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précédent Archive n° 1252  - 20/12/2008 suivant   Francis Soler MADAGASCAR Editor in Chief Between Reforms and a Heavy Hand With elections in late 2011 in mind, president Marc Ravalomanana has set himself the challenge of projecting the image of a democrat to the country’s donors while reducing the number of political parties and bolstering the presidential nature of his government. (...)   [711 words]   [$8,2] ARTICLE GRATUIT A Local Anti-Pirate Company   To put an end to the exploits of Somali pirates, the boss of the firm Somcan in Puntland, Abidiweli Ali Taar, is asking the UN and European Union to give him $30 million. (...)  [338 words]   [FREE] POLITICS & POWER MADAGASCAR Between Reforms and a Heavy Hand    With elections in late 2011 in mind, president Marc Ravalomanana has set himself the challenge of projecting the image of a democrat to the country’s donors while reducing the number of political parties and bolstering the presidential nature of his government.  (...)  [711 words]   [$8,2] BEHIND CLOSED DOORS MADAGASCAR Antananarivo  [63 words]   [$1,5] MAURITIUS Port Louis  [131 words]   [$1,5] UGANDA Kampala  [53 words]   [$1,5] MADAGASCAR Antananarivo  [50 words]   [$1,5] DJIBOUTI Djibouti  [64 words]   [$1,5] MADAGASCAR Ramanoelina Voices Regrets    Agriculture minister Panja Ramanoelina regrets not having travelled to Paris as expected on December 8 to explain the sale of Malagasy farmland to South Korea’s Daewoo to the French authorities.  (...)  [212 words]   [$4,7] ERITREA Asmara Playing with Fire in Somalia    A recent report issued by the Monitoring Group on Somalia has confirmed that Eritrea is continuing to provide considerable military and financial aid to Islamic insurgents in Somalia.  (...)  [275 words]   [FREE] KENYA Spat over the President’s Security    The brand new special adviser to president Mwai Kibaki for security affairs, Joseph Kamu, would like to see the head of Kibaki’s security detail fired.  (...)  [213 words]   [$4,7] ON THE LINE MADAGASCAR President's TV Channel Loses Court Case in Madagascar  [99 words]   [$1,5] KENYA Press Boss Goes into Perfume Business in Kenya  [217 words]   [$1,5] SEYCHELLES Roche Copra, an Affair of State in Seychelles?  [183 words]   [$1,5] ETHIOPIA An Ethiopian Police Chief Falls Under Suspicion  [135 words]   [$1,5] SEYCHELLES Expatriate Judges Have Edge in Seychelles  [112 words]   [$1,5] MADAGASCAR Two Ministers at Loggerheads    President Ravalomanana has his advisers keep a close eye on his ministers: everyone feels they are sitting in an ejection seat and teamwork has gone out of the window.  (...)  [178 words]   [$4,7] UGANDA Baganda Businessmen Under Assault    Several Baganda businessmen are finding themselves in hot water at present. They could well be victims of a concerted move by the authorities.  (...)  [278 words]   [$4,7] ETHIOPIA Standoff Between Toga and Zenawi    After his wife opened hostilities, the prime minister launched an offensive in his turn on Teshome Toga, speaker of Ethiopia’s parliament. But Toga stood his ground.  (...)  [317 words]   [$4,7] DJIBOUTI Troops Dragging their Feet    Several Djibouti officers have refused to give chase to Afar rebels in the north of the country or to prepare for a new war against Eritrea.  (...)  [333 words]   [$4,7] BUSINESS CIRCLES MAURITIUS Air Links Under Increasing Threat    Due to the world economic downturn, private airlines are cancelling services to Mauritius one after the other. After Germany’s LTU pulled out in October, TUI Nordic says it will halt  (...)  [188 words]   [$4,7] COMPANIES MADAGASCAR Gimpex Ltd  [74 words]   [$1,5] KENYA Fina Bank Ltd  [112 words]   [$1,5] MOZAMBIQUE Petrocity Mocambique  [94 words]   [$1,5] MADAGASCAR Niko Resources Ltd  [131 words]   [$1,5] MOZAMBIQUE CVC India Infrastructure  [75 words]   [$1,5] MADAGASCAR Energy Engineering Investment  [59 words]   [$1,5] KENYA Cable Accessories  [76 words]   [$1,5] TANZANIA Egotel  [104 words]   [$1,5] ETHIOPIA Selex Sistemi Integrati  [115 words]   [$1,5] EAST AFRICA United Bank of Africa  [122 words]   [$1,5] TANZANIA VIPR Industries  [102 words]   [$1,5] TANZANIA Wilbur Colom Sets Up as Lender    An American lawyer and businessman and a Republican who called on the electorate to vote for Barack Obama has set up shop as mortgage lender in Dar es Salaam.  (...)  [280 words]   [$4,7] KENYA Kibaki’s New Partner    The Kenyan president, who won’t stand for another term in office, is thinking of investing in a hotel project with a partner already well positioned in the business.  (...)  [311 words]   [$4,7] COMOROS ISLANDS The IMF’s Two Pre-Conditions    Before endorsing financial assistance to Comoros, the International Monetary Fund insisted on seeing the country resume sharing its budget between the Union and autonomous islands.  (...)  [132 words]   [$4,7] KENYA Lafarge’s Lobbying Bid Falls Flat    On a visit to Nairobi, the Africa director of the French cement giant Lafarge didn’t succeed in meeting with president Mwai Kibaki as had been planned. He had to settle for Kenya’s vice president.  (...)  [312 words]   [$4,7] SOMALIA A Local Anti-Pirate Company    To put an end to the exploits of Somali pirates, the boss of the firm Somcan in Puntland, Abidiweli Ali Taar, is asking the UN and European Union to give him $30 million.  (...)  [338 words]   [FREE] REUNION ISLAND BFCOI is Sharia-Compatible    Now that its first Islamic products have been widely welcomed on the market, BFCOI is thinking of expanding on its success. And its parent company, France’s Societe General, could well imitate it.  (...)  [303 words]   [$4,7] WHO'S WHO AFRICAN UNION/SOMALIA Samuel Kame Domguia    A former captain of a corvette in Cameroon's Navy, Samuel Kame Domguia, has been asked to draft a strategy on combating maritime crime on behalf of the African Union (AU).  (...)  [152 words]   [$4,7] MADAGASCAR Pierrot Rajaonarivelo    The former Malagasy deputy prime minister, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, is growing increasingly impatient about living in exile in Paris as the December, 2011 presidential elections in Madagascar  (...)  [171 words]   [$4,7] MAURITIUS Harold Mayer    The chief executive of CIEL Textile Ltd., Harold Mayer, could become the new boss of Ireland Blyth Ltd (IBL) after the head of the group, Patrick D’Hotman, leaves the company on reaching  (...)  [188 words]   [$4,7] COMOROS ISLANDS Aboubacar Said Salim    The former secretary-general of the Union of Comoros parliament, Aboubacar Said Salim (Abou to his friends) has been hired by the Comoro Gulf Holding Company in Moroni.  (...)  [182 words]   [$4,7] ETHIOPIA Mohamed Al Amoudi    The luck of Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon Mohamed Hussein Al Amoudi seems to have run out in Addis Ababa at present (ION 1249).  (...)  [249 words]   [$4,7]   précédent Archive n° 1252  - 20/12/2008 suivant

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