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Madagascar (21/07/2008)
Ravalomanana gets a French minister
Following an insistent demand by President Marc Ravalomanana , Paris is to send the Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony, Alain Joyandet , on a lightning one day visit to Antananarivo on 23 July. (...).
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Madagascar/France (17/07/2008)
Medef mission put back again
The trade mission which the French employers’ organisation Medef International had planned to take to Madagascar in the autumn has been put back once again and is now scheduled for early next year. (...).
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Zimbabwe (15/07/2008)
Santo Egidio at the starting blocks
The Italian Catholic community Santo Egidio is paying close attention to the political transition process in Zimbabwe. (...).
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South Africa/France (04/07/2008)
Rama Yade to go to Johannesburg
Rama Yade , the French Secretary of State in charge of foreign affairs and human rights, had not been able to join President Nicolas Sarkozy in his official visit to South Africa last February. (...).
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Mozambique (03/07/2008)
Soico group to launch a daily
The independent weekly O Pais should become a daily before the end of the year, according to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from a source within the publisher, Sociedade Independente de Communicaçoes (Soico). (...).
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Uganda (19/06/2008)
Latest developments in the Juba negotiations
In a report dated 16 June, Riak Machar , the Vice President of the South Sudan government and chief mediator at the peace negotiations on Uganda, made several recommendations to avoid a resumption of the fighting between the government of Kampala and the Lord's Résistance Army (LRA, rebel movement) led by Joseph Kony . (...).
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Kenya (16/06/2008)
UN prefers Wako to Maathai !
Human rights circles in Kenya have been in a fever of excitement these last few days. (...).
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Madagascar (06/06/2008)
Joyandet going to Antananarivo
The French Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony, Alain Joyandet , is to go to Antananarivo on 9 and 10 June to sign a second development contract, the last, with Madagascar. (...).
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Comoros Islands (04/06/2008)
Former UMP member made consul in Marseille
The Comoros community in Marseille (around 70,000 people) is starting to react to the appointment by the Cabinet of the Union of the Comoros government of a Frenchman who was until recently still a member of the UMP (French presidential party) to the position of Honorary Consul in this city. (...).
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Ethiopia (30/05/2008)
Addis Ababa lobbyist joins McCain
The American presidential candidate John McCain has just appointed the lobbyist Frank Donatelli as Deputy Chairman of the Republican National Committee . (...).
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Seychelles (17/07/2008)
D Day at the Paris Club
According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter , the Seychelles foreign debt, a total of €90 million, will be on the agenda at the next meeting of the Paris Club on 18 July. (...).
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Djibouti (16/07/2008)
Colas loses its case
On 4 July, the French Council of State rejected the request by the firm Colas Djibouti to enjoin the French Ambassador there, Dominique Decherf , to delay signing the contract for the construction of the treasury and the refurbishment of the French General Consulate in Djibouti (see the email alert dated 17 June 2008). (...).
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Comoros (10/07/2008)
Citizenship for sale
Always ready to brandish the banner of national sovereignty, the government of the Union of the Comoros is no less disposed to give Comoros nationality to investors from the United Arab Emirates and their families. (...).
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South Africa (04/07/2008)
Risk to worsen in the short-term
Speaking at a conference on South Africa organised at the Senate in Paris on 3 July by Ubifrance , a representative of Coface (French organisation guaranteeing export credit) considered that this country had become “the best risk in Africa after Botswana" , hence classing it as A3. (...).
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Mayotte (02/07/2008)
Yves Jego disappoints Serge Castel
On a mission to Paris this week, Serge Castel , the chairman of the Mayotte Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (CCI), Michel Taillefer , the chairman of the local branch of the French employers’ federation Medef , a delegate from the Force Ouvrière trade union and a representative of the port of Mayotte, were very surprised by the coolness of the welcome they received from Yves Jégo , the French Secretary of State for Overseas Dependencies. (...).
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Djibouti (17/06/2008)
Colas vs Soprim Construction
The French Council of State is to examine on 16 June the request filed by the firm Colas Djibouti calling for the French Ambassador there, Dominique Decherf , to delay signing the public market contract for the construction of the treasury and restructuring the Consulate. (...).
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Mauritius (11/06/2008)
Good contacts come in handy!
It's always useful to have good contacts. The chairman of the Mauritian group British American Investment (BAI) was pleasantly surprised to have this confirmed for himself in Paris this week. (...).
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Ethiopia (05/06/2008)
Tension in Benishangul
The situation in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, in the North West of the country where the administration appears to be strongly contested by a section of the local population, has become very tense. (...).
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Mauritius (02/06/2008)
New tension with the sugar industry
Once again clouds are looming on the horizon of relations between the government in Port Louis and the country’s independent energy producers, whose leading shareholders are the heads of the sugar industry, historically an important part of the elite in Mauritius. (...).
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Comoros (30/05/2008)
Mohamed Bacar goes to Benin
The former President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar will not be sent back to Moroni. (...).
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