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Francis Soler
KENYA Editor in Chief
President Kibaki plays his last card
The day after the constitutional referendum on 21 November, when his side was resoundingly defeated by partisans of voting No, President Mwai Kibaki surprised everybody by playing one of his last cards. An unprecedented fact in Kenya, he sacked the whole of his government and not only the seven ministers who campaigned for a No (Raila Odinga, William ole Ntimama, Kalonzo Musyoka, Ochillo Ayacko, Najib Balala, Linah Kilimo and Peter Anyang Nyongo). (...)   [735 words]   [$11,2]
Empty coffers in Mamoudzou
   The first assistant to the mayor of Mamoudzou (Mayotte), Mchindra Said, sent a "note to suppliers” on 14 November to warn them that the town hall was “momentarily paralysed to honour the mandating of its invoices”, although the corresponding sums did figure in the municipal budget. (...)  [138 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
MOZAMBIQUE
A new Muslim radio station
   A new Muslim radio station has started broadcasting in Nampula, completing the network set up by the South African Watervaal Islamic Institute.  (...)  [234 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
antananarivo
The Grand Chancellor's puzzle
 [193 words]   [$2,1]
Maputo
More nominations on the way
 [123 words]   [$2,1]
Moroni
Two Abdallah candidates?
 [57 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
New jobs for former ministers
   Former ministers and top civil servants of the previous government have found jobs for themselves in international organisations.  (...)  [309 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
The opposition disoriented
   The government is trying to decapitate the opposition with profuse arrests.  (...)  [263 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
The carrot and the stick
   After imprisoning the FDC’s leader, the government is now seeking to negotiate with moderate elements of this opposition group.  (...)  [333 words]   [$7]
ZIMBABWE
Deputy ministers discontent
   Certain deputy ministers are not content merely to shadow their minister, but want to take their place.  (...)  [297 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
UNITED STATES/ETHIOPIA
Plea to appoint an ambassador to Addis Ababa
   Eight US congressmen wrote to President George W. Bush on 14 November asking him to appoint an ambassador to Ethiopia “as soon as possible”.  (...)  [268 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Only one vacancy still left at the American embassy
   The United States embassy in Mauritius was particularly short of staff last summer. This has now to a large extent been solved by the arrival of new diplomats during the last two months.  (...)  [366 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Fifteen Chinese firms are prospecting
   Some fifteen Chinese companies active in seven strategic sectors came to prospect the Madagascan market this week, accompanying the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Huang Ju.  (...)  [206 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
ifc
An end of year present for Barclays in Tanzania
 [114 words]   [$2,1]
AmCham
A regional meeting in Mauritius
 [154 words]   [$2,1]
PAPC
A ports conference in Kenya
 [133 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
MADAGASCAR
Isabelle Gachie
   The management of the Centre d'Information Technique et Economique (CITE) has become a sort of monopoly of the French consulting company BDPA-Scetagri (BDPA).  (...)  [228 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
MOZAMBIQUE
The government of Cuba has just designated...
 [43 words]   [FREE]
UGANDA
Edgar Tabaaro has just been appointed...
 [75 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
The ambassador of Mali to South Africa...
 [33 words]   [FREE]
AFRICA
The Italian ambassador to Zambia...
 [29 words]   [FREE]
MAURITIUS
The government of Port Louis...
 [74 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
Raju Jaddoo
   The new general manager of the Board of Investments (BOI), Raju Jaddoo, is a person close to the Minister of Finance, Rama Sithanen.  (...)  [223 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS
Roshan Seetohul
   The Mauritius cabinet has recommended the appointment of Roshan Seetohul to the post of chairman of the board of Airports of Mauritius Ltd (AML).  (...)  [160 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR/MOROCCO
Nour’aly Naza’aly
   The honorary consul of Morocco in Antananarivo, Nour’aly Naza’aly is preparing for a visit by a delegation of Moroccan entrepreneurs in April or May 2006.  (...)  [120 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
MADAGASCAR
The Chinese have their licence
   According to the specialised newsletter Africa Energy Intelligence (published by Indigo Publications, which also publishes The Indian Ocean Newsletter), the Madagascan Office des Mines  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
ttc
A new general manager in Tanzania
 [58 words]   [$2,1]
IOC
Interested in buying BP's activity in Kenya
 [116 words]   [$2,1]
maurel & Prom
A licence in the Seychelles?
 [74 words]   [$2,1]
sogea
A new head in Reunion Island
 [121 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Businessmen snubbed
   A group of businessmen invited by the presidency were surprised to be received by an American tax expert for a classroom course.  (...)  [211 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Sacos for sale
   The legislation opening the way for Sacos to be privatised has been approved by Parliament.  (...)  [280 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
A very generous emir
   The government of the autonomous island of Njazidja has benefited from the generosity of the Emir of Sharjah.  (...)  [163 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
CCM in oil refinery business
   A company with ties to the CCM is planning to build an oil refinery with an American partner.  (...)  [325 words]   [$7]
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Indians go for coal
   Without waiting for the green light from New Delhi to create an international subsidiary, Coal India Ltd has begun to prospect for coal in southern Africa.  (...)  [359 words]   [$7]
MAYOTTE ISLAND
The media on the boil
   There are new press titles aplenty. Every political stream wants to have its own mouthpiece.  (...)  [281 words]   [$7]
Aviation
Charter route between Nosy Be and Milan in question
   The Italian group Viaggi del Ventaglio is negotiating with the national airline Air Madagascar for the purchase of an annual quota of seats on the scheduled flights between Milan and  (...)  [302 words]   [$7]
aviation
Five companies want to fly to South Africa
   The International Air Services Regulations (IASR) of South Africa has had requests for authorisations to fly there from five foreign companies.  (...)  [163 words]   [$7]
fisheries
A new parastatal body in Kenya
   As well as the Kenya Geothermal Energy Development (KGED) which depends on the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (Kengen), the Kenyan government is also planning to create a new  (...)  [165 words]   [$7]
aviation
Plan for a new airline in the Comores
   The government of the autonomous island of Njazidja is seeking to start its own airline. To this end, the authorities of the island have approached Imad Sabah, an American businessman  (...)  [209 words]   [$7]
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