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previous Archive n° 1204  - 12/16/2006 next   Francis Soler SOMALIA Editor in Chief Chronicle of a war foretold Alarm bells rang in the neighbouring countries when the heads of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) referred to “greater Somalia”, the ideology responsible for the war in the Ogaden thirty years ago, as well as calling for support from international Jihadists. (...)   [685 words]  [$8.2] FREE ARTICLE Problems to fund contracts   Two financial problems are handicapping foreign companies which win contracts in Sudan: the weakness of the local banks and the American embargo. (...)  [415 words]  [FREE] POLITICS & POWER DJIBOUTI IOC money appropriated    The Djibouti Minister for Youth and Sport, Hassan Farah Miguil, already a controversial figure for his past management of the ministry of justice (ION 808), has managed to get his hands on the budget attributed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to its local branch in Djibouti.  (...)  [283 words]  [$4.7] BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Moroni    The President of the autonomous island of Ngazidja Abdou Souleh Elbak does not go down well with the entourage of the French Minister Delegate for Coopération, Brigitte Girardin. (...)  [97 words]  [$1.5] Addis Ababa    Kulibi, or more specifically St Gabriel’s Church, 68 km from Dire Dawa in the East of Ethiopia, could be a target for bomb attacks by ethnic Somali Ethiopian opponents. (...)  [83 words]  [$1.5] Asmara    The Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi didn’t mince his words when he met the President of Eritrea, Issayas Afeworki, in Rome on 4 December. (...)  [104 words]  [$1.5] Pretoria    The French Minister of Industry, François Loos, is to go to South Africa at the beginning of next year. (...)  [73 words]  [$1.5] ETHIOPIA Somalia as a backdrop    Meles Zenawi is trying to moderate his internal opposition so as to have his hands free to handle the inevitable armed conflict with Somalian Islamists.  (...)  [305 words]  [$4.7] UGANDA Squabbles among the Muslims    The regime is still supporting the executives of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council even though certain dissident clerics claim it is corrupt.  (...)  [357 words]  [$4.7] MOZAMBIQUE Diogo’s son in business    The son of the Prime Minister of Mozambique has been involved in the creation of several companies over the past year.  (...)  [159 words]  [$4.7] ON THE LINE SOUTH AFRICA    Hargeis’a’s lobbyist in South Africa has once again pleaded the case for Pretoria to “provisionally recognise” Somaliland. (...)  [188 words]  [$1.5] SUDAN/FRANCE    The sale of the stake held by the AFD in a Sudanese bank was approved on 10 November. (...)  [50 words]  [$1.5] DJIBOUTI    The Djibouti opposition, mainly from the Afar ethnic group, has had a new team at the top since the beginning of December. (...)  [278 words]  [$1.5] PORTUGAL    The director of the sub-Saharan Africa department of the Portuguese ministry for foreign affairs Maria Gabriela Albergaria, lasted just one week in the post. (...)  [93 words]  [$1.5] SEYCHELLES    The Seychelles National Party (SNP, opposition) is maintaining its boycott of Parliament, even if its leader, Wavel Ramkalawan, did make a brief appearance there on 7 December. (...)  [157 words]  [$1.5] TANZANIA Richmond contract investigated    President Jakaya Kikwete is planning to set up a commission to investigate the award of a contract to the small American firm Richmond Development Corporation.  (...)  [160 words]  [FREE] SOUTH AFRICA Big shots join Bombela    Exercising ministers, several ANC executives and one of Thabo Mbeki’s former advisors are all among the black partners of the Bombela Consortium building the high speed rail link between Johannesburg and Pretoria.  (...)  [216 words]  [$4.7] INDIAN OCEAN Difficult relaunch for ACP-EU Courier    The publication of the first issue of ACP-EU Courier, scheduled for the first quarter of 2007, is still up against considerable disagreement about its editorial line.  (...)  [313 words]  [$4.7] BUSINESS CIRCLES COMOROS ISLANDS Another airline in the making    Following the creation of an airline by the businessman Imad Saba negotiated with the Ngazidja government (ION 1203), another team of foreign investors is now working on a similar  (...)  [269 words]  [$4.7] COMPANIES Natixis    SUDAN   [128 words]  [$1.5] Semlex Europe    MADAGASCAR   [73 words]  [$1.5] Fluor Daniel    MADAGASCAR   [97 words]  [$1.5] Anadarko    MOZAMBIQUE   [162 words]  [$1.5] Petrobras    AFRICA   [134 words]  [$1.5] Transco    KENYA   [267 words]  [$1.5] Somken Upstream    KENYA   [131 words]  [$1.5] Harel Frères Ltd    MAURITIUS   [164 words]  [$1.5] COMOROS ISLANDS BNP Paribas drops BIC    Even before the official announcement in Moroni, BIC’s clients were already aware that BNP Paribas was withdrawing from the capital of this Comoran bank.  (...)  [329 words]  [$4.7] MADAGASCAR The champion of company agents    In the space of six years, Thierry Rasamoely and his wife have built up working relationships with half a dozen foreign companies in various sectors of activity.  (...)  [345 words]  [$4.7] KENYA Finmeccanica’s discreet partners    A small Kenyan company is working with the Italian firms which won the contract to build the control tower at Lokichoggio airport.  (...)  [210 words]  [$4.7] SUDAN Problems to fund contracts    Two financial problems are handicapping foreign companies which win contracts in Sudan: the weakness of the local banks and the American embargo.  (...)  [415 words]  [FREE] MAURITIUS Financial stakes of a divorce    The Kerzner International group will have to pay out $75 million to divest itself of Sun Resorts Ltd, taking over the St Geran hotel in the process.  (...)  [357 words]  [$4.7] WHO'S WHO UNITED KINGDOM/MAURITIUS Andrew Scott    For several months now, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam of Mauritius has had a British economic advisor, in the person of Andrew Scott from the London Business School (LBS).  (...)  [186 words]  [$4.7] DJIBOUTI Mohamed Siad Douale    At 38, Mohamed Siad Douale has just been accredited as Djibouti Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva and to the Swiss Federal Council.  (...)  [144 words]  [$4.7] UNITED STATES/MADAGASCAR Carl H. Amon    The person who is working on behalf of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank) and the government of Antananarivo on the programme to restructure and privatise  (...)  [134 words]  [$4.7] MADAGASCAR Frédéric Rabesahala    The first private regular Malagasy airline, Air Transport & Transit Régional (ATTR), should in principle make its first flight on 31 December this year.  (...)  [176 words]  [$4.7] BELGIUM/MADAGASCAR Guy Mallett    The team in Madagascar from ShoreBank International Ltd, a subsidiary of the ShoreBank Corporation of the United States, has been headed since June 2006 by Guy Mallett.  (...)  [145 words]  [$4.7] ERITREA/SOMALIA Christopher Lovelace    A few weeks ago the World Bank designated a country manager for Eritrea and Somalia, who will be based in Asmara.  (...)  [136 words]  [$4.7]   previous Archive n° 1204  - 12/16/2006 next

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