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Francis Soler
MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief
An avalanche of Chinese companies
China already controls a substantial proportion of the textile companies in the Malagasy export processing zone and has become one of the world’s largest importers of Madagascan products. Certainly a large number of the 84 Chinese firms present in Madagascar are still very small in size and are specialised in trading. (...)   [732 words]   [$11,2]
Joshua Kulei's discreet come-back
   The former personal advisor of ex-President Daniel arap Moi is discreetly coming back into the wings of the Kenyan political scene by supporting the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM, opposition). (...)  [282 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
ETHIOPIA
Meles Zenawi invites Louis Michel
   During his recent visit to Brussels, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia invited the European Commissioner Louis Michel to Addis Ababa.  (...)  [327 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
nairobi
CFI got nothing from KBC
 [193 words]   [$2,1]
Maputo
Guebuza's daughter in Focus 21
 [78 words]   [$2,1]
Dar es salaam
Egypt makes contact with Kikwete
 [64 words]   [$2,1]
MAURITIUS
A boss close to the regime
   The Mauritius Vice President’s brother-in-law is currently consolidating a press group that he could place at the service of the present regime.  (...)  [378 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
The Ayatollah’s two Vices
   One of the candidates for the presidential election who is known as The Ayatollah because of his Islamist views has appointed two Vice Presidents.  (...)  [303 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
CRC wooing Caabi
   President Azali’s party is still looking for a candidate for the election of the President of the Union of the Comoros and is trying to persuade Caabi to accept the party’s investiture. This election will be held in April.  (...)  [360 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
ERITREA
Two American Democrat Congressmen support Asmara
   Two American Congressmen, members of the Democratic Party (DP) James P. Moran (Virginia) and Betty McCollun (Minnesota) this week brought their support to the Organisation of Eritrean-Americans (OEA) which is waging a campaign for Ethiopia to implement the border agreement with Eritrea.  (...)  [157 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Technical mission of six ministries to India
   A small official delegation from Madagascar is scheduled to go to India from the 20 February. It will be led by President Marc Ravalomanana’s chief of staff, Henri Roger Ranaivoson.  (...)  [138 words]   [$7]
UGANDA
Police cooperation with South Africa
   The governments of Uganda and South Africa are negotiating a security pact which should lead to cooperation between the police forces of the two countries.  (...)  [231 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
ubifrance
A Djiboutian Minister in Paris
 [87 words]   [$2,1]
ifc
Sponsoring BNI Leasing in Madagascar
 [123 words]   [$2,1]
spintelligent
Conference on energy and mining in Madagascar
 [186 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Removed from the US State Department’s black list
   In June 2002, Madagascar came into the line of sight of the American government, which classified it as “level 2, under observation” for confirmed facts concerning people trafficking.  (...)  [128 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Investigation mission at the French Senate
   The French Senate investigation mission effected a brief working visit to the Comoros on 9 February. The mission was led by Senator Georges Othily and comprised the Senators Noël Buffet, Catherine Tasca, Christian Domuynk, Michel Mercier, Louis Mermaz and Jean Patrick Courtois.  (...)  [121 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
MADAGASCAR
Sylvain Razafindriaka
   The new Director General of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Sylvain Razafindriaka, is drawn from among the executives of Tiko, the group owned by President Marc Ravalomanana.  (...)  [209 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
MADAGASCAR
Tiana Raoelina has become the director of human resources of Star...
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
The chairmen of several State companies...
 [77 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA
President Thabo Mbeki designated...
 [46 words]   [$2,1]
DJIBOUTI
Ali Hassan Bahdon, ...
 [37 words]   [FREE]
ETHIOPIA
The Yemeni Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ameen Mohammad Al-Yusufi...
 [26 words]   [FREE]
KENYA
Amos Kimunya
   As The Indian Ocean Newsletter predicted last week (ION 1168), Amos Kimunya, the Kenyan Minister of Land, has been appointed Minister of Finance to replace David Mwiraria who resigned recently.  (...)  [140 words]   [$7]
AFRICA/UNITED STATES
Nathaniel Fields
   The former chairman of the American government agency African Development Foundation (ADF) Nathaniel Fields has been put at the head of this foundation’s operations in Africa.  (...)  [199 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
John Bredenkamp
   A British businessman living in Zimbabwe, where he is close to the regime of President Robert Mugabe, has just been granted the tourist licence that he has coveted for years, from the Mozambican authorities.  (...)  [183 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
MOZAMBIQUE
Graça Machel's son in business
   A Whatana Investment Group (WIG) has been created in Maputo with the aim of being, as stated on its web site (currently under construction) “your primary investment group in Mozambique  (...)  [226 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
stoi
Organic vanilla from Madagascar to go on sale in the United Kingdom
 [129 words]   [$2,1]
sahara communications
Tanzanian minister's business booming
 [89 words]   [$2,1]
PAM Atomique
Exploration permit in Madagascar
 [91 words]   [$2,1]
falconbrige ventures
Two mining permits in Mozambique
 [55 words]   [$2,1]
SEYCHELLES
Radegonde in property
   After declining the post of Ambassador to Brussels, Sylvestre Radegonde has gone to work for the South African property group owned by Craig Heeger.  (...)  [341 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Chissano's family companies
   Former President Chissano has created two companies in Maputo; one with wife and four children and the other with his two brothers.  (...)  [178 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
Heavywheight consul in Pakistan
   The Honorary Consul of Eritrea in Karachi is a member of the Kashmirwala family group, which is well-known in the travel agency and airline ticketing sector.  (...)  [168 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Tribulations of the Jiwa family
   A British family of Asian origin which recovered a farm in 1998 has been chased off it by a local entrepreneur.  (...)  [279 words]   [$7]
AFRICA
Diligence forms an Africa pole
   Several companies well known in the private intelligence and risk management sectors have created poles specialised in Africa.  (...)  [429 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Studies for QMM project
   An American consulting firm has become specialised in studies related to Qit Madagascar Minerals (QMM) project to work ilmenite.  (...)  [284 words]   [$7]
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