President Barack Obama caused a commotion in Maputo on 1st June when he added the name of Asian Mozambican businessman Mohamed Bachir Suleman to the list of international drug traffickers singled-out by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. (...).
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Djibouti (31/05/2010)
Renewed skirmishes between army and FRUD rebels
The Djibouti army wants to strengthen the country’s border controls and also to rid the mountainous Moussa Ali region, near Ethiopia, of the Front pour la Restauration de l’Unité et la Démocratie (Armed FRUD) rebels that may be present in the area. (...).
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Ethiopia (20/05/2010)
TV channel supporting Berhanu Nega starts broadcasting
Ethiopia Satellite Television (ESAT), founded by the Taskforce on Promoting Ethiopian Democracy & Human Rights (TEDH) which gathers Ethiopians in the Diaspora politically close to Berhanu Nega, the current leader of the Ginbot 7 opposition group (ION 1284), started broadcasting on 18 May from the Arabsat satellite. (...).
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Mauritius (17/05/2010)
SBM asks IFC for help
The State Bank of Mauritius (SBM), the number two bank in the country, has called on the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank) for help to fund its expansion. (...).
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Mozambique (02/03/2010)
José Socrates goes on a trade safari
The front pages of the main newspapers in Portugal will most probably carry extensive coverage during the next few days of the visit the Socialist Prime Minister José Socrates is making to Mozambique starting on 3 March (ION 1279). (...).
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Ethiopia (02/02/2010)
Major problem at Gibe II power station
The largest hydro-electric dam in Ethiopia, Gilgel Gibe II, has been out of action for the last few days. (...).
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Madagascar (20/01/2010)
Disagreement among the mediators
Paris and Washington are getting more set in their respective stances over the mediation in the Malagasy political crisis. (...).
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Madagascar (04/01/2010)
Will Kraoma be discreetly privatised?
A small Italian firm specialising in trading ore and transforming industrial products is taking an interest in the activity of the chromium producer Kraomita Malagasy (Kraoma S. (...).
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Ethiopia (20/11/2009)
Serious confrontation near Harar
According to information received by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, a deadly skirmish occurred on 16 November in a place known as Jaketa, situated between Harar and Babile in the east of Ethiopia. (...).
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Mauritius (23/10/2009)
Xavier-Luc Duval goes to Father Grégoire’s rescue
Father Jocelyn Grégoire, the president of the Federation des Creoles Mauriciens (FCM), has pulled off a nice one: (...).
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