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Francis Soler
UGANDA Editor in Chief
The new MPs and potential ministers
Re-elected comfortably to the presidency and with a big majority behind him in Parliament, President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) came out of the first multi-party poll very well. The strategists of the NRM now want to follow the example of the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the Tanzanian government party, whose popularity had dropped considerably when multi-party elections were initially introduced but later stabilised its position and stayed in power. (...)   [793 words]   [$11,2]
Discontented policemen
   The Kenyan police force is trying to be everywhere at the same time, from investigating corruption to arresting journalists. At the same time, internal tension is beginning to be felt, notably about a salary increase for officers that is taking a long time to be implemented. (...)  [217 words]   [$7]
POLITICS AND POWER BROKERS
KENYA
A useless agency
   Diplomats and representatives of international donors are asking whether the National Anti-Corruption Campaign Steering Committee is at all effective.  (...)  [303 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
antananarivo
Ravaloson at the head of Natexis Pramex
 [210 words]   [$2,1]
Saint Denis de La Reunion
Chasing chikungunya funds
 [138 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Another woman in Paris
   The current Ambassador of Ethiopia to Paris is to return soon to Addis Ababa. She will be replaced in France by another woman, who is currently on post in the Ivory Coast.  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
ERITREA
A chargé d'affaires in France
   The Ambassador of Eritrea to Paris has been recalled to Asmara. She has been replaced by her counsellor who has been made a chargé d'affaires.  (...)  [169 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
The IMF summons a Minister
   The Minister of the Economy, Finances and Budget has had to go to Washington to discuss a bone of contention with the IMF.  (...)  [288 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
From Ambassador to consultant
   The Ethiopian Ambassador to Germany has left the diplomatic service and returned to Addis Ababa to work for an institute studying security.  (...)  [311 words]   [$7]

DIPLOMACY
COMOROS ISLANDS
President Azali is a veritable globe-trotter
   President Azali Assoumani of the Union of the Comoros is a veritable globe-trotter. He had barely got back to Moroni from his pilgrimage to Mecca last January when he set off on another international jaunt on 22 February.  (...)  [122 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR/MOZAMBIQUE
The firms which are to accompany Horst Koehler
   The representatives of five German companies are to join President Horst Koehler during his first visit to Madagascar on 6 to 9 April.  (...)  [354 words]   [$7]
SUDAN
Paris takes good care of Khartoum
   Speaking at a seminar on the Horn of Africa held at the Senate in Paris on 2 March, several French delegates expressed their satisfaction in the evolution of trade relations with Sudan.  (...)  [357 words]   [$7]

ORGANIZATIONS
advocacy ethiopia
Lobbying for the families of Ethiopian political prisoners
 [88 words]   [$2,1]
Medef international
Further details about the mission to the Sudan
 [179 words]   [$2,1]
cde-Proinvest
Input 2006 in Ethiopia
 [119 words]   [$2,1]

WHO'S WHO
CANADA/MADAGASCAR
Constant Horace
   A former Minister of Privatisation and of the Private Sector under the former President Didier Ratsiraka (1997-2002), who subsequently was recruited in the government of President Marc Ravalomanana in 2002, has been tipped to become the next Madagascan Ambassador to Canada.  (...)  [257 words]   [$7]

APPOINTMENTS & MISSIONS
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Civil Aviation Authority...
 [65 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Claudia Wiedey-Nippold, the representative...
 [66 words]   [$2,1]
SOUTH AFRICA
Last week the South African cabinet...
 [109 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA
The deputy chairman of the Ugandan Olympic Committee,...
 [29 words]   [FREE]
TANZANIA
Saïd Ali Mwema
   Finally, President Jakaya Kikwete did not waste any time before sacking Omar Mahita from his function of Inspector General of Police (IGP) after the severe accusations levelled against him (ION 1170).  (...)  [292 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Javed Mawji
   Javed Mawji, the chairman of the First Source Data Inc, has been hired to head the new branch in Dar es-Salaam of the American company Haynes Capital Corp to cover the whole of East Africa.  (...)  [221 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
ZIMBABWE
No licences for uranium
   President Robert Mugabe has ordered the Zimbabwe Investment Centre (ZIC) not to attribute the licences for prospecting for uranium that were in the pipeline.  (...)  [225 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
berjaya Praslin Beach
Acquiring a hotel in the Seychelles
 [115 words]   [$2,1]
global financial marketing
Johnny Sei-Hoe Hon drops Anjouan
 [90 words]   [$2,1]
Bailey (C.H.) Plc
Financial negotiation on a building project in Tanzania
 [221 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR/MAURITIUS
Hindu businessmen prospecting
   A delegation from the Mauritian Hindu Entrepreneurs Association is to go on a prospecting mission to Antananarivo next week.  (...)  [338 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Teeth gnashing at Secren
   The executives of Secren have been the target of a campaign of insidious criticism fed by their predecessors in these posts.  (...)  [371 words]   [$7]
SOUTH AFRICA
Eurocopter on the offensive
   The SAPS is acquiring four more Ecureuil helicopters ahead of the World Cup football tournament in 2010. Further contracts could follow.  (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
TANZANIA
Songas fails to comply
   The Tanzanian government is threatening to take Songas to court for not complying with its contractual obligations.  (...)  [301 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Family Finance to become bank
   The last survivor of local micro-financing institutions wants to transform into an authentic bank before the end of this year.  (...)  [209 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI
French firm in fishing
   The firm Oceanic Développement has just taken charge of managing the fishing port whose refurbishment is taking much longer than expected.  (...)  [155 words]   [$7]
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