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Francis Soler
ETHIOPIA Editor in Chief
Al Amoudi's Generosity
The Ethiopian-born Saudi magnate Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi is not satisfied with simply being the top foreign investor in the Ethiopia, as the owner via Midroc Ethiopia consortium of 20 businesses, including some in partnership with local businessmen. As a result of generous donations, he has also weaved himself a dense network of contacts in all sectors of society, even in the Ethiopian diaspora in the United States. (...)   [665 words]   [$11,2]
Appointments in State Firms
   President Mwai Kibaki made a wave of nominations to the head of 30 state organizations and companies on December 18. (...)  [230 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
KENYA
Raila Odinga Lashes Out
   The minister of roads and public works, Raila Odinga, is in a tug-of-war with several of his colleagues in the Kenyan government.  (...)  [366 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
antanANarivo
The AFP Rescues the Anta Press Agency
 [86 words]   [$2,1]
paris/johannesburg
A French Judge Gives the Scorpions a Lesson
 [110 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Arrests are Multiplying
   The justice department is blaming the finance minister in the government of the autonomous island of Ngazidja.  (...)  [308 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Who Will Control the Regions?
   The setting up of regions planned by the constitution is raising debate and competition between the secretary of state charged with decentralization and the interior minister.  (...)  [297 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Ravalomanana and Anticorruption
   Five months after the appointment of its president, the Conseil superieur de lutte contre la corruption has still not been formed.  (...)  [402 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
A New Hunting Ground
   The prospect of peace and of a lifting of American sanctions in the next year is making the organizers of hunting safaris champ at the bit.  (...)  [275 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
ERITREA
Asmara Makes Eyes at Jinsa in the United States
   The web site of the Eritrean ministry of information reported on the four-day visit of an eight member delegation of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (Jinsa) to Eritrea.  (...)  [284 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Last-Chance Meeting in Moroni
   A handful of international figures is expected to participate in the ceremony for the Pretoria memorandum to be signed by the four presidents of the archipelago (ION 1067) on December 20 in Moroni.  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Central Africans Trained by the SPLA
   The former president of Central Africa, Ange Félix Patassé, sent several dozen Central African military troops to train in the ranks of Colonel John Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) with the idea of making up a presidential guard upon their return.  (...)  [295 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
ISS
A South African Institute Patronized by the African Union
 [108 words]   [$2,1]
AFD
New President for the French Alliance in Djibouti
 [145 words]   [$2,1]
ICFTU
Membership in a Zanzibar Union
 [101 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
ZIMBABWE
Tawanda Nyambirai
   A new chairman of Econet Wireless Holdings Ltd's (EWHL) board of directors is expected to be named during the company's annual general assembly, planned for December 18.  (...)  [168 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
DJIBOUTI
Credentials
 [29 words]   [FREE]
MAURITIUS
Port Louis Fund
 [42 words]   [FREE]
KENYA
Mwai Kibaki
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Credentials
 [69 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Giuseppina Mazza
   The new resident coordinator of operation activities for the United Nations system and resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to the Union of Comoros is an Italian woman with an advanced degree in political science and a master's in European studies.  (...)  [187 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/UNITED STATES
Victor Barnes
   The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), beneficiaries of a recent $875,000 donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation intended to increase American firms' commitment in the fight against AIDS in Africa, has just named a director to the program.  (...)  [166 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
TANZANIA
Net Group Wants Another Contract
   The South African company Net Group Solution has already asked to renew its contract to manage Tanesco for two more years.  (...)  [271 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
ernst & young
A Consulting Contract in Ethiopia
 [118 words]   [$2,1]
SOGEA
An End-of-Year Gift from the Ethiopian Roads Authority
 [123 words]   [$2,1]
telkom
Upcoming Purchase of a Maritime Security System in South Africa
 [132 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
Electricity Bills Unpaid
   The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company barely has the means to make its clients pay the $6 million that they owe.  (...)  [343 words]   [$7]
mines
China is Interested in Ethiopia's Potential
   Recent secret negotiations took place between a Chinese government delegation and its Ethiopian counterparts on China's interest in Ethiopia's mining sector.  (...)  [232 words]   [$7]
energy
Jirama's Private Debtors in Madagascar
   Ten large private companies have succeeded in renegotiating their arrears to the state company Jirama (electricity and water in Madagascar).  (...)  [186 words]   [$7]
mines
Kasese Cobalt to Reopen in Uganda
   The $165 million Kasese Cobalt Company Ltd (KCCL), which exploits cobalt from the stockpile of copper exploitation in the Kilembe mines, near the border with the Democratic Republic  (...)  [154 words]   [$7]
Aviation
Air Wars in Mayotte
   Erick Lazarus's Reunion Island company, Air Bourbon, asked the French Conseil supérieur de l'aviation marchande (CSAM) this week for the traffic rights for a thrice-weekly flight between  (...)  [200 words]   [$7]
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