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Francis Soler
TANZANIA Editor in Chief
Kikwete has all the reins in his hands
Not without a certain degree of resistance by some of the leading figures of the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), President Jakaya Kikwete has managed to place his faithful allies in the posts of Speaker of Parliament, Prime Minister and in the government. (...)   [752 words]   [$11,2]
Diplomatic appointments
   A number of new diplomatic appointments have already taken effect in Mauritius. Meanwhile, Mookhesswur Choonee is still waiting his nomination as ambassador to India, Rashid Soobadar is tipped for the post of ambassador to Cairo and Marie-France Roussety could well recover the position of ambassador to Paris, which she has already held in the past. (...)  [303 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
KENYA
Kikuyu MPs worried
   A group of MPs from the Central Province is trying to get a meeting with the President to outline its concerns.  (...)  [362 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
antananarivo
A new anti-corruption monitoring unit
 [163 words]   [$2,1]
Addis ababa
Effective lobbying
 [124 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA
James Bevan’s humour
   The head of the FCO Africa Department has looked back on the six months of British presidency of the European Union with a certain amount of humour.  (...)  [338 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Times are lean
   Several international donors have reduced their budgetary aid, so Kampala is having to tighten its belt and dig into its foreign currency reserves to make up for the shortfall.  (...)  [277 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Thoughts of a former Minister
   A former minister of the interior is meditating about how to restructure the Malagasy administration.  (...)  [203 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
A spy in his prime of life
   A young officer, aged 32, has been charged with liaising with the intelligence services of the other countries in the region.  (...)  [202 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
TANZANIA
Burundians unhappy with the port of Dar es-Salaam
   Burundian traders are concerned by the blocking of several thousand tonnes of their merchandise in the Tanzanian port of Dar es-Salaam.  (...)  [257 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Red carpet rolled out for an Egyptian businessman
   The Egyptian businessman Ahmed Bahjat, was given the red carpet treatment in Khartoum this week when he headed a delegation there of executives of his group of companies.  (...)  [217 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
EU comes to the aid of victims of silent Tsunamis
   The European Commission (EC) is to devote an envelope of 165 million euros to aid certain African countries that have suffered from natural catastrophes or are victims of collateral damage of civil wars.  (...)  [124 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
assafrica
New management team
 [151 words]   [$2,1]
EBCAM
New agent in Brussels
 [116 words]   [$2,1]
spa
Ports conference in the Seychelles
 [103 words]   [$2,1]
AFRICA
CIAN takes a survey of French firms
   The Conseil Français des Investisseurs en Afrique (CIAN) has just published its 2006 report. It contains the results of a survey it carried out several months ago of French companies operating in 25 African countries.  (...)  [232 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
ITALY/UGANDA
Umberto Plaja
   The next Italian ambassador to Uganda is a highly experienced diplomat who has already held several posts in Africa. Umberto Plaja, born in Milan in March 1941, is to take up this post in Kampala, his last before retirement.  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
DJIBOUTI
The Djibouti cabinet of ministers decided...
 [69 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
The President of Djibouti received the credentials...
 [79 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
The Nation Media Group of Kenya has just designated...
 [67 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
While Samuel Sitta recently became...
 [54 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Daphne M. Sheldrick
   A 71 year old British Born Kenyan has just been awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire), one of the highest awards in the United Kingdom.  (...)  [245 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Asha-Rose Migiro
   At the head of the Ministry of Community Development, Women and Children for five years, Asha-Rose Migiro has just been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new Tanzanian regime.  (...)  [215 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Hixonia Nyasulu
   The chairperson of the black empowerment company Ayavuna Women’s Investments (Pty) will join the board of Sasol in June 2006.  (...)  [105 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
ETHIOPIA
Indians like roses
   The blooming horticulture sector in Ethiopia is not only attracting the attention of Dutch firms (ION 1162). Indian companies are also starting to gradually take root in Ethiopia where  (...)  [196 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
harson development
Study for creating a trading post for precious stones in Madagascar
 [124 words]   [$2,1]
pam
Phase two of exploring for gold and diamond in Madagascar
 [133 words]   [$2,1]
rogers
Canvassing mission to India
 [138 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Fisticuffs at the brokers'
   Certain stockbrokers are threatening to denounce two contracts for irregularities and favouritism awarded by KenGen ahead of its flotation on the Stock Exchange.  (...)  [368 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Pressure over Cahora Bassa
   The government of Maputo wants the agreement for the handing back of Cahora Bassa to be signed before the Portuguese presidential election on 22 January.  (...)  [374 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Vodacom takes on Mcel
   The second mobile telephone operator wants to lobby the authorities to get clients among the State employees.  (...)  [278 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Australians in the mines
   The firm Gondwana Resources is interested in acquiring a Madagascan mining company, three of whose shareholders are already Australian.  (...)  [250 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Tax office against Amine Kalfane
   The stand-off between Amine Kalfane and the tax office has hardened, with the seizure of goods owned by this Comoran businessman.  (...)  [400 words]   [$7]
rail transport
Djiboutians on the CDE board
   President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh made a decree last month appointing six new Djiboutian members to the board of management of Chemin de fer Djibouto-Ethiopien (CDE), which is made up  (...)  [241 words]   [$7]
tourism
Henri Roger bows out of Madagascar
   The chairman of the board of management of the Malagasy Office National du Tourisme (ONT) Henri Roger, is expected to give in his notice during the board’s next meeting on 21 Janu  (...)  [205 words]   [$7]
hotels
Green light for a hotel project in Mayotte
   The promoters of a tourist project in Mayotte received a letter on 19 December from the Prefecture. It promised them that this project “comes under the scope of the objectives for  (...)  [169 words]   [$7]
hotels
Union Estate for sale in the Seychelles
   The Seychelles government is currently in the process of negotiating the sale of Union Estate to a consortium from the Maldives.  (...)  [233 words]   [$7]
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